The free cybersecurity toolkit built for SOC teams.
49+ free tools across SIEM detection engineering, SOAR automation, AI threat defence, compliance checking and live threat intel. Built by practitioners, for practitioners. No paywalls, no trials, no sales calls.
Three tool libraries, one free platform.
Whether you are triaging alerts, building detection rules, designing playbooks, or demonstrating compliance — there is a tool here for it.
Free Tools
30+ instant-use tools across checklists, calculators, live intel, analysers, and security simulations. Everything from phishing demo to Windows Event ID lookup.
SIEM Tools
Detection engineering tools: 50+ use cases, query translation between SPL/KQL/AQL/EQL, coverage matrix, log volume estimator, compliance checker, and Sigma rule viewer.
SOAR Tools
Playbook and automation tools: visual playbook builder, maturity assessment, alert fatigue calculator, 10 incident response templates, and ROI calculator for management.
The ones practitioners reach for first.
Windows Event ID Lookup
Type an Event ID or keyword. Get what it means, when it fires, what to look for, and a SOC triage recommendation. ~120 IDs that actually matter on shift.
Open lookup →SIEM Use Case Library
50+ detection use cases with pseudo-code logic, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, required log sources, false positive sources, and tuning recommendations.
Browse use cases →Visual Playbook Builder
Drag-and-drop SOAR playbook flowchart builder. Trigger, Decision, Action, and End nodes. Export as PNG for documentation or JSON for version control.
Open builder →CERT-In Deadline Calculator
Enter your incident detection time. Get exact CERT-In reporting deadlines under the Directions 2022 — a 6-hour countdown in plain language.
Calculate deadline →AI Phishing Email Analyser
Score a suspicious email against the signals that matter when the attacker is using an LLM. Perfect grammar is no longer reassuring.
Analyse email →SIEM Query Translator
Translate detection logic between Splunk SPL, Microsoft Sentinel KQL, IBM QRadar AQL, and Elastic EQL. Five pre-built examples for common scenarios.
Translate query →Frameworks you actually have to comply with.
Most free security tools are built for a US or European regulatory context. Cyber Guard Forte is built with Indian practitioners in mind — every compliance tool maps explicitly to the frameworks you are actually accountable to.
Tools with India-specific mapping
Real data, refreshed automatically.
These are not static lists. They pull live data and update on a schedule.
CISA KEV Feed
Known exploited vulnerabilities from CISA, refreshed hourly. Searchable by vendor, product, and date. The list your patch team needs to see every Monday morning.
View live feed →Phishing Domain Watcher
Newly-registered domains that match phishing patterns, detected via CertStream in near real-time. Useful for brand protection and domain squatting monitoring.
Watch domains →Global Threat Activity Map
Live map of IP reputation events and threat activity pulled from AbuseIPDB. See where attacks are originating and what types of threats are most active right now.
View map →SOC-CMM Maturity Assessment
A 15-question diagnostic across five domains — Business Alignment, People, Process, Technology, and Services — scored instantly with a visual gauge and per-domain recommendations. Know where your SOC stands before an incident tells you.
Practitioner Notes & Field Guides
Plain-language writeups translating regulatory directions into what they actually mean for your team. CERT-In circulars, RBI cybersecurity guidance, DPDP Act implications, and SOC operations topics — no vendor spin, no fluff.
Topics covered
The gap between Indian SOC teams and the tools built for them.
Indian Security Operations Centres operate in one of the most demanding regulatory environments in the world — and one of the least-served by mainstream cybersecurity tooling. CERT-In Directions 2022 impose a six-hour incident reporting window that has no equivalent in the US or EU frameworks most commercial tools are designed around. The RBI IT Framework mandates specific SOC capabilities for every bank and NBFC in the country. The DPDP Act 2023 imposes breach notification obligations that differ materially from GDPR. And the threat landscape is distinct: Sidewinder, APT36, SideCopy, and Lazarus Group all specifically target Indian government, defence, financial, and critical infrastructure organisations in ways that generic global threat intel feeds rarely reflect.
Cyber Guard Forte was built to close that gap. Every compliance tool on this platform maps explicitly to CERT-In, RBI, SEBI CSCRF, and DPDP Act requirements — not to HIPAA or SOC 2. Every threat intelligence reference includes South Asia-relevant actor profiles. Salary benchmarks use Indian city and sector data. The interview question bank prepares analysts for real Indian SOC environments, not US-centric job markets. The blog covers regulatory developments from the perspective of what they actually change about day-to-day security operations — not what they mean for a legal team's compliance checklist.
All of this is free. A small SOC team at a regional Indian bank and a mature SOC at a large IT services company should have access to the same quality of operational tools. Cyber Guard Forte is supported by advertising rather than subscriptions or paywalls — so the tools stay free for every team, regardless of budget.
Frequently asked questions
Are all the tools on Cyber Guard Forte really free?
Yes. Every tool on this platform is free to use. No subscription, no trial period, and no account required for the majority of tools. The site is supported by advertising. Some tools offer to email a PDF copy of your results — providing your email address for this is always optional and the tool works without it.
What makes these tools different from international cybersecurity tools?
Most free cybersecurity tools are built for US or European regulatory contexts — HIPAA, GDPR, NIST CSF, or SOC 2. Indian security teams are accountable to a different set of frameworks: CERT-In Directions 2022 (six-hour incident reporting, 180-day log retention within India), RBI IT Framework and CSCRF, SEBI Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001:2022, and the DPDP Act 2023. Cyber Guard Forte maps to these Indian frameworks explicitly, not as an afterthought.
Who is Cyber Guard Forte built for?
The platform is built for cybersecurity practitioners working in Indian organisations — SOC analysts at L1, L2, and L3 levels, SOC managers and team leads, CISOs and security managers responsible for compliance, detection engineers building SIEM rules, and security professionals preparing for career advancement. The tools are practical rather than conceptual — built around what a practitioner can actually use during a shift or for immediate operational decisions.
What is the CERT-In six-hour reporting requirement?
Under CERT-In Information Security Directions 2022, any organisation that operates in India and becomes aware of any of 20 specified types of cybersecurity incidents must report the incident to CERT-In within six hours of becoming aware — not within six hours of confirming or fully investigating it. The CERT-In Deadline Calculator on this platform helps SOC teams calculate their exact reporting deadlines instantly from a given detection timestamp.
What is the SOC-CMM assessment and how long does it take?
The SOC-CMM (Security Operations Centre Capability Maturity Model) assessment is a 15-question diagnostic covering five domains: Business Alignment, People, Process, Technology, and Services. It takes approximately five minutes to complete and produces an instant scored report with a maturity level across each domain and prioritised recommendations. It is designed to give organisations a repeatable, comparable baseline for their SOC capability — something most Indian organisations currently lack.
How often is the threat intelligence data updated?
Live intelligence tools on this platform — including the CISA KEV feed, phishing domain watcher, and threat activity map — pull from their source data on automated schedules. The CISA KEV feed refreshes hourly. The phishing domain watcher uses CertStream for near-real-time certificate issuance monitoring. Static reference content such as APT actor profiles and MITRE ATT&CK data is reviewed and updated periodically.
49 tools. Zero cost. No account required for most.
Everything here is free because the best security tools should be accessible to every SOC team — not just the ones with enterprise budgets.