IntelMQ is a solution for IT security teams (CERTs, CSIRTs, abuse departments,...) for collecting and processing security feeds (such as log files) using a message queuing protocol. It's a community driven initiative called IHAP (Incident Handling Automation Project) which was conceptually designed by European CERTs/CSIRTs during several InfoSec events. Its main goal is to give to incident responders an easy way to collect & process threat intelligence thus improving the incident handling processes of CERTs.

IntelMQ's design was influenced by AbuseHelper, however it was re-written from scratch and aims at:

• Reduce the complexity of system administration
• Reduce the complexity of writing new bots for new data feeds
• Reduce the probability of events lost in all process with persistence functionality (even system crash)
• Use and improve the existing Data Harmonization Ontology
• Use JSON format for all messages
• Integration of the existing tools (AbuseHelper, CIF)
• Provide easy way to store data into Log Collectors like ElasticSearch, Splunk, databases (such as PostgreSQL)
• Provide easy way to create your own black-lists
• Provide easy communication with other systems via HTTP RESTFUL API

It follows the following basic meta-guidelines:

• Don't break simplicity - KISS
• Keep it open source - forever
• Strive for perfection while keeping a deadline
• Reduce complexity/avoid feature bloat
• Embrace unit testing
• Code readability: test with unexperienced programmers
• Communicate clearly

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