Wireshark is the industry-standard, free, open-source packet analyzer used to capture, inspect, and analyze network traffic in real-time. It translates complex data moving across a network into human-readable packets, making it an essential tool for troubleshooting network issues, analyzing security threats, and debugging communications.
Splunk serves as a premier SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform, ingesting and correlating machine-generated data across an IT infrastructure to detect, investigate, and remediate threats. It replaces noisy, manual log-checking with automated alerts and centralized, actionable visibility.