diff --git a/tools/check-path.sh b/tools/check-path.sh
index e3116b365ac0b80ba55be01865b3e8c1f727848d..04207d68a8b73617349d08c68d38b4a194764107 100755
--- a/tools/check-path.sh
+++ b/tools/check-path.sh
@@ -50,3 +50,16 @@ check_ldp()
 
     echo "Found libvcl_ldpreload.so at: ${LDP_PATH}"
 }
+
+check_vpp_daq()
+{
+    echo "Checking VPP DAQ binary path..."
+    DAQ_PATH="${DATAPLANE_TOP}/components/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/daq"
+    if ! [[ -e ${DAQ_PATH} ]]; then
+          echo
+          echo "Can't find vppdaq binary at: ${DAQ_PATH}"
+          echo
+          exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Found VPP DAQ binary at: ${DAQ_PATH}"
+}
diff --git a/usecase/vpp_snort/run_snort_ngfw.sh b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_snort_ngfw.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8e890ee6db5d478ba3c01d3c5f1e2bf7a9e9027e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_snort_ngfw.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Arm Limited.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+export vppctl_binary
+export vpp_binary
+export DIR
+export DATAPLANE_TOP
+export MAIN_CORE
+export WORKER_CORE
+export PHY_IFACE
+export PCIe_addr
+export DAQ_PATH
+export lua_file
+
+DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1 ;pwd)
+DATAPLANE_TOP=${DIR}/../..
+. "${DATAPLANE_TOP}"/tools/check-path.sh
+
+help_func()
+{
+   echo "Usage: ./run_snort_ngfw.sh OPTS [ARGS]"
+   echo "where  OPTS := -s number of Snort Instances"
+   echo "            := -l Snort lua"
+   echo "            := -h help"
+   echo "            := \"-s\" number of Snort instances that needs to be created"
+   echo "               and assign the VPP interfaces to it"
+   echo "               Example: -s <number of snorts>"
+   echo "            := \"-l\" lua rules file for configuring Snort"
+   echo "               supported lua: "
+   echo "               maximum --> for maximum-detection.lua"
+   echo "               security --> for security-over-connectivity.lua"
+   echo "               connectivity --> for connectivity-over-security.lua"
+   echo "               Example: -l maximum"
+   echo "       Example:"
+   echo "  ./run_snort_ngfw.sh -s 36 -l maximum"
+   echo
+}
+
+
+err_cleanup()
+{
+   echo "SNORT setup error, cleaning up..."
+   snort_ngfw_pid=$(cat "${snort_ngfw_pidfile}")
+   sudo kill -9 "${snort_ngfw_pid}"
+   sudo rm "${snort_ngfw_pidfile}"
+   exit 1
+}
+
+
+vppctl_snort_config()
+{
+   echo "Configuring snort instance for both interfaces - eth0: ${PCIe_addr[0]}, eth1: ${PCIe_addr[1]}"
+   for i in $(seq $SNORT_NUM); do
+        sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" snort create-instance name snort$i queue-size 8192
+        sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" snort attach instance snort$i interface eth0
+        sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" snort attach instance snort$i interface eth1
+   echo "Created Snort$i and assigned to both interfaces"
+   done
+}
+
+
+create_lua()
+{
+   echo "Creating lua files"
+   for i in $(seq $SNORT_NUM); do
+        sudo cp $lua_file.lua "$lua_file"_$i.lua
+   done
+}
+
+
+starting_snort()
+{
+   # Starting Snort Instances in Linux Command line.....
+   for i in $(seq $SNORT_NUM); do
+        sudo snort --c "$lua_file"_$i.lua --lua detection.allow_missing_so_rules=true --snaplen 0 --plugin-path ${DATAPLANE_TOP}/components/snort/lightspd/modules/3.1.44.0/ftd-aarch64/ --daq-dir=${DAQ_PATH} --daq vpp --daq-var debug -i snort$i -k none -Q --warn-conf-strict > output$i.log 2>&1 &
+   done
+   LOG=$(sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" show snort clients)
+   if [[ "${LOG}" == *$SNORT_NUM* ]]; then
+	echo "Successfully created and started Snort instances"
+   else
+        echo "Failed to start snort instance"
+        err_cleanup
+   fi
+}
+
+
+options=(-o "hs:l:")
+opts=$(getopt "${options[@]}" -- "$@")
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+while true; do
+   case "$1" in
+      -h)
+         help_func
+         exit 0
+         ;;
+      -s)
+         if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
+              echo "error: \"-s\" requires number of snort instances that needs to be configured"
+              help_func
+              exit 1
+         fi
+         SNORT_NUM=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 1)
+         if [[ -z "$SNORT_NUM" ]]; then
+              echo "error: \"-s\" option bad usage"
+              help_func
+              exit 1
+         fi
+         shift 2
+         ;;
+      -l)
+         case $2 in
+              maximum)
+                 echo "Maximum_detection.lua will be used for configuring SNORT"
+                 lua_file=${DATAPLANE_TOP}/components/snort/lightspd/policies/3.1.0.0-0/maximum-detection
+                 ;;
+              security)
+                 echo "Security_over_connectivity.lua will be used for configuring SNORT"
+                 lua_file=${DATAPLANE_TOP}/components/snort/lightspd/policies/3.1.0.0-0/security-over-connectivity
+                 ;;
+              connectivity)
+                 echo "connectivity-over-security.lua will be used for configuring SNORT"
+                 lua_file=${DATAPLANE_TOP}/components/snort/lightspd/policies/3.1.0.0-0/connectivity-over-security
+                 ;;
+         esac
+         shift 2
+         ;;
+      --)
+         shift
+         break
+         ;;
+       *)
+         echo "Invalid Option!!"
+         help_func
+         exit 1
+         ;;
+   esac
+done
+
+check_vpp
+check_vppctl
+check_vpp_daq
+
+sockfile="/run/vpp/cli_sw.sock"
+snort_ngfw_pidfile="/run/vpp/snort_ngfw.pid"
+
+echo
+create_lua
+echo
+vppctl_snort_config
+echo
+echo "----- Starting  Snort Instances -------"
+starting_snort
+echo
+echo "Done!"
diff --git a/usecase/vpp_snort/run_trex_udp.sh b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_trex_udp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6bda2eaea268974bd2fcbd03f2f2f56d7e2bfe02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_trex_udp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Arm Limited.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+export vppctl_binary
+export vpp_binary
+export DIR
+export DATAPLANE_TOP=${DIR}/../..
+export PCIe_addr
+
+DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1;pwd)
+DATAPLANE_TOP=${DIR}/../..
+. "${DATAPLANE_TOP}"/tools/check-path.sh
+TREX_PATH=${DIR}/../../tools/traffic-gen/trex/scripts
+
+help_func()
+{
+    echo "Usage: ./run_trex_udp.sh OPTS [ARGS]"
+    echo "where OPTS := -c cpu core assignments"
+    echo "           := -m multipier value"
+    echo "           := -l number of latency threads "
+    echo "           := -d duration os traffic run in secs"
+    echo "           := -s UDP Packet size "
+    echo "           := -h help"
+    echo "      ARGS := \"-c\" number of CPU cores used for Trex Traffic run"
+    echo "              Example: -c <number of cores>"
+    echo "      ARGS := \"-m\" Multiplier value for Trex Traffic run"
+    echo "              Multiplier is the traffic rate, TRex will multiply it with"
+    echo "		CPS value to generate more traffic flows."
+    echo "              Higher the "-m" value will trigger more traffic "
+    echo "              Example: -m <value>"
+    echo "      ARGS := \"-l\" number of Latency threads for Trex Traffic run"
+    echo "              Example: -l <value>"
+    echo "      ARGS := \"-d\" Duration of Trex Traffic run"
+    echo "              Example: -d <duration in seconds>"
+    echo "      ARGS := \"-s\" UDP packet size of Trex Traffic "
+    echo "              Example: -s <packet_size>"
+    echo "              Packet Sizes availabe - 64, 512, 1024, 1518, imix"
+    echo "Example:"
+    echo "  ./run_trex_udp.sh -c 12 -m 3000 -l 2 -d 10 -s 1024"
+    echo
+}
+
+
+options=(-o "hc:m:l:d:s:")
+opts=$(getopt "${options[@]}" -- "$@")
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -h)
+        help_func
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+      -c)
+        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
+            echo "error: \"-c\" requires no.of cpu cores to be used"
+            help_func
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        cores=$(echo "$2")
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -m)
+        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]{1,4}$ ]]; then
+            echo "error: \"-m\" requires proper multiciplity value to be used"
+            help_func
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        multiciplity=$(echo "$2")
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -l)
+        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]{1,2}$ ]]; then
+            echo "error: \"-l\" requires proper Latency thread value to be used"
+            help_func
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        latency_threads=$(echo "$2")
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -d)
+        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]{1,9}$ ]]; then
+            echo "error: \"-d\" requires proper duration in seconds to be used"
+            help_func
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        duration=$(echo "$2")
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -s)
+        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9a-z]{1,4}$ ]]; then
+            echo "error: \"-s\" requires proper packet size to be used."
+	    echo "Acceptable packet size - 64, 512, 1024, 1518, imix"
+            help_func
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        packet_size=$(echo "$2")
+        if [[ $packet_size != @(64|512|1024|1518|imix) ]]; then
+            echo "Requires a valid packet size"
+            help_func
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      --)
+        shift
+        break
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "Invalid Option!!"
+        help_func
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+#Navigating to Trex repo. Path needs to be updated based on trex location
+cd $TREX_PATH
+sudo sed -i "s/pcap_yaml\/udp_.*/pcap_yaml\/udp_$packet_size.pcap/g" pcap_yaml/traffic_yaml.yaml
+
+if grep "pcap_yaml/udp_$packet_size" pcap_yaml/traffic_yaml.yaml; then
+    echo "Traffic yaml file is updated to use \"$packet_size\"B Size pcap"
+else
+    echo "Traffic yaml is not updated...! Please update manually"
+fi
+
+sudo ./t-rex-64 -f pcap_yaml/traffic_yaml.yaml -c "$cores" -l "$latency_threads" -m "$multiciplity" -d "$duration" --cfg pcap_yaml/trex_cfg.yaml
+
+echo ====Traffic Ran successfully====
+
+echo "Done!"
diff --git a/usecase/vpp_snort/run_trex_yaml.sh b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_trex_yaml.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ea5e01f63759963915c9466331eed60ef1568dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_trex_yaml.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Arm Limited.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+export vppctl_binary
+export vpp_binary
+export DIR
+export DATAPLANE_TOP
+export PHY_IFACE
+export PCIe_addr
+
+DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1;pwd)
+DATAPLANE_TOP=${DIR}/../..
+TREX_PATH=${DATAPLANE_TOP}/tools/traffic-gen/trex/scripts
+
+help_func()
+{
+    echo "Usage: ./run_trex_yaml.sh OPTS [ARGS]"
+    echo "where OPTS := -p PCI address of NIC"
+    echo "           := -h help"
+    echo "      ARGS := \"-p\" requires two physical NIC PCIe addresses, example: -p <inputNIC_PCIe_addr,outputNIC_PCIe_addr>"
+    echo "               using \"lshw -c net -businfo\" get physical NIC PCIe address"
+    echo "Example:"
+    echo "  ./run_trex_yaml.sh -p 0000:17:00.0,0000:17:00.1"
+    echo
+}
+
+
+options=(-o "hp:")
+opts=$(getopt "${options[@]}" -- "$@")
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -h)
+        help_func
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+      -p)
+        PHY_IFACE="1"
+        PCIe_pattern='[0-9a-fA-F]{4}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}\.[0-9a-fA-F]'
+        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^${PCIe_pattern},${PCIe_pattern}$ ]];then
+           echo "Incorrect PCIe addresses format: $2"
+           help_func
+           exit 1
+        fi
+        PCIe_addr[0]=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 1)
+        PCIe_addr[1]=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 2)
+        if [[ "${PCIe_addr[0]}" == "${PCIe_addr[1]}" ]]; then
+           echo "error: \"-p\" option bad usage"
+           help_func
+           exit 1
+        fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      --)
+        shift
+        break
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "Invalid Option!!"
+        help_func
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+#Navigating to Trex repo. Path needs to be updated based on trex location
+cd $TREX_PATH
+sudo sed -i "s/interfaces.*/interfaces : [\"${PCIe_addr[0]}\",\"${PCIe_addr[1]}\"]/g" pcap_yaml/trex_cfg.yaml
+
+if grep "${PCIe_addr[0]}\",\"${PCIe_addr[1]}" pcap_yaml/trex_cfg.yaml; then
+    echo "TREX cfg yaml file is updated with PCI address"
+else
+    echo "Config yaml is not updated...! Please update manually"
+fi
+
+echo "Done!"
diff --git a/usecase/vpp_snort/run_vpp_ngfw.sh b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_vpp_ngfw.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff010306bdd8553beda9234d3a36d8bc0248b592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usecase/vpp_snort/run_vpp_ngfw.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Arm Limited.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+export vppctl_binary
+export vpp_binary
+export DIR
+export DATAPLANE_TOP
+export MAIN_CORE
+export WORKER_CORE
+export PHY_IFACE
+export PCIe_addr
+
+DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1 ;pwd)
+DATAPLANE_TOP=${DIR}/../..
+. "${DATAPLANE_TOP}"/tools/check-path.sh
+
+help_func()
+{
+    echo "Usage: ./run_vpp_ngfw.sh OPTS [ARGS]"
+    echo "where  OPTS := -p Test via physical NIC"
+    echo "            := -c cpu core list"
+    echo "            := -h help"
+    echo "       ARGS := \"-p\" requires two physical NIC PCIe addresses, example: -p <inputNIC_PCIe_addr,outputNIC_PCIe_addr>"
+    echo "               using \"lshw -c net -businfo\" get physical NIC PCIe address"
+    echo "            := \"-c\"  Assign VPP main thread to 1st core"
+    echo "                       in list and place worker threads on other listed cores."
+    echo "                       Cores are separated by commas, and worker cores can"
+    echo "                       include ranges."
+    echo "               Example: -c <MAIN_CORE,WORKER_CORES>"
+    echo "       Example:"
+    echo "  ./run_vpp_ngfw.sh -p 0000:01:00.0,0000:01:00.1 -c 1,3-4,6,8"
+    echo
+}
+
+err_cleanup()
+{
+    echo "VPP setup error, cleaning up..."
+    vpp_ngfw_pid=$(cat "${vpp_ngfw_pidfile}")
+    sudo kill -9 "${vpp_ngfw_pid}"
+    sudo rm "${vpp_ngfw_pidfile}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+cal_cores()
+{
+    IFS=',' read -ra array <<< "$1"
+    count=0
+    for item in "${array[@]}"; do
+       if [[ $item == *-* ]]; then
+          start=${item%-*}
+          end=${item#*-}
+          count=$((count + end - start + 1))
+       else
+          count=$((count + 1))
+       fi
+    done
+    echo $count
+}
+
+vpp_config()
+{
+    echo "Configuring interfaces eth0: ${PCIe_addr[0]} and eth1: ${PCIe_addr[1]}"
+    sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" set interface state eth0 up
+    sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" set interface state eth1 up
+    sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" set interface ip address eth0 10.10.1.1/24
+    sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" set interface ip address eth1 10.10.2.1/24
+    sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" ip route add 16.0.0.0/8 via 10.10.1.2
+    sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" ip route add 48.0.0.0/8 via 10.10.2.2
+    LOG=$(sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" show interface)
+    if [[ "${LOG}" == *eth0* && "${LOG}" == *eth1* ]]; then
+        echo "Successfully set up physical NIC interface!"
+    else
+        echo "Failed to set up physical NIC interface!"
+        err_cleanup
+    fi
+}
+
+options=(-o "hp:c:")
+opts=$(getopt "${options[@]}" -- "$@")
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -h)
+          help_func
+          exit 1
+          ;;
+      -p)
+          PHY_IFACE="1"
+          PCIe_pattern='[0-9a-fA-F]{4}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}\.[0-9a-fA-F]'
+          if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^${PCIe_pattern},${PCIe_pattern}$ ]];then
+              echo "Incorrect PCIe addresses format: $2"
+              help_func
+              exit 1
+          fi
+          PCIe_addr[0]=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 1)
+          PCIe_addr[1]=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 2)
+          if [[ "${PCIe_addr[0]}" == "${PCIe_addr[1]}" ]]; then
+               echo "error: \"-p\" option bad usage"
+               help_func
+               exit 1
+          fi
+          shift 2
+          ;;
+      -c)
+          if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}((,[0-9]{1,3})|(,[0-9]{1,3}-[0-9]{1,3}))+$ ]]; then
+               echo "error: \"-c\" requires correct isolated cpu core id"
+               help_func
+               exit 1
+          fi
+          MAIN_CORE=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 1)
+          WORKER_CORES=$(echo "$2" | cut -d "," -f 2-)
+          if [[ "${MAIN_CORE}" == "${WORKER_CORES}" ]]; then
+               echo "error: \"-c\" option bad usage"
+               help_func
+               exit 1
+          fi
+          queues_count=$(cal_cores "$WORKER_CORES")
+          shift 2
+          ;;
+      --)
+          shift
+          break
+          ;;
+       *)
+          echo "Invalid Option!!"
+          help_func
+          exit 1
+          ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+check_vpp
+check_vppctl
+
+sockfile="/run/vpp/cli_sw.sock"
+vpp_ngfw_pidfile="/run/vpp/vpp_ngfw.pid"
+
+if [ -n "$PHY_IFACE" ]; then
+    sudo "${vpp_binary}" unix "{ cli-listen ${sockfile} pidfile ${vpp_sw_pidfile} }"                     \
+    cpu "{ main-core ${MAIN_CORE} corelist-workers ${WORKER_CORES} }"                \
+    dpdk "{ dev default {num-tx-queues ${queues_count} num-rx-queues ${queues_count} }
+        dev ${PCIe_addr[0]} { name eth0 } dev ${PCIe_addr[1]} { name eth1 } }"
+
+    echo "VPP starting up"
+    for _ in $(seq 10); do
+         echo -n "."
+         sleep 1
+    done
+    if ! [[ $(sudo "${vppctl_binary}" -s "${sockfile}" show threads) ]]; then
+         echo "VPP startup failed!"
+         exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "Setting physical NIC interfaces..."
+    vpp_config
+fi
+echo "Done!"
diff --git a/usecase/vpp_snort/stop.sh b/usecase/vpp_snort/stop.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c6b54bf1578cebe2c62e0fc91f1b18268a328cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usecase/vpp_snort/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2024, Arm Limited.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+echo "Stop VPP/Snort in DUT and removing the lua files created..."
+
+snort_ngfw_pidfile="/run/vpp/snort_ngfw.pid"
+vpp_ngfw_pidfile="/run/vpp/vpp_ngfw.pid"
+
+if [ -f "${vpp_ngfw_pidfile}" ];then
+    sudo kill -9 "$(cat "${vpp_ngfw_pidfile}")"
+    sudo rm "${vpp_ngfw_pidfile}"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "${snort_ngfw_pidfile}" ];then
+    sudo kill -9 "$(cat "${snort_ngfw_pidfile}")"
+    sudo rm "${snort_ngfw_pidfile}"
+fi
+
+# Deleting snort lua files
+sudo rm -r $lua_file_*
+echo "Done!"