Microsoft Sentinel and Defender ATP Integrations Admin Guide (Azure Logic App Version)

Overview

The Mandiant integration with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender ATP uses the Microsoft Azure Logic App framework to collect indicators of compromise from Mandiant and ingest them into either Microsoft Sentinel or Defender ATP. This integration brings Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence (MATI) to Microsoft Sentinel and Defender ATP, highlighting indicators of compromise in your network and allowing you to identify and explore those that matter most.

A Docker-based version of this integration has been released as an alternative solution that addresses supportability and reliability issues with the Microsoft Azure Logic App framework. See Microsoft Sentinel and Defender ATP Integrations Admin Guide (Docker Version).

Prerequisites

In order to use this integration, you need:

  • A valid Mandiant Threat Intelligence Subscription
  • A valid Microsoft Azure subscription
  • An instance of Microsoft Sentinel and/or Microsoft Defender ATP
  • A Mandiant Threat Intelligence API public and secret key
  • A Microsoft Azure Storage Account and the Storage Account Access Key
  • A Microsoft Azure administrator account with permissions to
    • Deploy a Logic App
    • Authorize a connection to the Microsoft Graph Security API
    • Create a Microsoft Storage Account: Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write
    • Authorize a connection to Microsoft Azure Blob storage
    • Create a Microsoft Key Vault: Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/write

Get API Key ID and Secret

To obtain a Service API Key (which is tied to an organization rather than an individual user) for use with third-party security technologies such as a SIEM, contact Support.

To obtain an API Key ID and Secret for an individual user account, perform the following:

  1. Navigate to the Mandiant Threat Intelligence web console.
  2. Click Account Settings.
  3. Select API Access and Keys from the navigation menu.
  4. Click Get Key ID and Secret.
  5. Copy and store the displayed values in a secure location.

Setup

The setup consists of the following steps:

  1. Deploy the Dependencies (the Azure Key Vault and the Azure Blob Storage account).
  2. Enable the Sentinel Threat Intelligence Connector if you are using Microsoft Sentinel.
  3. Deploy the Azure Logic App (using the Default template).
  4. Authorize Connections.
  5. Assign Access Policy.
  6. Configure the Logic App Settings.

Deploy the Dependencies

Click the button below to deploy the dependencies using the Dependency template. Your browser will be redirected to Microsoft Azure.

If you wish to create the resources manually, you may create the following resources (rather than having them deployed via the template), then follow all other remaining steps of the integration setup:

  1. An Azure Key Vault
  2. A Key, within the Key Vault, containing the Secret Key for the Mandiant Threat Intel API
  3. An Azure Blob Storage account
  4. A Container inside of the Azure Blob Storage account

Enable the Sentinel Threat Intelligence Connector

Only applicable when ingesting indicators for use in Microsoft Sentinel

  1. While logged in to Microsoft Sentinel, open the Data connectors page from the Configuration menu.
  2. Locate and click on the Threat Intelligence Platforms (Preview) connector.
  3. Click the Open connector page button from the sliding panel on the right-hand side of the page.
  4. Ensure you have the proper prerequisites to connect. You should be able to identify 2 green checkmarks:
    1. Workspace: read and write permissions.
    2. Tenant Permissions: 'Global Administrator' or 'Security Administrator' on the workspace's tenant.
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the Threat Intelligence Platforms (Preview) page and click the Connect button.

The connector is now enabled.

Deploy the Azure Logic App

Click the button below to deploy the Logic App using the Default template. Your browser will be redirected to Microsoft Azure.

If you have used the Dependency template earlier to deploy the dependencies, you should specify the same values for Key Vault Name, Key Vault Key Name, Storage Account Name, and Storage Container Name for both the Dependencies template and the Default template.

Authorize Connections

Once deployment is complete, you must authorize each connection.

  1. Microsoft Graph Security API Connection
    1. Click the microsoftgraphsecurity API connection.
    2. Click Edit API Connection from the General menu.
    3. Click Authorize.
    4. Sign in to Azure Key Vault.
    5. Click Save.
  2. Azure Blob Storage Connection
    1. Open the azureblobContainer API connection.
    2. Click Edit API Connection from the General menu.
    3. Provide a valid Azure Storage Account Access Key.
    4. Access Key can be found in the Storage Account Resource under Access Keys.
    5. Click Save.

Assign Access Policy

Assign an access policy on the Key Vault for the playbook to fetch the secret key.

  1. Select the Key Vault Resource where you have stored the secret key.
  2. Click on Access Policies.
  3. Click on Create.
  4. Under the Secret Permissions column, select Get & List from Secret Management Operations.
  5. Click Next to go to the Principal tab and choose your deployed playbook name.
  6. Click Next and leave application tab open.
  7. Click Review and create.
  8. Click Create.

Configure the Logic App Settings

Important Considerations for Defender ATP

If you are using the Logic App to ingest indicators into Defender ATP, please note that Microsoft enforces a 15000 indicator per tenant limit. Consider using the filtering options provided in the Logic App to reduce the number of indicators ingested.

 

  1. Complete the mandatory fields: Resource group, API Key, secret keys, i.e., Key Vault Name, Key Vault Key Name, and Storage Account Name.

    Do not configure a Key Vault or Storage Account prior to deployment. This will be provisioned automatically as part of the application deployment. If you would like to use an existing Storage Account, use the storage account name in the below configuration field. Ensure the container name is unique and not in use within that storage account.
  2. (Optional) Change/configure the remaining fields to suit your needs. Each setting is described in the table below.
  3. Click Review + Create. The Logic App is validated by Azure. 
  4. Once validation completes, click Create. The Logic App is deployed to your Azure instance.

An initial failure of the logic app is common. This is due to the fact that other resources are not yet available to the logic app (i.e., Key Vault is not fully deployed before the logic app attempts to run).

The following table lists the logic app settings API parameters, whether they are mandatory or optional, their default values, and descriptions.

Deployment Parameter Mandatory or Optional Default Value Description
Key ID Mandatory None The value of your Mandiant API Key
Secret Key Mandatory None The value of your Mandiant API Key Secret
Azure Key Vault Key Name Mandatory None The name of the Azure Key Vault to use for storing the API Secret Key
Indicator Expiration Optional 30 Defines the number of days after ingestion that an indicator will be considered valid by Microsoft
Minimum Confidence Score Optional 80 Defines the minimum Mandiant Indicator Confidence Score to ingest
Exclude Open-Source Intelligence Optional True Defines if open-source indicators should be ingested
Lookback Interval Optional -30 Defines the number of days in the past to start ingesting indicators, based on an indicator's last_updated date value
Execution Interval Optional 6 The frequency, in hours, that the Logic App will check Mandiant for new or updated indicators
Default Action Optional alert The action that Microsoft products should trigger when the indicator is matched in the system, either alert, or block
Target Application Optional Azure Sentinel The Microsoft application to make indicators visible in, either Azure Sentinel or Microsoft Defender ATP
Include Uncategorized Optional False Defines if indicators without an attributed category are ingested or not
Hash Type Optional md5 The hash type to use for indicators of type file, either md5, sha1, or sha256
Include IPv4 Optional True Defines if IPv4 indicators should be ingested
Include FQDN Optional True Defines if FQDN indicators should be ingested
Include URL Optional True Defines if URL indicators should be ingested
Include File Hash Optional True Defines if File Hash indicators should be ingested
Storage Account Name Mandatory None The Name of an Azure Blob Storage Account to be created. Hosts the Storage Container
Storage Container Name Mandatory mandiant-threat-intel The Container Name used to store the last runtime to support periodic updates
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