Logzilla Integration with Security Validation

This integration provides the following benefits:

  • Validates that security tools are writing log events to Logzilla to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations
  • Collects events generated by security tools that write to Logzilla to test the efficacy and configuration of security controls using Security Validation jobs

Use this document to configure the integration using one of the following methods:

  • MSI (Supported and recommended for new integration configurations)
  • Legacy (Supported for existing integration configurations)

Configure MSI Integration

This document covers the the MSI method of creating an integration. This method is the recommended approach for configuring new integrations in Security Validation.

API Calls

API Usage
/api/query Query for events in Logzilla
/api/auth Used to test connectivity and authentication settings

Supported Versions

  • Logzilla 6.9+

Before You Begin

To configure this integration, you need:

  • API Token
  • The hostname or IP address of your Logzilla instance

Configure Security Validation

  1. Go to Settings > Integrations.

  2. From the Integrations table, click Add Integration > Logzilla.
    You can add this as either a Direct or Remote Integration.
  3. Enter a meaningful Integration Name.
  4. Optional: From the Proxy drop-down, choose a proxy profile if one is available. If one isn't available and all outbound connections go through a proxy, first, set up a Proxy Rule.
  5. For the Host, enter the hostname of your LogRhythm Elastic instance.
  6. Enter a Port value. The default is 443.
  7. Change the HttpProtocols to use for requests. (Https or Http.)
  8. Enter the value for the API Token that you generated.
  9. Optional: Change the Timeout value if you want a different frequency of requests to an upstream server. The default is 30 (seconds).
  10. Optional: Check Verify Ssl if you want this verification done for requests to an upstream server.
  11. Optional: Add or remove Queries, as needed. Default values are provided.
  12. Optional: Change the Page Size for each request to the upstream server. The default is 500.
  13. Optional: Modify the Query Max Time to change the maximum number of calls to the upstream server. The default is 300.
  14. Optional: Modify the Field Map values, as necessary.
    • Each field map box can hold a JSON-formatted comma-separated list of columns returned by the API to be considered for each field when translating into the normalized event object format. Example: description could be configured to be 'msg_s' or 'SyslogMessage' in some environments. The field map tries both if set to: ['msg_s','SyslogMessage'] and whichever matches first is the column that is used.
    • When configuring an integration in Security Validation, you can assign additional host values in the Field Map settings. If none of the assigned fields return a valid host name, Network Actions may miss matched events from the third-party technology. Additional hosts values helps ensure the likelihood of a match between the two environments.
  15. Optional: Expand Advanced options and update the information as necessary.

    1. Update Query Time and Delay Time.
      The Query time is the amount of time (minutes) before and after the query runs that the platform looks for events, while the Delay time is the amount of time (minutes) that the platform waits to run the first query after a Job Action starts. For example, you configure your integration with the following values: Query time = 5, Query interval = 30 seconds, and Delay time = 0. When a Job Actions starts at 12:00:00, the first time the query runs, the platform looks for events from 11:55:00 to 12:00:00. Then 30 seconds later, it looks for events from 11:55:30 to 12:00:30. This interval continues, with the last query looking from 12:00:00 to 12:05:00. If you instead configured the Delay time to equal 10, it would run the same query, but it wouldn't start that query until 12:10:00.
      If your monitors are set to run more frequently than the query time, this configuration impacts the pass/fail results for AEDA monitors.
    2. Update Query Interval (seconds).
    3. Configure correlation queries:
      1. Select Correlation Query Enabled and fill in the Correlation Query.
      2. Modify the Correlation Query Interval, if necessary (minutes).
    4. Select Discover network devices automatically, the default and recommended option.
      If unselected, reported events won't include product information for any matching network security technology.
    5. Select Save Suspicious Events.
    6. Modify the Event Time Adjustment (seconds). The default is 0.
    7. Modify the Limit value if you need to prevent a flood of results. This value is set to 10000 by default. This limit applies to both events and alerts individually, so if you set it to 10, you can still see a maximum of 10 events and 10 alerts.

  16. Click Save.

Verify connectivity

  1. Go to Settings > Integrations.
  2. From the Direct Integrations table, click > Test to verify that:
    • The Director can communicate with the integration host on the port and protocol specified.
    • The integration credentials are valid and working.

For more information on setting up queries, see Manage Integrations.

Configure Legacy Integration

This document applies to Classic/Legacy Integrations. You may continue to use these integration configurations. While no active development is happening for these integrations, we continue to provide Classic/Legacy Integrations in the product. You do not have to move to MSI Integrations. If your support engineer or TSC recommends or you choose to move to MSI Integrations, you can take advantage of the latest features and functionality. For more information, see the MSI Integration documentation in the Integrations Overview.

This integration is not remote capable.

Update Logzilla

  1. Identify or create credentials to access integration with read access, at minimum.
  2. Generate a new authorization token in the LogZilla command line:
    1. logzilla authtoken

API Calls

The following API calls are used by the Validation Platform.

 

Purpose

Call

Query events and notifications /api/query

Update the Validation Platform

Prerequisites

Information to gather before you start:

  • Identify the hostname/IP used to access LogZilla.
  • Identify the Port used for Graylog communication (this defaults to 443).
  • Identify whether the protocol is HTTP or HTTPS for connections to the LogZilla port.
  • Obtain the Auth Token of a LogZilla account with appropriate access permissions.

Configuration

To add the LogZilla integration

  1. Go to Settings > Integrations.

  2. Click Add Integration > LogZilla.

    You can add this as either a Local or Remote Inetgration.

  3. Enter information for the Host, Port, and Protocol.

  4. Review and update the Query.
    The %ACTOR_IPS% variable can be used in all queries. This improves event matching.

    LogZilla Integration

  5. Expand Advanced options.

  6. (Optional) Update Query time and Delay time.

    The Query time is the amount of time (minutes) before and after the query runs that the platform looks for events, while the Delay time is the amount of time (minutes) that the platform waits to run the first query after a Job Action starts. For example, you configure your integration with the following values: Query time = 5, Query interval = 30 seconds, and Delay time = 0. When a Job Actions starts at 12:00:00, the first time the query runs, the platform looks for events from 11:55:00 to 12:00:00. Then 30 seconds later, it looks for events from 11:55:30 to 12:00:30. This interval continues, with the last query looking from 12:00:00 to 12:05:00. If you instead configured the Delay time to equal 10, it would run the same query, but it wouldn't start that query until 12:10:00.
    If your monitors are set to run more frequently than the query time, this configuration impacts the pass/fail results for AEDA monitors.
  7. (Optional) Select Enable query for Malicious DNS Actions and configure the Query. This query will only be used when you run Malicious DNS Actions or Captive DNS Actions.

  8. (Optional) Select Enable query for Email Actions and configure the Query. This query will be only be used when you run Email Actions.

  9. (Optional) Select Enable query for Host CLI Actions and configure the Query. This query will only be used when you run Host CLI Actions.

    If you enable the Host CLI Actions query and use the %HOST_CLI_ACTOR_HOSTNAMES% variable, the platform will substitute the plain hostname and the information from the Alternate Hostname field on the Actor configuration page.

    LogZilla Integration (Advanced Options)

  10. Identify the field name mappings for the following (there could be multiple of each, depending on log sources and configuration):

    • Source IP
    • Destination IP
    • Source Port
    • Destination Port
    • Event Source Host
    • Event Start Time (timestamp)
    • LogZilla Unique ID
    • Event Signature ID
    • Event Description
    • Email Sender
    • Email Recipient
    • Email Subject
    • URL
    • Username
  11. Modify the Query Interval and Event Time Adjustment, if necessary.

  12. (Optional) Assign a Name.

  13. (Optional) Choose Yes to save suspicious events.

  14. Click Submit.

LogZilla Integration (Advanced Options)

Set up Proxy Assignment

If all outbound connections go through a proxy, you may want to set up a proxy definition and assignment for your integration. For information on setting up your proxy rules, see Proxy Rules.

Verify connectivity

To verify connectivity to LogZilla

Click Test to verify that:

  • The Director can communicate with the integration host on the port and protocol specified.
  • The integration credentials are valid and working.
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