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FortiSIEM Event Attribute to CEF Key Mapping

FortiSIEM Event Attribute to CEF Key Mapping

FortiSIEM forwards externally received logs and internally generated events/incidents to an external system via CEF formatted syslog.

FortiSIEM Event Attribute to CEF Key Mappings

FortiSIEM event attributes CEF key Notes
appCategory cat
appTransportProto app
count cnt
destAction act
destDomain destinationDnsDomain
destIntfName deviceOutboundInterface
destIpAddr destinationTranslated Address
destIpAddr dst
destIpPort destinationTranslatedPort
destIpPort dpt
destMACAddr dmac
destName dhost
destServiceName destinationServiceName
destUser duser
destUserId duid
destUserPriv dpriv
deviceIdentification deviceExternalId
deviceTime rt
domain deviceDnsDomain
endTime end
errReason reason
extEventId externalId
fileAccess filePermission
fileId fileId
fileModificationTime fileModificationTime
fileName fname
filePath filePath
fileSize fsize
fileType fileType
hashCode fileHash
hostIpAddr dvc
hostMACAddr dvcmac
hostName dvchost
httpCookie requestCookies
httpMethod requestMethod
httpReferrer requestContext
httpUserAgent requestClientApplication
infoURL request
ipProto proto
msg msg
postNATHostIpAddr deviceTranslatedAddress
postNATSrcIpAddr sourceTranslatedAddress
postNATSrcIpPort sourceTranslatedPort
procId dvcpid
procName deviceProcessName
recvBytes in
sentBytes out
serviceName sourceServiceName
srcDomain sourceDnsDomain
srcIntfName deviceInboundInterface
intfName deviceInboundInterface
srcIpAddr src
srcIpPort spt
srcMACAddr smac
srcName shost
srcUser suser
srcUserPriv spriv
startTime start
targetProcId dpid
targetProcName dproc

Mapping to CEF Custom Attributes

FortiSIEM event attributes CEF key Notes
supervisorName cs1Label = SupervisorHostName
customer cs2Label = CustomerName
incidentDetail cs3Label=IncidentDetail
ruleName cs4Label=RuleName
inIncidentEventIdList cs5Label=IncidentEventIDList
phCustId cn1Label=CustomerID
incidentId cn2Label=IncidentID
type 0 = base event; 2 = incident

FortiSIEM Event Attribute to CEF Key Mapping

FortiSIEM Event Attribute to CEF Key Mapping

FortiSIEM forwards externally received logs and internally generated events/incidents to an external system via CEF formatted syslog.

FortiSIEM Event Attribute to CEF Key Mappings

FortiSIEM event attributes CEF key Notes
appCategory cat
appTransportProto app
count cnt
destAction act
destDomain destinationDnsDomain
destIntfName deviceOutboundInterface
destIpAddr destinationTranslated Address
destIpAddr dst
destIpPort destinationTranslatedPort
destIpPort dpt
destMACAddr dmac
destName dhost
destServiceName destinationServiceName
destUser duser
destUserId duid
destUserPriv dpriv
deviceIdentification deviceExternalId
deviceTime rt
domain deviceDnsDomain
endTime end
errReason reason
extEventId externalId
fileAccess filePermission
fileId fileId
fileModificationTime fileModificationTime
fileName fname
filePath filePath
fileSize fsize
fileType fileType
hashCode fileHash
hostIpAddr dvc
hostMACAddr dvcmac
hostName dvchost
httpCookie requestCookies
httpMethod requestMethod
httpReferrer requestContext
httpUserAgent requestClientApplication
infoURL request
ipProto proto
msg msg
postNATHostIpAddr deviceTranslatedAddress
postNATSrcIpAddr sourceTranslatedAddress
postNATSrcIpPort sourceTranslatedPort
procId dvcpid
procName deviceProcessName
recvBytes in
sentBytes out
serviceName sourceServiceName
srcDomain sourceDnsDomain
srcIntfName deviceInboundInterface
intfName deviceInboundInterface
srcIpAddr src
srcIpPort spt
srcMACAddr smac
srcName shost
srcUser suser
srcUserPriv spriv
startTime start
targetProcId dpid
targetProcName dproc

Mapping to CEF Custom Attributes

FortiSIEM event attributes CEF key Notes
supervisorName cs1Label = SupervisorHostName
customer cs2Label = CustomerName
incidentDetail cs3Label=IncidentDetail
ruleName cs4Label=RuleName
inIncidentEventIdList cs5Label=IncidentEventIDList
phCustId cn1Label=CustomerID
incidentId cn2Label=IncidentID
type 0 = base event; 2 = incident