About the connector
Censys is a new search engine for devices exposed on the Internet. Experts can use it to assess the security they implement.
This document provides information about the Censys connector, which facilitates automated interactions with Censys using FortiSOAR™ playbooks. Add the Censys connector as a step in FortiSOAR™ playbooks and perform automated operations, such as looking an IP address, domain, or certificate on Censys.
Version information
Connector Version: 1.0.0
Authored By: Fortinet
Certified: No
Installing the connector
All connectors provided by FortiSOAR™ are delivered using a FortiSOAR™ repository. Therefore, you must set up your FortiSOAR™ repository and use the yum command to install connectors:
yum install cyops-connector-censys
For the detailed procedure to install a connector, click here
Prerequisites to configuring the connector
- You must have the URL of Censys server to which you will connect and perform automated operations and credentials to access that server.
- To access the FortiSOAR™ UI, ensure that port 443 is open through the firewall for the FortiSOAR™ instance.
Configuring the connector
For the procedure to configure a connector, click here
Configuration parameters
In FortiSOAR™, on the connectors page, select the Censys connector and click Configure to configure the following parameters:
| Parameter |
Description |
| Server URL |
URL of the Censys API server to which you will connect and perform the automated operation. |
| Customer Key |
Secret key to access the Censys API. |
| Verify SSL |
Specifies whether the SSL certificate for the server is to be verified or not.
By default, this option is set as True. |
Actions supported by the connector
The following automated operations can be included in playbooks, and you can also use the annotations to access operations from FortiSOAR™ release 4.10.0 and onward:
| Function |
Description |
Annotation and Category |
| Lookup Certificate |
Lookup a certificate on Censys. |
lookup_cert
Investigation |
| Lookup Domain |
Lookup a domain on Censys. |
lookup_domain
Investigation |
| Lookup IP Address |
Lookup an IP Address on Censys. |
lookup_ip
Investigation |
operation: Lookup Certificate
Input parameters
| Parameter |
Description |
| Certificate |
SHA256 certificate that you want to search and retrieve information from Censys. |
Output
The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"status_code": "integer",
"response": {}
}
operation: Lookup Domain
Input parameters
| Parameter |
Description |
| Domain |
Domain which you want to search and retrieve information from Censys. |
Output
The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"status_code": "integer",
"response": {}
}
operation: Lookup IP Address
Input parameters
| Parameter |
Description |
| IP Address |
IP Address which you want to search and retrieve information from Censys. |
Output
The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"status_code": "integer",
"response": {}
}
Included playbooks
The Sample - Censys - 1.0.0 playbook collection comes bundled with the Censys connector. These playbooks contain steps using which you can perform all supported actions. You can see bundled playbooks in the Automation > Playbooks section in FortiSOAR™ after importing the Censys connector.
- Lookup Certificate
- Lookup Domain
- Lookup IP Address
Note: If you are planning to use any of the sample playbooks in your environment, ensure that you clone those playbooks and move them to a different collection since the sample playbook collection gets deleted during connector upgrade and delete.
