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About the connector

Splunk is a SIEM software that allows searching, monitoring and analyzing machine-generated big data, using a web-style interface. For more information, see the Splunk website.

This document provides information about the Splunk connector, which facilitates automated interactions, with a Splunk server using FortiSOAR™ playbooks. Add the Splunk connector as a step in FortiSOAR™ playbooks and perform automated operations, such as retrieving details and events for a Splunk alert, and running a search query on the Splunk server.

Version information

Connector Version: 1.6.0

FortiSOAR™ Version Tested on: 5.1.0-464

Splunk Version Tested on: 6.6.0

Authored By: Fortinet

Certified: Yes

Release Notes for version 1.6.0

Following enhancements have been made to the Splunk Connector in version 1.6.0:

  • Enhanced the FortiSOAR™ Data Ingestion Wizard, which is used for ingesting data from Splunk server. Added the >> Splunk > Handle Macro playbook and updated the > Splunk > Fetch and Splunk > Inbound Alert playbooks. For information about data ingestion, see the "Data Ingestion" chapter in the FortiSOAR™ product documentation.
  • Enhanced the 'Search Query' field in the 'Invoke Search' operation to TextArea. Earlier, this field was of type Text.
  • You must configure the "Code Snippet" connector. For information on the Code Snippet connector, see the "FortiSOAR™ Built-in connectors" chapter in the FortiSOAR™ product documentation.

Installing the connector

From FortiSOAR™ 5.0.0 onwards, use the Connector Store to install the connector. For the detailed procedure to install a connector, click here.
You can also use the yum command to install connectors. Connectors provided by FortiSOAR™ are delivered using a FortiSOAR™ repository. Therefore, you must set up your FortiSOAR™ repository and run the yum command as a root user to install connectors:

yum install cyops-connector-splunk

Prerequisites to configuring the connector

  • You must have the URL and credentials of the Splunk server on which you will perform the automated operations. You must also have the credentials of a user, who has a right to configure custom applications on the Splunk server.
  • To access the FortiSOAR™ UI, ensure that port 443 is open through the firewall for the FortiSOAR™ instance.
  • To automatically forward events and alerts from Splunk to FortiSOAR™, you must install and configure Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on. For more information, see the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on section.

Configuring the connector

For the procedure to configure a connector, click here.

Configuration parameters

In FortiSOAR™, on the Connectors page, click the Splunk connector row, and in the Configure tab enter the required configuration details.

Parameter Description
Server Address IP or FQDN of the Splunk server to which you will connect and perform automated operations.
For example, mySplunkServer.
Username Username to access the Splunk endpoint.
Password Password to access the Splunk endpoint.
Protocol Protocol that will be used to communicate with the Splunk server. Choose either http and https.
By default, this is set to https.
Splunk API Port REST API port of the Splunk server.
Defaults to 8089.
Application Namespace Namespace that will be used for invoking all of the Splunk APIs.
For more information about namespaces, see Splunk Documentation.
Verify SSL Specifies whether the SSL certificate for the server is to be verified or not.
Defaults to 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 onwards:

Function Description Annotation and Category
Invoke Search Invokes a search on the Splunk server. search_query
Investigation
Get Details for a Search Retrieves the details for a Splunk search. get_result
Investigation
Get Events for a Search Retrieves the event details for a Splunk search. get_events
Investigation
Get Results for a Search Retrieves the results for a Splunk search. get_result
Investigation
Get Splunk Action Retrieves details of the available Splunk alert actions or adaptive response actions. get_command
Investigation
Run Splunk Action Runs an alert action or an adaptive response action on a search result or a notable. run_command
Investigation
Update Splunk Notables Updates Splunk notables when FortiSOAR™ is updated. update_record
Investigation
Sync Splunk Users to CyOPs Synchronizes a Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) user to FortiSOAR™ for co-relation between FortiSOAR™ and Splunk.
Note: Synchronize only those users who are allowed to be assigned to notable events.
sync_users
Miscellaneous
Get List Of Triggered Alerts Retrieves a list of alerts that are triggered on Splunk based on the parameters you have specified. get_alerts
Investigation
Get Details Of Triggered Alert Retrieves information of an alert triggered on Splunk based on the name of the alert you have specified. get_alert
Investigation
Add Comment to Splunk Notables Adds a comment to the Splunk notable event ID(s) that are specified by a comma-separated list in case of multiple events. update_record
Investigation
Get All Collections from Splunk App Retrieves a list containing all KVStore collections stored in the context of a specified Splunk App from Splunk, based on the application name and other input parameters you have specified. get_all_collections
Investigation
Add New Collection to Splunk App Adds a new KVStore collection to a specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, and other input parameters you have specified. add_new_collection
Investigation
Fetch Records from Collection Retrieves a list of all records of a specified collection within the specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, and other input parameters you have specified. get_records_in_collection
Investigation
Add Record to a Collection Adds a record to an existing KVStore collection within the specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, record key and value, and other input parameters you have specified. add_record_to_collection
Investigation
Delete Record From a Collection Removes a record from an existing KVStore collection within the specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, record ID, and other input parameters you have specified. delete_record_from_collection
Investigation

operation: Invoke Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search Query Query for the search that you want to run on the Splunk server.
Defaults to \"search host=\"{{vars.result.data.host}}\"
Earliest Time (Optional) Start time for the search. Input type is string. If this parameter is left empty, it is set to the current time.
For example, -30m or -14d@d. 'm' stands for minutes, 'd' stands for days. Therefore, when you say -30m it means last 30 minutes and -14 days means last 14 days.
For time format see, http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.0/SearchReference/SearchTimeModifiers.
Latest Time (Optional) End time for the search. Input type is string. If this parameter is left empty, it is set to the current time.
For time format see, http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.0/SearchReference/SearchTimeModifiers.
Execution Mode Mode of execution for this operation.
You can choose from one of the following options:
Normal: To run an asynchronous search.
Blocking: To return the sid when the job is complete.
One Shot: To return results in the same call.
In this case, you can specify the format for the output (for example, JSON output) using the output_mode parameter as described in GET search/jobs/export. Default format for output is XML.
Timeout (Optional) Time, in seconds, of inactivity, after which the search job automatically cancels (0 = Never auto-cancel).
Additional Search Arguments Additional parameters for the search. You can specify additional parameters, such as time windows, to your search query to get specific search results. For more information, see the Splunk REST API Reference Manual.
Note: To run a search in the verbose mode, add the following parameter: {“adhoc_search_level”:“verbose”}.

Output

The JSON output that contains the data retrieved based on the search query. The search results depend on the additional parameters specified in the search. If the search is run in a blocking or normal mode, the sid is returned. For example, {“sid”: “1496222688.33”}.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"sid": ""
}

operation: Get Details for a Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search ID ID of the Splunk search for which you want to retrieve details.
Defaults to {"value": "{{vars.request.data.sid}}"}".

Output

The JSON output contains all the details based on the specified search ID.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"entry": [
{
"acl": {},
"content": {},
"links": [],
"author": "",
"id": "",
"name": ""
}
],
"paging": {},
"generator": {},
"origin": "",
"links": {},
"updated": ""
}

operation: Get Events for a Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search ID ID of the Splunk search for which you want to retrieve events.
Defaults to {"value": "{{vars.request.data.sid}}"}".
Additional Request Parameters Optional parameter. You can add other request parameters in the JSON format.
For example, {\"output_mode\": \"json\", \"count\": 10}

Note: If your search query has additional commands, such as stats, run on the events from the search, the Get Events API returns an empty result, if the search is not run in verbose mode. To set the verbose mode, add the following parameter to the Additional Search Arguments parameter in the Invoke Search operation: {“adhoc_search_level”:“verbose”}.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"fields": [],
"results": []
}

operation: Get Results for a Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search Id ID of the Splunk search as a JSON. For example, {'value': {{vars.sid}}}.
Note: You must add the Search ID as a JSON with the key value as specified in the example; otherwise, the operation might fail.
Additional Request Parameters (Optional) You can add other request parameters in the JSON format.
For example example, {\"output_mode\": \"json\", \"count\": 10}

Output

The JSON output contains the transformed results for the specified Splunk search in a search result.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"init_offset": 0,
"fields": [],
"messages": [],
"results": [],
"preview": false,
"highlighted": {}
}

operation: Get Splunk Action

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Action Name Name of the action for which the details are to be fetched. A match for this name is looked for in the action name, description, and label in a Splunk action. This is an optional parameter, and if you do not specify the same, then this operation fetches a list of all Splunk actions.

Output

The JSON output contains input parameters and other details for all alerts action that match the action name you have specified.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"content": {},
"id": "",
"name": ""
}

operation: Run Splunk Action

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Notable Event Id ID of the notable event on which you want to run the action.
Search Id ID of the Splunk search on which you want to run the action.
You must specify either the Notable Event Id or the Search Id.
Action Name Name of the action to be run.
Action Parameters Parameters of the action that you want to run. For example, a parameter in the JSON format would be {\"max_results\":\"1\"}
Note: You can use the Get Splunk Action operation to get parameter names for a specific action.
Frequency If you are running the operation on search results, this parameter specifies if the action should be run only once for the entire resultset or for each result.

Output

This operation executes the action with the help of the sendaction command from Splunk. The JSON output contains the events from the execution of the sendalert command and varies for each command. The following image displays the output of execution of the SplunkES Risk Analysis AR action on a notable event:

The output contains a non-dictionary value.

operation: Update Splunk Notables

Input parameters

Note. Include this operation in a Splunk playbook and notables will get updated on Splunk when they are updated on FortiSOAR™.

Parameter Description
Notable Event ID ID of the notable event that you want to update on Splunk.
Status Status of the Splunk notable.
You can specify any of the following values: Unassigned, New, In Progress, Pending, Resolved, or Closed.
Urgency Urgency of the Splunk notable.
You can specify any of the following values: Info, Low, Medium, High, or Critical.
Owner Owner of the Splunk notable event.

Output

The JSON output returns a status containing "success" if the Splunk notables are updated, or "failure" with the reason for failure, if the Splunk notables are not updated.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"status": "",
"result": ""
}

operation: Sync Splunk Users to CyOPs

Input parameters

None. Include this operation in a Splunk playbook and users will get updated on Splunk when they are updated in FortiSOAR™.

Output

The JSON output returns a Success message if the Splunk users are synchronized, or an Error message containing the reason for failure. The output also contains names of the users.

The output contains a non-dictionary value.

operation: Get List Of Triggered Alerts

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Max Number Of Entries To Return Maximum number of triggered alerts that you want the operation to return. Set the value to -1 if you want to retrieve all the triggered alerts.
Offset Index of the first item to return.
Response Filter Filter used to specify which triggered alerts must be returned. The values of the response fields are matched against this search expression.
Examples:
search=foo matches any field that has the string foo in its name.
search=field_name%3Dfield_value restricts the match to a single field. (Requires URI-encoding.)
Sort By Sorting order of the result, choose between asc (ascending) or desc (descending).
Field Name To Use For Sorting Name of the field on which you want to sort the result.
Sort Mode Logical sequencing (collate) of the results. Choose between the following:
auto: If all field values are numeric, collate numerically. Otherwise, collate alphabetically.
alpha = Collate field values alphabetically, not case-sensitive.
alpha_case = Collate field values alphabetically, case-sensitive.
num = Collate field values numerically.

Output

The JSON output contains a list of alerts and other details for all alerts triggered on Splunk based on the parameters you have specified.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"entry": [
{
"name": "",
"author": "",
"acl": {
"removable": "",
"can_write": "",
"sharing": "",
"app": "",
"perms": {
"write": [],
"read": []
},
"modifiable": "",
"can_list": "",
"owner": ""
},
"id": "",
"updated": "",
"content": {
"triggered_alert_count": "",
"eai:acl": ""
},
"links": {
"list": "",
"alternate": ""
}
}
],
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"total": "",
"offset": ""
},
"generator": {
"version": "",
"build": ""
},
"origin": "",
"messages": [],
"updated": "",
"links": {
"_acl": ""
}
}

operation: Get Details Of Triggered Alert

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Alert Name Name of the triggered alert for which the details are to be fetched.

Output

The JSON output contains details for the triggered alert that match the alert name you have specified.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"offset": "",
"total": ""
},
"entry": [
{
"published": "",
"author": "",
"name": "",
"links": {
"job": "",
"savedsearch": "",
"list": "",
"alternate": "",
"remove": ""
},
"acl": {
"removable": "",
"can_write": "",
"sharing": "",
"app": "",
"perms": {
"write": [],
"read": []
},
"modifiable": "",
"can_list": "",
"owner": ""
},
"id": "",
"updated": "",
"content": {
"triggered_alerts": "",
"trigger_time_rendered": "",
"trigger_time": "",
"severity": "",
"actions": "",
"sid": "",
"expiration_time_rendered": "",
"savedsearch_name": "",
"alert_type": "",
"eai:acl": "",
"digest_mode": ""
}
}
],
"generator": {
"version": "",
"build": ""
},
"origin": "",
"links": {
"_acl": ""
},
"updated": "",
"messages": []
}

operation: Add Comment to Splunk Notables

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Notable Event Ids ID(s) of the notable event(s) in which you want to add comments.
Use a comma-separated list of IDs in case of multiple events.
Comment Comment that you want to add to the Splunk notable event(s).

Output

The JSON output returns a Success message if the Splunk notable event(s) are updated, or an Error message containing the reason for failure.

The output contains a non-dictionary value.

operation: Get All Collections from Splunk App

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app that you have specified whose complete collection list you want to retrieve from Splunk.
App Name Name of the app that the collection is part of whose complete collection list you want to retrieve from Splunk.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"messages": [],
"updated": "",
"origin": "",
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"total": "",
"offset": ""
},
"links": {
"_acl": "",
"_reload": "",
"create": ""
},
"generator": {
"build": "",
"version": ""
},
"entry": [
{
"updated": "",
"id": "",
"author": "",
"content": {
"eai:appName": "",
"replication_dump_maximum_file_size": "",
"field._time": "",
"replication_dump_strategy": "",
"disabled": "",
"profilingThresholdMs": "",
"field.data": "",
"eai:acl": "",
"profilingEnabled": "",
"type": "",
"field.user": "",
"field.splunk_server": "",
"replicate": "",
"eai:userName": "",
"accelerated_fields.default": ""
},
"acl": {
"modifiable": "",
"removable": "",
"can_share_app": "",
"perms": {
"read": [],
"write": []
},
"can_share_global": "",
"sharing": "",
"can_write": "",
"app": "",
"can_list": "",
"can_share_user": "",
"owner": "",
"can_change_perms": ""
},
"links": {
"list": "",
"_reload": "",
"alternate": "",
"edit": "",
"disable": ""
},
"name": ""
}
]
}

operation: Add New Collection to Splunk App

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app in which you want to add a new collection.
App Name Name of the app to which you want to add the new collection.
Collection Name Name of the new collection that you want to add to the Splunk app.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"messages": [],
"updated": "",
"origin": "",
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"total": "",
"offset": ""
},
"links": {
"_acl": "",
"_reload": "",
"create": ""
},
"generator": {
"build": "",
"version": ""
},
"entry": [
{
"updated": "",
"id": "",
"author": "",
"content": {
"profilingEnabled": "",
"profilingThresholdMs": "",
"eai:appName": "",
"replication_dump_maximum_file_size": "",
"replication_dump_strategy": "",
"disabled": "",
"type": "",
"replicate": "",
"eai:acl": "",
"eai:userName": ""
},
"acl": {
"modifiable": "",
"removable": "",
"can_share_app": "",
"perms": {
"read": [],
"write": []
},
"can_share_global": "",
"sharing": "",
"can_write": "",
"app": "",
"can_list": "",
"can_share_user": "",
"owner": "",
"can_change_perms": ""
},
"links": {
"list": "",
"remove": "",
"disable": "",
"_reload": "",
"alternate": "",
"edit": ""
},
"name": ""
}
]
}

operation: Fetch Records from Collection

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app whose records you want to retrieve from Splunk.
App Name Name of the app that the collection is part of whose records you want to retrieve from Splunk.
Collection Name Name of the collection whose records you want to retrieve from Splunk.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"_user": "",
"_key": ""
}

operation: Add Record to a Collection

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app in which you want to add records.
App Name Name of the Splunk app that the collection is part in which you want to add records.
Collection Name Name of the collection to which you want to add records.
Record Key Key of the record that you want to add to the specified collection.
Record Value Value of the record that you want to add to the specified collection.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"_key": ""
}

operation: Delete Record From a Collection

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app from which you want to delete records.
App Name Name of the Splunk app that the collection is part from which you want to delete records.
Collection Name Name of the collection from which you want to delete records.
Record ID ID of the record that you want to delete from the specified collection.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"success": ""
}

Included playbooks

The Sample-Splunk-1.6.0 playbook collection comes bundled with the Splunk connector. This playbook contains steps using which you can perform all supported actions. You can see the bundled playbooks in the Automation > Playbooks section in FortiSOAR™ after importing the Splunk connector.

  • Splunk > Add New Collection to Splunk App
  • Splunk > Add Record to a Collection
  • Splunk > Alert Action
  • Splunk > Alert Post-Update
  • Splunk > Alert Update
  • Splunk > Delete Record From a Collection
  • > Splunk > Fetch
  • Splunk > Fetch Records from Collection
  • Splunk > Get All Collections from Splunk App
  • Splunk > Get List of Triggered Alerts
  • >> Splunk > Handle Macro
  • Splunk > Inbound Alert
  • Splunk > Inbound Incident
  • Splunk > Incident Post-Update
  • Splunk > Incident Update
  • Splunk > Ingest
  • Splunk > Search Actions
  • Splunk > Sync Splunk Users to CyberSponse
  • Splunk > Triggered Alerts Actions
  • Splunk > Update Notable Fields

The Splunk > Get List of Triggered Alerts playbook is used for Adaptive Response CyberSponse: Run Playbook action.

The sample playbooks from 2 to 8 work in conjunction with the TA-Cybersponse Splunk Technology Add-on to invoke CyberSponse actions from the Splunk UI and also to automatically forward Splunk alerts and notable as CyberSponse Alerts and Incidents. For more information, see the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on section.

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 the connector upgrade and delete.

Additional configurations required for automatically creating and updating alerts

1. Synchronizing Splunk ES users with FortiSOAR™

Use the Sync Splunk Users to CyOps connector function in a playbook to synchronize specific Splunk users to FortiSOAR™. Synchronize only those users who are allowed to be assigned to notable events. Synchronizing the users would enable FortiSOAR™ to assign the CyberSponse alert to the same user as the Assignee for the corresponding Splunk notables.

2. Updating the FortiSOAR™ modules

Note: This procedure is optional, and it enables bidirectional update of notables. Therefore, perform this procedure, only if you require the Splunk notables to be automatically updated if the corresponding FortiSOAR™ incident or alert module is updated and vice-versa. This procedure also assumes that you are using FortiSOAR™ version 4.10.1 or higher. If you are using a different version of FortiSOAR™, such as FortiSOAR™ 4.9, then it is possible that the FortiSOAR™ UI navigation is different. Refer to the FortiSOAR™ documentation of that particular version for details about FortiSOAR™ navigation.

When a Splunk ES notable event is mapped to a FortiSOAR™ alert or incident, the Status and Urgency of the event can be mapped into the equivalent fields in the FortiSOAR™ modules. The sample playbooks included with Splunk 1.5.0 and later already contain the mapping for the FortiSOAR™ incident and alert modules in their "Configuration" step. Following image is of Configuration step in the Splunk > Inbound Alert playbook that contains the mapping:

Modifying the default Alert and Incident Creation Behavior

As mentioned in the Integration Points section in the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on section. the actions from the Fortinet Splunk Add-on invokes playbooks bundled with the Fortinet Splunk connector for the desired automation. If you want to customize the default behavior of the playbooks, you can either modify the existing playbook or create and invoke a new playbook. In case you are creating a new playbook, you must deactivate or delete the corresponding sample playbook and write a new playbook with the same API trigger.

The following table lists the API trigger and the corresponding default playbook for your easy reference:

S.No. Action API Trigger Default Playbook
1 CyberSponse: Create Alert api/triggers/1/splunkAlert Splunk > Inbound Alert
2 CyberSponse: Create Incident api/triggers/1/splunkIncident Splunk > Inbound Incident
3 For updating the CyberSponse Alert when the corresponding notable event is updated api/triggers/1/splunkAlertUpdate Splunk > Alert Update
4 For updating the CyberSponse Incident when the corresponding notable event is updated api/triggers/1/splunkIncidentUpdate Splunk > Incident Update
5 For Updating Splunk on Alert Post-Update NA Splunk > Alert Post-Update
6 For Updating Splunk on Incident Post-Update NA Splunk > Incident Post-Update

The playbooks are installed with the CyberSponse Splunk connector. For integrations 5 and 6 to work, ensure that you have updated the connector steps in the appropriate playbook to point to your Splunk configuration.

It is recommended that you make a copy of these playbooks and then customize them as per your requirements. Once you have a working copy, ensure that you set the state of the sample playbooks to Inactive; otherwise, both the playbooks will be triggered whenever events are forwarded from Splunk.

Troubleshooting

Fingerprint has expired error is observed in the TA-Cybersponse Splunk Technology Add-on log

The "Fingerprint has expired” error is seen in the ta-cybersponse_cybersponse_common.connection.log file.

Resolution:

This issue could occur in cases where there is a difference between the time of the Splunk Search Head and the FortiSOAR™ instance. Resolve this issue by synchronizing the time of the Splunk Search Head and your FortiSOAR™ instance to a common NTP server.

Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on

Use the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on to automatically forward events and alerts from Splunk to FortiSOAR™ and invoke FortiSOAR™ playbooks for investigation.

Version Information:

Applies to: Splunk version 6.6.0.

Splunk Technology Add-on Version: 2.5.0

FortiSOAR™ Version Tested on: 5.1.0-464

Compatibility with Splunk connector Versions: 1.6.0 and later

Authored By: Fortinet

Certified: Yes

Release Notes for version 2.5.0

Following enhancements have been made to the Splunk Technology Add-on in version 2.5.0:

  • Enhanced the CyberSponse: Run Playbook to allow you to specify a FortiSOAR™ endpoint that is different from the default endpoint specified in the application configuration. This is useful where you want to forward different search results from Splunk to different FortiSOAR™ endpoints.
  • Support for installing the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on using the Splunk Deployment Server Architecture to multiple deployment clients.

Installing and configuring the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on

Important: Applies to Splunk versions 6 and 7, and FortiSOAR™ versions 4.9 and later.

The Fortinet Splunk Add-on is designed to work in conjunction with normal events as well as notable events from Splunk ES. While ES is not a requirement, it is recommended since all bi-directional updates only apply to Splunk notable events.

Capabilities of the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on

  • Both Splunk ES and CyberSponse can track workflow status for incidents or alerts, such as changes to the incident’s estimated urgency, who is investigating the incident, the current status of the investigation, and comments on the incident. This add-on coordinates that status tracking so that both ES and FortiSOAR™ follow each other’s status changes and update local status accordingly.
  • This add-on adds workflow actions in both Splunk Search and ES’s Incident Review page allowing users to create FortiSOAR™ alerts or incidents out of arbitrary Splunk events.

Installing the Splunk application

  1. Import the Fortinet Splunk App TA-cybersponse-X.X.X.tar.gz into Splunk ES Search Head.
    Important: The TA-cybersponse-2.5.0.tar.gz file is attached to this article and it also can be downloaded from the Splunk Store.

  2. Configure the TA-cybersponse-X.X.X.tar.gz.

    Specify a CyberSponse user who has permission to view and trigger CyberSponse playbooks.

  3. Ensure that the Splunk server has connectivity to the FortiSOAR™ server and can send requests to the FortiSOAR™ instance on port 443.

Integration Points

The Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on provides the following integration points:

1. Alert Actions

  1. CyberSponse: Create Alert - Creates an alert in CyberSponse with the event data. Triggers the CyberSponse playbook Splunk Inbound Alert with the api/triggers/1/splunkAlert API trigger. Ensure that the playbook is Active for automated Alert creation.
  2. CyberSponse: Create Incident - Creates an incident in CyberSponse with the event data. Triggers the CyberSponse playbook Splunk Inbound Incident with the api/triggers/1/splunkIncident API trigger. Ensure that the playbook is Active for automated Incident creation.
  3. CyberSponse: Run Playbook - Lists all active CyberSponse playbooks that have an API Trigger as the starting step. The list of playbooks can additionally be filtered based on the tags. The tags are specified in the Set Up page on the Fortinet Splunk Add-on.

    OR
    Specify the CyberSponse Playbook that will be Invoked to override the FortiSOAR™ endpoint and Appliance Keys, which have been specified in the application configuration.
    Note: To generate APPLIANCE_PRIVATE_KEY and APPLIANCE_PUBLIC_KEY, log on to FortiSOAR™ as an administrator and click Settings > Appliances. Click Add to create a new appliance. On the New Appliance page specify the name of the appliance and select the Team(s) and Role(s). i.e., Application Administrator and Playbook Administrator roles that apply to this appliance and click Save. Once you save the new appliance record, FortiSOAR™ displays a pair of Public / Private cryptographic keys in a modal window. You must keep a copy of these keys and add them to the APPLIANCE_PRIVATE_KEY and APPLIANCE_PUBLIC_KEY fields.

2. Event Actions

Note

The actions listed in this section are available for both notable and non-notable events.

  1. CyberSponse: Create Alert
  2. CyberSponse: Create Incident

3. Adaptive Response Actions

  1. CyberSponse: Run Playbook

4. Saved Searches

The Fortinet Splunk Add-on adds the following searches to Splunk ES. Schedule one of these searches to run every minute to enable automated creation of CyberSponse alerts or incidents for every Splunk notable:

  1. Send ES notable events to CyberSponse as alerts
  2. Send ES notable events to CyberSponse as incidents
    To keep the notable status, assignee, and severity updates synchronized between the two products, schedule the following search:
  3. Send ES notable updates to CyberSponse
    By default, this search sends the ES notable updates to FortiSOAR™ as an alert. If you are ingesting the events as incidents in FortiSOAR™, edit the macros.conf file in the Fortinet Splunk Add-on. In this case, edit the macros.conf file to set the update_type macro to incident-update.
    These searches invoke the CyberSponse playbooks: Splunk Alert Update or Splunk Incident Update, whenever Status, Urgency or Assignee is updated for a notable in Splunk so that the corresponding fields are updated in the CyberSponse module, provided that the playbooks are in the Active state.

5. Commands

  1. cybersponsesend
    This command can also be used directly to forward any search result to FortiSOAR™ as an alert or incident. For example,
    <search> | cybersponsesend alert
    <search> | cybersponsesend incident

Additionally, the add-on also provides an automated update of Splunk notables, if the Status, Assignee or Urgency fields are updated on the corresponding CyberSponse module. The playbooks Update Splunk on Alert Post-Update and Update Splunk on Incident Post-Update are triggered whenever the CyberSponse module is updated, provided the playbooks are in the Active state.

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About the connector

Splunk is a SIEM software that allows searching, monitoring and analyzing machine-generated big data, using a web-style interface. For more information, see the Splunk website.

This document provides information about the Splunk connector, which facilitates automated interactions, with a Splunk server using FortiSOAR™ playbooks. Add the Splunk connector as a step in FortiSOAR™ playbooks and perform automated operations, such as retrieving details and events for a Splunk alert, and running a search query on the Splunk server.

Version information

Connector Version: 1.6.0

FortiSOAR™ Version Tested on: 5.1.0-464

Splunk Version Tested on: 6.6.0

Authored By: Fortinet

Certified: Yes

Release Notes for version 1.6.0

Following enhancements have been made to the Splunk Connector in version 1.6.0:

Installing the connector

From FortiSOAR™ 5.0.0 onwards, use the Connector Store to install the connector. For the detailed procedure to install a connector, click here.
You can also use the yum command to install connectors. Connectors provided by FortiSOAR™ are delivered using a FortiSOAR™ repository. Therefore, you must set up your FortiSOAR™ repository and run the yum command as a root user to install connectors:

yum install cyops-connector-splunk

Prerequisites to configuring the connector

Configuring the connector

For the procedure to configure a connector, click here.

Configuration parameters

In FortiSOAR™, on the Connectors page, click the Splunk connector row, and in the Configure tab enter the required configuration details.

Parameter Description
Server Address IP or FQDN of the Splunk server to which you will connect and perform automated operations.
For example, mySplunkServer.
Username Username to access the Splunk endpoint.
Password Password to access the Splunk endpoint.
Protocol Protocol that will be used to communicate with the Splunk server. Choose either http and https.
By default, this is set to https.
Splunk API Port REST API port of the Splunk server.
Defaults to 8089.
Application Namespace Namespace that will be used for invoking all of the Splunk APIs.
For more information about namespaces, see Splunk Documentation.
Verify SSL Specifies whether the SSL certificate for the server is to be verified or not.
Defaults to 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 onwards:

Function Description Annotation and Category
Invoke Search Invokes a search on the Splunk server. search_query
Investigation
Get Details for a Search Retrieves the details for a Splunk search. get_result
Investigation
Get Events for a Search Retrieves the event details for a Splunk search. get_events
Investigation
Get Results for a Search Retrieves the results for a Splunk search. get_result
Investigation
Get Splunk Action Retrieves details of the available Splunk alert actions or adaptive response actions. get_command
Investigation
Run Splunk Action Runs an alert action or an adaptive response action on a search result or a notable. run_command
Investigation
Update Splunk Notables Updates Splunk notables when FortiSOAR™ is updated. update_record
Investigation
Sync Splunk Users to CyOPs Synchronizes a Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) user to FortiSOAR™ for co-relation between FortiSOAR™ and Splunk.
Note: Synchronize only those users who are allowed to be assigned to notable events.
sync_users
Miscellaneous
Get List Of Triggered Alerts Retrieves a list of alerts that are triggered on Splunk based on the parameters you have specified. get_alerts
Investigation
Get Details Of Triggered Alert Retrieves information of an alert triggered on Splunk based on the name of the alert you have specified. get_alert
Investigation
Add Comment to Splunk Notables Adds a comment to the Splunk notable event ID(s) that are specified by a comma-separated list in case of multiple events. update_record
Investigation
Get All Collections from Splunk App Retrieves a list containing all KVStore collections stored in the context of a specified Splunk App from Splunk, based on the application name and other input parameters you have specified. get_all_collections
Investigation
Add New Collection to Splunk App Adds a new KVStore collection to a specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, and other input parameters you have specified. add_new_collection
Investigation
Fetch Records from Collection Retrieves a list of all records of a specified collection within the specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, and other input parameters you have specified. get_records_in_collection
Investigation
Add Record to a Collection Adds a record to an existing KVStore collection within the specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, record key and value, and other input parameters you have specified. add_record_to_collection
Investigation
Delete Record From a Collection Removes a record from an existing KVStore collection within the specified Splunk App, based on the application name, collection name, record ID, and other input parameters you have specified. delete_record_from_collection
Investigation

operation: Invoke Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search Query Query for the search that you want to run on the Splunk server.
Defaults to \"search host=\"{{vars.result.data.host}}\"
Earliest Time (Optional) Start time for the search. Input type is string. If this parameter is left empty, it is set to the current time.
For example, -30m or -14d@d. 'm' stands for minutes, 'd' stands for days. Therefore, when you say -30m it means last 30 minutes and -14 days means last 14 days.
For time format see, http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.0/SearchReference/SearchTimeModifiers.
Latest Time (Optional) End time for the search. Input type is string. If this parameter is left empty, it is set to the current time.
For time format see, http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.0/SearchReference/SearchTimeModifiers.
Execution Mode Mode of execution for this operation.
You can choose from one of the following options:
Normal: To run an asynchronous search.
Blocking: To return the sid when the job is complete.
One Shot: To return results in the same call.
In this case, you can specify the format for the output (for example, JSON output) using the output_mode parameter as described in GET search/jobs/export. Default format for output is XML.
Timeout (Optional) Time, in seconds, of inactivity, after which the search job automatically cancels (0 = Never auto-cancel).
Additional Search Arguments Additional parameters for the search. You can specify additional parameters, such as time windows, to your search query to get specific search results. For more information, see the Splunk REST API Reference Manual.
Note: To run a search in the verbose mode, add the following parameter: {“adhoc_search_level”:“verbose”}.

Output

The JSON output that contains the data retrieved based on the search query. The search results depend on the additional parameters specified in the search. If the search is run in a blocking or normal mode, the sid is returned. For example, {“sid”: “1496222688.33”}.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"sid": ""
}

operation: Get Details for a Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search ID ID of the Splunk search for which you want to retrieve details.
Defaults to {"value": "{{vars.request.data.sid}}"}".

Output

The JSON output contains all the details based on the specified search ID.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"entry": [
{
"acl": {},
"content": {},
"links": [],
"author": "",
"id": "",
"name": ""
}
],
"paging": {},
"generator": {},
"origin": "",
"links": {},
"updated": ""
}

operation: Get Events for a Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search ID ID of the Splunk search for which you want to retrieve events.
Defaults to {"value": "{{vars.request.data.sid}}"}".
Additional Request Parameters Optional parameter. You can add other request parameters in the JSON format.
For example, {\"output_mode\": \"json\", \"count\": 10}

Note: If your search query has additional commands, such as stats, run on the events from the search, the Get Events API returns an empty result, if the search is not run in verbose mode. To set the verbose mode, add the following parameter to the Additional Search Arguments parameter in the Invoke Search operation: {“adhoc_search_level”:“verbose”}.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"fields": [],
"results": []
}

operation: Get Results for a Search

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Search Id ID of the Splunk search as a JSON. For example, {'value': {{vars.sid}}}.
Note: You must add the Search ID as a JSON with the key value as specified in the example; otherwise, the operation might fail.
Additional Request Parameters (Optional) You can add other request parameters in the JSON format.
For example example, {\"output_mode\": \"json\", \"count\": 10}

Output

The JSON output contains the transformed results for the specified Splunk search in a search result.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"init_offset": 0,
"fields": [],
"messages": [],
"results": [],
"preview": false,
"highlighted": {}
}

operation: Get Splunk Action

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Action Name Name of the action for which the details are to be fetched. A match for this name is looked for in the action name, description, and label in a Splunk action. This is an optional parameter, and if you do not specify the same, then this operation fetches a list of all Splunk actions.

Output

The JSON output contains input parameters and other details for all alerts action that match the action name you have specified.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"content": {},
"id": "",
"name": ""
}

operation: Run Splunk Action

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Notable Event Id ID of the notable event on which you want to run the action.
Search Id ID of the Splunk search on which you want to run the action.
You must specify either the Notable Event Id or the Search Id.
Action Name Name of the action to be run.
Action Parameters Parameters of the action that you want to run. For example, a parameter in the JSON format would be {\"max_results\":\"1\"}
Note: You can use the Get Splunk Action operation to get parameter names for a specific action.
Frequency If you are running the operation on search results, this parameter specifies if the action should be run only once for the entire resultset or for each result.

Output

This operation executes the action with the help of the sendaction command from Splunk. The JSON output contains the events from the execution of the sendalert command and varies for each command. The following image displays the output of execution of the SplunkES Risk Analysis AR action on a notable event:

The output contains a non-dictionary value.

operation: Update Splunk Notables

Input parameters

Note. Include this operation in a Splunk playbook and notables will get updated on Splunk when they are updated on FortiSOAR™.

Parameter Description
Notable Event ID ID of the notable event that you want to update on Splunk.
Status Status of the Splunk notable.
You can specify any of the following values: Unassigned, New, In Progress, Pending, Resolved, or Closed.
Urgency Urgency of the Splunk notable.
You can specify any of the following values: Info, Low, Medium, High, or Critical.
Owner Owner of the Splunk notable event.

Output

The JSON output returns a status containing "success" if the Splunk notables are updated, or "failure" with the reason for failure, if the Splunk notables are not updated.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"status": "",
"result": ""
}

operation: Sync Splunk Users to CyOPs

Input parameters

None. Include this operation in a Splunk playbook and users will get updated on Splunk when they are updated in FortiSOAR™.

Output

The JSON output returns a Success message if the Splunk users are synchronized, or an Error message containing the reason for failure. The output also contains names of the users.

The output contains a non-dictionary value.

operation: Get List Of Triggered Alerts

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Max Number Of Entries To Return Maximum number of triggered alerts that you want the operation to return. Set the value to -1 if you want to retrieve all the triggered alerts.
Offset Index of the first item to return.
Response Filter Filter used to specify which triggered alerts must be returned. The values of the response fields are matched against this search expression.
Examples:
search=foo matches any field that has the string foo in its name.
search=field_name%3Dfield_value restricts the match to a single field. (Requires URI-encoding.)
Sort By Sorting order of the result, choose between asc (ascending) or desc (descending).
Field Name To Use For Sorting Name of the field on which you want to sort the result.
Sort Mode Logical sequencing (collate) of the results. Choose between the following:
auto: If all field values are numeric, collate numerically. Otherwise, collate alphabetically.
alpha = Collate field values alphabetically, not case-sensitive.
alpha_case = Collate field values alphabetically, case-sensitive.
num = Collate field values numerically.

Output

The JSON output contains a list of alerts and other details for all alerts triggered on Splunk based on the parameters you have specified.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"entry": [
{
"name": "",
"author": "",
"acl": {
"removable": "",
"can_write": "",
"sharing": "",
"app": "",
"perms": {
"write": [],
"read": []
},
"modifiable": "",
"can_list": "",
"owner": ""
},
"id": "",
"updated": "",
"content": {
"triggered_alert_count": "",
"eai:acl": ""
},
"links": {
"list": "",
"alternate": ""
}
}
],
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"total": "",
"offset": ""
},
"generator": {
"version": "",
"build": ""
},
"origin": "",
"messages": [],
"updated": "",
"links": {
"_acl": ""
}
}

operation: Get Details Of Triggered Alert

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Alert Name Name of the triggered alert for which the details are to be fetched.

Output

The JSON output contains details for the triggered alert that match the alert name you have specified.

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"offset": "",
"total": ""
},
"entry": [
{
"published": "",
"author": "",
"name": "",
"links": {
"job": "",
"savedsearch": "",
"list": "",
"alternate": "",
"remove": ""
},
"acl": {
"removable": "",
"can_write": "",
"sharing": "",
"app": "",
"perms": {
"write": [],
"read": []
},
"modifiable": "",
"can_list": "",
"owner": ""
},
"id": "",
"updated": "",
"content": {
"triggered_alerts": "",
"trigger_time_rendered": "",
"trigger_time": "",
"severity": "",
"actions": "",
"sid": "",
"expiration_time_rendered": "",
"savedsearch_name": "",
"alert_type": "",
"eai:acl": "",
"digest_mode": ""
}
}
],
"generator": {
"version": "",
"build": ""
},
"origin": "",
"links": {
"_acl": ""
},
"updated": "",
"messages": []
}

operation: Add Comment to Splunk Notables

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Notable Event Ids ID(s) of the notable event(s) in which you want to add comments.
Use a comma-separated list of IDs in case of multiple events.
Comment Comment that you want to add to the Splunk notable event(s).

Output

The JSON output returns a Success message if the Splunk notable event(s) are updated, or an Error message containing the reason for failure.

The output contains a non-dictionary value.

operation: Get All Collections from Splunk App

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app that you have specified whose complete collection list you want to retrieve from Splunk.
App Name Name of the app that the collection is part of whose complete collection list you want to retrieve from Splunk.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"messages": [],
"updated": "",
"origin": "",
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"total": "",
"offset": ""
},
"links": {
"_acl": "",
"_reload": "",
"create": ""
},
"generator": {
"build": "",
"version": ""
},
"entry": [
{
"updated": "",
"id": "",
"author": "",
"content": {
"eai:appName": "",
"replication_dump_maximum_file_size": "",
"field._time": "",
"replication_dump_strategy": "",
"disabled": "",
"profilingThresholdMs": "",
"field.data": "",
"eai:acl": "",
"profilingEnabled": "",
"type": "",
"field.user": "",
"field.splunk_server": "",
"replicate": "",
"eai:userName": "",
"accelerated_fields.default": ""
},
"acl": {
"modifiable": "",
"removable": "",
"can_share_app": "",
"perms": {
"read": [],
"write": []
},
"can_share_global": "",
"sharing": "",
"can_write": "",
"app": "",
"can_list": "",
"can_share_user": "",
"owner": "",
"can_change_perms": ""
},
"links": {
"list": "",
"_reload": "",
"alternate": "",
"edit": "",
"disable": ""
},
"name": ""
}
]
}

operation: Add New Collection to Splunk App

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app in which you want to add a new collection.
App Name Name of the app to which you want to add the new collection.
Collection Name Name of the new collection that you want to add to the Splunk app.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"messages": [],
"updated": "",
"origin": "",
"paging": {
"perPage": "",
"total": "",
"offset": ""
},
"links": {
"_acl": "",
"_reload": "",
"create": ""
},
"generator": {
"build": "",
"version": ""
},
"entry": [
{
"updated": "",
"id": "",
"author": "",
"content": {
"profilingEnabled": "",
"profilingThresholdMs": "",
"eai:appName": "",
"replication_dump_maximum_file_size": "",
"replication_dump_strategy": "",
"disabled": "",
"type": "",
"replicate": "",
"eai:acl": "",
"eai:userName": ""
},
"acl": {
"modifiable": "",
"removable": "",
"can_share_app": "",
"perms": {
"read": [],
"write": []
},
"can_share_global": "",
"sharing": "",
"can_write": "",
"app": "",
"can_list": "",
"can_share_user": "",
"owner": "",
"can_change_perms": ""
},
"links": {
"list": "",
"remove": "",
"disable": "",
"_reload": "",
"alternate": "",
"edit": ""
},
"name": ""
}
]
}

operation: Fetch Records from Collection

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app whose records you want to retrieve from Splunk.
App Name Name of the app that the collection is part of whose records you want to retrieve from Splunk.
Collection Name Name of the collection whose records you want to retrieve from Splunk.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"_user": "",
"_key": ""
}

operation: Add Record to a Collection

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app in which you want to add records.
App Name Name of the Splunk app that the collection is part in which you want to add records.
Collection Name Name of the collection to which you want to add records.
Record Key Key of the record that you want to add to the specified collection.
Record Value Value of the record that you want to add to the specified collection.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"_key": ""
}

operation: Delete Record From a Collection

Input parameters

Parameter Description
Owner (Optional) Name of the user who owns the collection in the Splunk app from which you want to delete records.
App Name Name of the Splunk app that the collection is part from which you want to delete records.
Collection Name Name of the collection from which you want to delete records.
Record ID ID of the record that you want to delete from the specified collection.

Output

The output contains the following populated JSON schema:
{
"success": ""
}

Included playbooks

The Sample-Splunk-1.6.0 playbook collection comes bundled with the Splunk connector. This playbook contains steps using which you can perform all supported actions. You can see the bundled playbooks in the Automation > Playbooks section in FortiSOAR™ after importing the Splunk connector.

The Splunk > Get List of Triggered Alerts playbook is used for Adaptive Response CyberSponse: Run Playbook action.

The sample playbooks from 2 to 8 work in conjunction with the TA-Cybersponse Splunk Technology Add-on to invoke CyberSponse actions from the Splunk UI and also to automatically forward Splunk alerts and notable as CyberSponse Alerts and Incidents. For more information, see the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on section.

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 the connector upgrade and delete.

Additional configurations required for automatically creating and updating alerts

1. Synchronizing Splunk ES users with FortiSOAR™

Use the Sync Splunk Users to CyOps connector function in a playbook to synchronize specific Splunk users to FortiSOAR™. Synchronize only those users who are allowed to be assigned to notable events. Synchronizing the users would enable FortiSOAR™ to assign the CyberSponse alert to the same user as the Assignee for the corresponding Splunk notables.

2. Updating the FortiSOAR™ modules

Note: This procedure is optional, and it enables bidirectional update of notables. Therefore, perform this procedure, only if you require the Splunk notables to be automatically updated if the corresponding FortiSOAR™ incident or alert module is updated and vice-versa. This procedure also assumes that you are using FortiSOAR™ version 4.10.1 or higher. If you are using a different version of FortiSOAR™, such as FortiSOAR™ 4.9, then it is possible that the FortiSOAR™ UI navigation is different. Refer to the FortiSOAR™ documentation of that particular version for details about FortiSOAR™ navigation.

When a Splunk ES notable event is mapped to a FortiSOAR™ alert or incident, the Status and Urgency of the event can be mapped into the equivalent fields in the FortiSOAR™ modules. The sample playbooks included with Splunk 1.5.0 and later already contain the mapping for the FortiSOAR™ incident and alert modules in their "Configuration" step. Following image is of Configuration step in the Splunk > Inbound Alert playbook that contains the mapping:

Modifying the default Alert and Incident Creation Behavior

As mentioned in the Integration Points section in the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on section. the actions from the Fortinet Splunk Add-on invokes playbooks bundled with the Fortinet Splunk connector for the desired automation. If you want to customize the default behavior of the playbooks, you can either modify the existing playbook or create and invoke a new playbook. In case you are creating a new playbook, you must deactivate or delete the corresponding sample playbook and write a new playbook with the same API trigger.

The following table lists the API trigger and the corresponding default playbook for your easy reference:

S.No. Action API Trigger Default Playbook
1 CyberSponse: Create Alert api/triggers/1/splunkAlert Splunk > Inbound Alert
2 CyberSponse: Create Incident api/triggers/1/splunkIncident Splunk > Inbound Incident
3 For updating the CyberSponse Alert when the corresponding notable event is updated api/triggers/1/splunkAlertUpdate Splunk > Alert Update
4 For updating the CyberSponse Incident when the corresponding notable event is updated api/triggers/1/splunkIncidentUpdate Splunk > Incident Update
5 For Updating Splunk on Alert Post-Update NA Splunk > Alert Post-Update
6 For Updating Splunk on Incident Post-Update NA Splunk > Incident Post-Update

The playbooks are installed with the CyberSponse Splunk connector. For integrations 5 and 6 to work, ensure that you have updated the connector steps in the appropriate playbook to point to your Splunk configuration.

It is recommended that you make a copy of these playbooks and then customize them as per your requirements. Once you have a working copy, ensure that you set the state of the sample playbooks to Inactive; otherwise, both the playbooks will be triggered whenever events are forwarded from Splunk.

Troubleshooting

Fingerprint has expired error is observed in the TA-Cybersponse Splunk Technology Add-on log

The "Fingerprint has expired” error is seen in the ta-cybersponse_cybersponse_common.connection.log file.

Resolution:

This issue could occur in cases where there is a difference between the time of the Splunk Search Head and the FortiSOAR™ instance. Resolve this issue by synchronizing the time of the Splunk Search Head and your FortiSOAR™ instance to a common NTP server.

Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on

Use the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on to automatically forward events and alerts from Splunk to FortiSOAR™ and invoke FortiSOAR™ playbooks for investigation.

Version Information:

Applies to: Splunk version 6.6.0.

Splunk Technology Add-on Version: 2.5.0

FortiSOAR™ Version Tested on: 5.1.0-464

Compatibility with Splunk connector Versions: 1.6.0 and later

Authored By: Fortinet

Certified: Yes

Release Notes for version 2.5.0

Following enhancements have been made to the Splunk Technology Add-on in version 2.5.0:

Installing and configuring the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on

Important: Applies to Splunk versions 6 and 7, and FortiSOAR™ versions 4.9 and later.

The Fortinet Splunk Add-on is designed to work in conjunction with normal events as well as notable events from Splunk ES. While ES is not a requirement, it is recommended since all bi-directional updates only apply to Splunk notable events.

Capabilities of the Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on

Installing the Splunk application

  1. Import the Fortinet Splunk App TA-cybersponse-X.X.X.tar.gz into Splunk ES Search Head.
    Important: The TA-cybersponse-2.5.0.tar.gz file is attached to this article and it also can be downloaded from the Splunk Store.

  2. Configure the TA-cybersponse-X.X.X.tar.gz.

    Specify a CyberSponse user who has permission to view and trigger CyberSponse playbooks.

  3. Ensure that the Splunk server has connectivity to the FortiSOAR™ server and can send requests to the FortiSOAR™ instance on port 443.

Integration Points

The Fortinet Splunk Technology Add-on provides the following integration points:

1. Alert Actions

  1. CyberSponse: Create Alert - Creates an alert in CyberSponse with the event data. Triggers the CyberSponse playbook Splunk Inbound Alert with the api/triggers/1/splunkAlert API trigger. Ensure that the playbook is Active for automated Alert creation.
  2. CyberSponse: Create Incident - Creates an incident in CyberSponse with the event data. Triggers the CyberSponse playbook Splunk Inbound Incident with the api/triggers/1/splunkIncident API trigger. Ensure that the playbook is Active for automated Incident creation.
  3. CyberSponse: Run Playbook - Lists all active CyberSponse playbooks that have an API Trigger as the starting step. The list of playbooks can additionally be filtered based on the tags. The tags are specified in the Set Up page on the Fortinet Splunk Add-on.

    OR
    Specify the CyberSponse Playbook that will be Invoked to override the FortiSOAR™ endpoint and Appliance Keys, which have been specified in the application configuration.
    Note: To generate APPLIANCE_PRIVATE_KEY and APPLIANCE_PUBLIC_KEY, log on to FortiSOAR™ as an administrator and click Settings > Appliances. Click Add to create a new appliance. On the New Appliance page specify the name of the appliance and select the Team(s) and Role(s). i.e., Application Administrator and Playbook Administrator roles that apply to this appliance and click Save. Once you save the new appliance record, FortiSOAR™ displays a pair of Public / Private cryptographic keys in a modal window. You must keep a copy of these keys and add them to the APPLIANCE_PRIVATE_KEY and APPLIANCE_PUBLIC_KEY fields.

2. Event Actions

Note

The actions listed in this section are available for both notable and non-notable events.

  1. CyberSponse: Create Alert
  2. CyberSponse: Create Incident

3. Adaptive Response Actions

  1. CyberSponse: Run Playbook

4. Saved Searches

The Fortinet Splunk Add-on adds the following searches to Splunk ES. Schedule one of these searches to run every minute to enable automated creation of CyberSponse alerts or incidents for every Splunk notable:

  1. Send ES notable events to CyberSponse as alerts
  2. Send ES notable events to CyberSponse as incidents
    To keep the notable status, assignee, and severity updates synchronized between the two products, schedule the following search:
  3. Send ES notable updates to CyberSponse
    By default, this search sends the ES notable updates to FortiSOAR™ as an alert. If you are ingesting the events as incidents in FortiSOAR™, edit the macros.conf file in the Fortinet Splunk Add-on. In this case, edit the macros.conf file to set the update_type macro to incident-update.
    These searches invoke the CyberSponse playbooks: Splunk Alert Update or Splunk Incident Update, whenever Status, Urgency or Assignee is updated for a notable in Splunk so that the corresponding fields are updated in the CyberSponse module, provided that the playbooks are in the Active state.

5. Commands

  1. cybersponsesend
    This command can also be used directly to forward any search result to FortiSOAR™ as an alert or incident. For example,
    <search> | cybersponsesend alert
    <search> | cybersponsesend incident

Additionally, the add-on also provides an automated update of Splunk notables, if the Status, Assignee or Urgency fields are updated on the corresponding CyberSponse module. The playbooks Update Splunk on Alert Post-Update and Update Splunk on Incident Post-Update are triggered whenever the CyberSponse module is updated, provided the playbooks are in the Active state.

TA-cybersponse-2.5.0.tar.gz

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