Syslog and Email Alert Details

When you enable Syslog or email alerts, Tenable Identity Exposure sends out notifications when it detects a deviance, an attack, or a change.

Alert Header

Syslog alert headers (RFC-3164) use the Common Event Format (CEF), a common format in solutions that integrate Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

Example of an alert for an Indicator of Exposure (IoE)

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IoE Alert Header

<116>Jan  9 09:24:42 qradar.alsid.app AlsidForAD[4]: "0" "1" "Alsid Forest" "emea.corp" "C-PASSWORD-DONT-EXPIRE" "medium" "CN=Gustavo Fring,OU=Los_Pollos_Hermanos,OU=Emea,DC=emea,DC=corp" "28" "1" "R-DONT-EXPIRE-SET" "2434" "TrusteeCn"="Gustavo Fring"

Example of an alert for an Indicator of Attack (IoA)

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IoA Alert Header

<116>Jan  9 09:24:42 qradar.alsid.app AlsidForAD[4]: "2" "1337" "Alsid Forest" "emea.corp" "DC Sync" "medium" "yoda.alsid.corp" "10.0.0.1" "antoinex1x.alsid.corp" "10.1.0.1" "user"="Gustavo Fring" "dc_name"="MyDC"

Alert Information

Generic Elements

The header structure includes the following parts, as described in the table.

Part	Description
1	Time Stamp— The date of the detection. Example: "Jun 7 05:37:03"
2	Hostname — The name or IP address of your application. Example: "customer.tenable.ad"
3	Product Name — The name of the product that triggered the deviance. Example: "TenableAD", "AnotherTenableADProduct"
4	PID — The product (Tenable Identity Exposure) ID. Example: [4]
5	Tenable Msg Type — The identifier of event sources. Example: "0" (= On each deviance), "1" (= On changes), "2" (= On each attack)
6	Tenable Alert ID — The unique ID of the alert. Example: "0", "132"
7	Forest Name — The forest name of the related event. Example: "Corp Forest"
8	Domain Name — The domain name related to the event. Example: "tenable.corp", "zwx.com"
9	Tenable Codename — The code name of the Indicator of Exposure (IoE) or Indicator of Attack (IoA). Examples: "C-PASSWORD-DONT-EXPIRE", "DC Sync".
10	Tenable Severity Level — The severity level of the related deviance. Example: "critical", "high", "medium"

IoE Specific Elements

Part	Description
11	AD Object — The Distinguished Name of the deviant object. Example: "CN=s_infosec.scanner,OU=ADManagers,DC=domain,DC=local"
12	Tenable Deviance ID — The ID of the deviance. Example: "24980", "132", "28"
13	Tenable Profile ID — The ID of the profile on which Tenable Identity Exposure triggered the deviance. Example: "1" (Tenable), "2" (sec_team)
14	AD Reason Codename — The code name of the deviance reason. Example: "R-DONT-EXPIRE-SET", "R-UNCONST-DELEG"
15	Tenable Event ID — The ID of the event that the deviance triggered. Example: "40667", "28"
16	Tenable Insertion Strings Name — The attribute name that the deviant object triggered. Example: "Cn", "useraccountcontrol", "member", "pwdlastset"
17	Tenable Insertion Strings Value — The value of the attribute that the deviant object triggered. Example: "s_infosec.scanner", "CN=Backup Operators,CN=Builtin,DC=domain,DC=local"

IoA Specific Elements

Part	Description
11	Source Host Name — The hostname of the attacking host. Value can also be "Unknown".
12	Source IP Address — The IP address of the attacking host. Values can be IPv4 or IPv6.
13	Destination Hostname — The IP address of the attacked host.
14	Destination IP Address — The IP address of the attacking host. Values can be IPv4 or IPv6.
15	Attack Vector Insertion Strings Name — The attribute name that the deviant object triggered.
16	Attack Vector Insertion Strings Value — The value of the attribute that the deviant object triggered.

Examples