Collect Fortra Digital Guardian DLP logs

This document explains how to collect Fortra Digital Guardian DLP logs to Google Security Operations using a Bindplane agent. The parser code transforms raw JSON formatted logs into a unified data model (UDM). It first extracts fields from the raw JSON, performs data cleaning and normalization, then maps the extracted fields to their corresponding UDM attributes, enriching the data with specific event types based on the identified activity.

Before you begin

• Ensure that you have a Google Security Operations instance.
• Ensure that you are using Windows 2016 or later, or a Linux host with systemd.
• If running behind a proxy, ensure firewall ports are open.
• Ensure that you have privileged access to Fortra Digital Guardian DLP.

Get Google SecOps ingestion authentication file

1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
2. Go to SIEM Settings > Collection Agents.
3. Download the Ingestion Authentication File. Save the file securely on the system where Bindplane will be installed.

Get Google SecOps customer ID

1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
2. Go to SIEM Settings > Profile.
3. Copy and save the Customer ID from the Organization Details section.

Install the Bindplane agent

Windows installation

1. Open the Command Prompt or PowerShell as an administrator.

2. Run the following command:

   msiexec /i "https://github.com/observIQ/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/observiq-otel-collector.msi" /quiet
   

Linux installation

1. Open a terminal with root or sudo privileges.

2. Run the following command:

   sudo sh -c "$(curl -fsSlL https://github.com/observiq/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/install_unix.sh)" install_unix.sh
   

Additional installation resources

• For additional installation options, consult this installation guide.

Configure the Bindplane agent to ingest Syslog and send to Google SecOps

1. Access the configuration file:

   1. Locate the config.yaml file. Typically, it's in the /etc/bindplane-agent/ directory on Linux or in the installation directory on Windows.
   2. Open the file using a text editor (for example, nano, vi, or Notepad).

2. Edit the config.yaml file as follows:

   receivers:
       udplog:
           # Replace the port and IP address as required
           listen_address: "0.0.0.0:514"
   
   exporters:
       chronicle/chronicle_w_labels:
           compression: gzip
           # Adjust the path to the credentials file you downloaded in Step 1
           creds: '/path/to/ingestion-authentication-file.json'
           # Replace with your actual customer ID from Step 2
           customer_id: <customer_id>
           endpoint: malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com
           # Add optional ingestion labels for better organization
           ingestion_labels:
               log_type: DIGITALGUARDIAN_DLP
               raw_log_field: body
   
   service:
       pipelines:
           logs/source0__chronicle_w_labels-0:
               receivers:
                   - udplog
               exporters:
                   - chronicle/chronicle_w_labels
   

3. Replace the port and IP address as required in your infrastructure.

4. Replace <customer_id> with the actual customer ID.

5. Update /path/to/ingestion-authentication-file.json to the path where the authentication file was saved in the Get Google SecOps ingestion authentication file section.

Restart the Bindplane agent to apply the changes

• To restart the Bindplane agent in Linux, run the following command:

  sudo systemctl restart bindplane-agent
  

• To restart the Bindplane agent in Windows, you can either use the Services console or enter the following command:

  net stop BindPlaneAgent && net start BindPlaneAgent
  

Configure Fortra Digital Guardian Syslog Export

1. Sign in to the Digital Guardian Management Console.
2. Go to Workspace > Data Export > Create Export.
3. Select Alerts or Events as the data source from the Data Sources list.
4. Select Syslog as the Export Type.

5. From the Type list, select UDP (you can also select TCP as the transport protocol, depending on your Bindplane configuration).

6. Under the Server field, enter the Bindplane agent IP address.

7. In the Port field, enter 514 (you can provide another port, depending on your Bindplane agent configuration).

8. Select a severity level, from the Severity Level list.

9. Select the Is Active checkbox.

10. Click Next.

11. From the list of available fields, add All Alert and Event fields for the data export.

12. Select Criteria for the fields in your data export.

13. Click Next.

14. Select a Group for the criteria.

15. Click Next.

16. Click Test Query.

17. Click Next.

18. Click Save.

UDM Mapping Table

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