Varonis Data Security Platform

Integration version: 4.0

Product Use Cases

  1. Ingest Varonis alerts for analysis in Google Security Operations SOAR.
  2. Update the Varonis alerts from Google Security Operations SOAR.

Product PermissionConfiguration

To configure Varonis to work with Google Security Operations SOAR the following steps need to be taken:

  1. A special API patch needs to be installed on DatAdvantage deployment, please contact Varonis team about it.
  2. User that will be used for the integration should have DatAdavantage "Web UI User" and "DatAlertConfiguration" roles.

Configure Varonis Data Security Platform integration in Google Security Operations SOAR

For detailed instructions on how to configure an integration in Google Security Operations SOAR, see Configure integrations.

Integration parameters

Use the following parameters to configure the integration:

Parameter Display Name Type Default Value Is Mandatory Description
API Root String https://{ip address}:{port} Yes Specify API URL for the target Varonis Data Security instance.
Username String N/A Yes Specify the username to connect with.
Password Password N/A Yes Specify the password to connect with.
Verify SSL Checkbox Checked Yes If enabled, the certificate configured for the API root is validated.

Actions

Ping

Description

Test connectivity to Varonis Data Security Platform with parameters provided at the integration configuration page in the Google Security Operations Marketplace tab.

Parameters

N/A

Playbook Use Cases Examples

The action is used to test connectivity at the integration configuration page on the Google Security Operations Marketplace tab, and it can be executed as a manual action, not used in playbooks.

Run on

This action doesn't run on entities, nor has mandatory input parameters.

Action Results

Script Result
Script result name Value options Example
is_success True/False is_success=False
JSON Result
N/A
Case Wall
Result Type Value / Description Type
Output message*

The action should not fail nor stop a playbook execution:

If successful: "Successfully connected to the Varonis Data Security Platform with the provided connection parameters!"

The action should fail and stop a playbook execution:

If not successful: "Failed to connect to the Varonis Data Security Platform! Error is {0}".format(exception.stacktrace)

General

Update Alert

Description

Update Varonis Data Security Platform alert.

Parameters

Parameter Name Type Default Value Is Mandatory Description
Alert GUID CSV N/A Yes Specify alert GUID for the update. This action can run on multiple alerts. Multiple alerts can be specified as a comma-separated string.
Alert Status DDL

Select One

Possible values:

  • Select One
  • Open
  • Under Investigation
  • Closed
 Yes Specify the alert status to update to.
Closing Reason DDL

Not Provided

Possible values:

  • Not Provided
  • Resolved
  • Misconfiguration
  • Threat model disabled or deleted
  • Account misclassification
  • Legitimate activity
  • Other
 No Specify the closing reason for the alert. When the alert status is changed to "closed", closing reason must be specified.

Playbook Use Cases Examples

Update DatAdvantage alert from Google Security Operations SOAR.

Run on

This action doesn't run on entities.

Action Results

Script Result
Script result name Value options Example
is_success True/False is_success=False
JSON Result
N/A
Case Wall
Result Type Value / Description Type
Output message*

The action should not fail nor stop a playbook execution:

If alert is updated successfully: "Alert(s) {0} were updated successfully".format(list of alerts)

The action should fail and stop a playbook execution:

If failed to update the alert: "Failed to update alert(s) {0} due to following error {1}".format(alert list, error code)

If a fatal error, like wrong credentials, no connection to the server, other is reported: "Failed to execute "Update Alert" action! Error is {0}".format(exception.stacktrace)

General

Connectors

Varonis Data Security Platform Alerts Connector

Description

The connector can be used to fetch alerts from the Varonis Data Security Platform. The connector dynamic list can be used to filter specific alerts for ingestion based on the Varonis Data Security Platform alert name.

Configure Varonis Data Security Platform Alerts Connector in Google Security Operations SOAR

For detailed instructions on how to configure a connector in Google Security Operations SOAR, see Configuring the connector.

Connector parameters

Use the following parameters to configure the connector:

Parameter Display Name Type Default Value Is Mandatory Description
Product Field Name String device_product Yes Enter the source field name in order to retrieve the Product Field name.
Event Field Name String Type Yes Enter the source field name in order to retrieve the Event Field name.
Environment Field Name String "" No

Describes the name of the field where the environment name is stored.

If the environment field isn't found, the environment is the default environment.
Environment Regex Pattern String .* No

A regex pattern to run on the value found in the "Environment Field Name" field.

Default is .* to catch all and return the value unchanged.

Used to allow the user to manipulate the environment field via regex logic.

If the regex pattern is null or empty, or the environment value is null, the final environment result is the default environment.
PythonProcessTimeout Integer 300 Yes Timeout limit for the python process running the current script.
API Root String https://{ip address}:{port} Yes Specify the API URL for the target Varonis Data Security Platform instance.
Username String N/A Yes Specify the username to connect with.
Password Password N/A Yes Specify the password to connect with.
Max Days Backwards Integer 3 Yes Fetch alerts X days backwards.
Max Alerts per Cycle Integer 10 Yes Fetch X alerts per connector cycle.
Max Events per Varonis alert Integer 25 Yes Maximum number of events that the connector fetches for the Varonis Data Security Platform alert.
Status CSV Open, Under Investigation, Closed Yes Data Security Platform alert statuses to fetch.
Severity CSV Low, Medium, High Yes Data Security Platform alerts severities to fetch.
Disable Overflow Checkbox Checked No If enabled, the connector ignores the Google Security Operations SOAR overflow mechanism when creating alerts.
Use Dynamic List as BlockList Checkbox Unchecked Yes If enabled, the connector uses alert names specified in the Dynamic list as a BlockList. It ingests only alerts that don't match Dynamic List.
Verify SSL Checkbox Checked Yes If enabled, the certificate configured for the API root is validated.
Alert Name Template String [Name]

If provided, the connector uses this value for Google Security Operations SOAR Alert Name.

You can provide placeholders in the following format: [name of the field].

Example: Varonis alert - [name].

Note: The connector first uses CSOAR Event for placeholders.

Only keys that have string value are handled.

If nothing is provided or the user provides an invalid template, the connector uses the default alert name - [name].
Rule Generator Template String [Name]

If provided, the connector uses this value for Google Security Operations SOAR Rule Generator Value.

You can provide placeholders in the following format: [name of the field].

Example: Varonis alert - [name].

Note: The connector first uses Google Security Operations SOAR Event for placeholders.

Only keys that have string value are handled.

If nothing is provided or the user provides an invalid template, the connector uses the default rule generator - [name].
Proxy Server Address String N/A No The address of the proxy server to use.
Proxy Username String N/A No The proxy username to authenticate with.
Proxy Password Password N/A No The proxy password to authenticate with.

Connector Rules

Proxy Support

The connector supports proxy.