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Symantec Endpoint Protection🔗

The following instructions are for configuring Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for log ingestion into Secureworks® Taegis™ XDR.

XDR normalizes the following SEP log types:

  • Intrusion Prevention System
  • Antivirus
  • Browser Protection

Connectivity Requirements🔗

Source Destination Port/Protocol
SEP Manager Taegis™ XDR Collector (mgmt IP) UDP/514

Data Provided from Integration🔗

Normalized Data Out-of-the-Box Detections Vendor-Specific Detections
Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus, NIDS

Note

XDR detectors are not guaranteed to be triggered, even if a data source's logs are normalized to a schema associated with a given detector. However, you can create Custom Alert Rules to generate alerts based on normalized data from a data source.

Configure the Symantec Endpoint Protection Platform🔗

Register a Syslog Server🔗

Follow the instructions in the Symantec Endpoint Protection - Exporting data to a Syslog server article to configure log forwarding.

Field Required Value
Syslog Server XDR Collector (mgmt IP)
Destination Port 514
Log Facility Default

Advanced Search using the Query Language🔗

SEP Advanced Search

Example Query Language Searches🔗

To search for antivirus events from the last 24 hours:

FROM antivirus WHERE sensor_type = 'Symantec Endpoint Protection' and EARLIEST=-24h

To search for nids events where the process was blocked:

FROM nids WHERE sensor_type = 'Symantec Endpoint Protection' and blocked = 1

To search for nids events associated with a specific host:

FROM nids WHERE sensor_type='Symantec Endpoint Protection' AND host_id = 'foo'

Event Details🔗

SEP Event Details