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WatchGuard Firewall Integration Guide🔗

WatchGuard firewalls should be configured to send logs via syslog to the Taegis™ XDR Collector from the Fireware Web UI or Policy Manager. Please follow the instructions in the documentation provided by WatchGuard to add syslog servers.

Connectivity Requirements🔗

Source Destination Port/Protocol
WatchGuard Firewall XDR Collector (mgmt IP) UDP/514

Data Provided from Integration🔗

Normalized Data Out-of-the-Box Detections Vendor-Specific Detections
WatchGuard Firewall Auth DNS, HTTP, Netflow

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.

Configuration Instructions🔗

To configure your WatchGuard firewall to send logs to Secureworks® Taegis™ XDR, follow the instructions provided by WatchGuard to add syslog servers in this article. Consider the following requirements when completing the configuration steps:

  • IP Address — The IP address of the XDR Collector
  • Port — 514
  • Log Format -- Syslog
    • Include time stamp — Check to include.
    • Include serial number of the device — Check to include.
  • Syslog Facility — Select according to your priorities.