Integrating Centrify Server Suite with SIEM Tools – Part 3, integration with IBM QRadar

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Integrating Centrify Server Suite with SIEM Tools – Part 3, integration with IBM QRadar

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2 February,21 at 05:33 PM

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This is a follow on to my previous posts on integrating Centrify Server Suite events into SIEM tools & integrating Centrify Server Suite events into Splunk. In this post, we cover how to integrate these events into your existing IBM QRadar deployment.

Getting Started

First, how do I get Centrify events into IBM QRadar? Centrify events are available locally in standard logs either in *Nix syslogs or Windows event logs. Follow IBM QRadar's documentation to forward data into QRadar from Windows & *Nix machines.

Shown below, a Windows and Linux collector configured for deployment within QRadar. Follow the Centrify QRadar Installation guide to configure the collectors.

Normalising events

Install the Centrify log extension in QRadar to normalize Centrify events, follow again the instructions in the Centrify QRadar Installation guide. Once the events are centrally collected and indexed, you can find all the Centrify events by searching for "centrifyEventID" in the quick filter as shown below.

Categorizing events

We've taken over a dozen centrify events and categorised them into the QRadar's authentication category. This will enable any Security Analyst to easily correlate Authentication events from accross vendors within your enterprise. Find below a search query for Centrify events in the Authentication category.

Below are the various categories of events.

Event Name	QRadar Category Name	Parent
Console login success	Host Login Succeeded	Authentication
Console login failure	Host Login Failed	Authentication
Remote login success	Remote Access Login Succeeded	Authentication
Remote login failure	Remote Access Login Failed	Authentication
Console logon failure	Host Login Failed	Authentication
Remote login failure	Remote Access Login Failed	Authentication
login success	Host Login Succeeded	Authentication
The user login to the system successfully	Host Login Succeeded	Authentication
PAM authentication granted	System Security Access Granted	Authentication
PAM authentication denied	System Security Access Removed	Authentication
PAM open session granted	System Security Access Granted	Authentication
PAM open session denied	System Security Access Removed	Authentication
SSHD granted	System Security Access Granted	Authentication
SSHD denied	System Security Access Failed	Authentication
MFA challenge succeeded	General Authentication Successful	Authentication
MFA challenge failed	General Authentication Failed	Authentication
MFA challenge succeeded	General Authentication Successful	Authentication
MFA challenge failed	General Authentication Failed	Authentication

To summarize, CSS Standard edition captures all logon and privilege activity on any machines that have a CSS agent running – the event is stored in CEF format in Syslog on Linux/ UNIX machines and is stored in Event logs on Windows machines. You can now ingest Centrify events to IBM QRadar and normalize the Centrify events leveraging our log extension, easily.

In my next post I’ll demonstrate how one could leverage these events in your HP ArcSight Deployment. Meanwhile, you can try these integrations today with a free trial of Centrify Server Suite Standard Edition. If you are already a Centrify customer and want to learn more, please contact your Centrify account team.

Links

Centrify QRadar Installation guide

Centrify QRadar Extension