Cisco Vulnerability Management Source

Cisco Vulnerability Management, formerly known as Kenna Security, provides you with the necessary contextual insights and threat intelligence to proactively intercept and respond effectively to potential exploits. The Cisco Vulnerability Management integration collects assets and vulnerability data from the Cisco API.

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This source is available in all deployments, including the Fed deployment.

Data collected

Polling Interval	Data
24 hours	Asset
24 hours	Vulnerability

Setup

Vendor configuration

You'll need a Cisco Base URL and API Key to configure the integration.

The Base URL is required to interact with the Cisco API. You can determine this by looking at the format of the subdomain for your subscription. For example, https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/reference/welcome.

To generate an API Key, follow these steps:

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Only administrators are allowed to retrieve the key. For more information, refer to Kenna Security API Authentication.

1. Sign in to the Kenna Security platform.
2. Click on the settings menu in the upper right-hand corner.
3. Select API Keys from the dropdown that appears. Administrators can create, change, or revoke API keys from this menu.
4. Copy and save the generated API Keys. If lost, an admin will need to generate a new key in order to copy and distribute the key.

Source configuration

1. In Sumo Logic, select Manage Data > Collection > Collection.
2. On the Collectors page, click Add Source next to a Hosted Collector.
3. Search for and select Cisco Vulnerability Management.
4. Enter a Name for the Source. The description is optional.
5. (Optional) For Source Category, enter any string to tag the output collected from the Source. Category metadata is stored in a searchable field called _sourceCategory.
6. Forward to SIEM. Check the checkbox to forward your data to Cloud SIEM.
7. (Optional) Fields. Click the +Add link to add custom log metadata Fields.
   • Define the fields you want to associate, each field needs a name (key) and value.
     • A green circle with a checkmark is shown when the field exists and is enabled in the Fields table schema.
     • An orange triangle with an exclamation point is shown when the field doesn't exist, or is disabled, in the Fields table schema. In this case, an option to automatically add or enable the nonexistent fields to the Fields table schema is provided. If a field is sent to Sumo that does not exist in the Fields schema or is disabled it is ignored, known as dropped.
8. Base URL. Provide your Cisco Vulnerability Management customer-specific domain, for example, https://api.kennasecurity.com.
9. API Key. Enter the Cisco Vulnerability Management API key.
10. Data Collection. Select one or more of the data types, Assets and Vulnerabilities.
11. When you are finished configuring the Source, click Save.

JSON schema

Sources can be configured using UTF-8 encoded JSON files with the Collector Management API. See how to use JSON to configure Sources for more details. 

Parameter	Type	Value	Required	Description
schemaRef	JSON Object	{"type":"Cisco Vulnerability Management"}	Yes	Define the specific schema type.
sourceType	String	"Universal"	Yes	Type of source.
config	JSON Object	Configuration object	Yes	Source type specific values.

Configuration Object

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
name	String	Yes	null	Type a desired name of the source. The name must be unique per Collector. This value is assigned to the metadata field _source.	"mySource"
description	String	No	null	Type a description of the source.	"Testing source"
category	String	No	null	Type a category of the source. This value is assigned to the metadata field _sourceCategory. See best practices for details.	"mySource/test"
fields	JSON Object	No	null	JSON map of key-value fields (metadata) to apply to the Collector or Source. Use the boolean field _siemForward to enable forwarding to SIEM.	{"_siemForward": false, "fieldA": "valueA"}
base_URL	String	Yes	null	Base URL to connect endpoints.	"events.1password.com"
apiKey	String	Yes	null	Provide the Cisco Vulnerability Management API token you want to use to authenticate collection requests.	"acsac25$"
dataCollection	[]String	Yes	null	Define one or more of the available data source to collect from.	["Vulnerabilities","Assets"]

JSON example

{
    "api.version": "v1",
    "source": {
        "config": {
  "name": "Cisco Vulnerability Management",
  "description": "Cisco Vulnerability Management",
  "category": "Cisco Vulnerability Management",
  "baseURL": "api.domain.com",
  "apiKey": "XXXgXXXXXXXxfkNsaXXXXo8VqkXXXixRf5VlnwcXXXXXchX",
  "dataCollection": [
    "assets",
    "vulnerabilities"
  ]
},
        "schemaRef": {
            "type": "Cisco Vulnerability Management"
        },
        "sourceType": "Universal"
    }
}

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Terraform example

resource "sumologic_cloud_to_cloud_source" "cisco_vulnerability_management_source" {
  collector_id = sumologic_collector.collector.id
  schema_ref = {
    type = "Cisco Vulnerability Management"
  }
  config = jsonencode({
    "name": "Cisco Vulnerability Management",
    "description": "Cisco Vulnerability Management",
    "category": "Cisco Vulnerability Management",
    "baseURL": "api.domain.com",
    "apiKey": "XXXgXXXXXXXxfkNsaXXXXo8VqkXXXixRf5VlnwcXXXXXchX",
    "dataCollection": [
      "assets",
      "vulnerabilities"
    ]
  })
}
resource "sumologic_collector" "collector" {
  name        = "my-collector"
  description = "Just testing this"
}

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Limitations

The Search Assets and Vulnerabilities API has a restriction that allows access to just 20 pages of records in its response. We follow the API's suggestion of using a page limit of 5000. So, if the API sends us more than 20 pages of data, our integration will only handle the first 100,000 records, and the rest of the records won't be accessible.

FAQ

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