CrowdStrike Source

The CrowdStrike Source provides a secure endpoint to receive event data from the CrowdStrike Streams API. It securely stores the required authentication, scheduling, and state tracking information.

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The CrowdStrike API documentation is not public and can only be accessed by partners or customers.

The types of events are defined in the Streaming API Event Dictionary.

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

Data collected

Polling Interval	Data
5 min	Event data

Setup

Vendor configuration

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Before you can connect to event streams, you must contact the CrowdStrike support team to enable the streaming APIs on your customer account. If it's not enabled, your requests will receive HTTP 500 responses.

You must contact CrowdStrike support and enable the Streams API.

A CrowdStrike Source authenticates with an OAuth2 API key. These are created in the Crowdstrike Console under API Clients and Keys. The API token needs the READ privilege for the following properties:

• Detections
• Event Streams
• Hosts

Source configuration

When you create a CrowdStrike Source, you add it to a Hosted Collector. Before creating the Source, identify the Hosted Collector you want to use or create a new Hosted Collector. For instructions, see Configure a Hosted Collector.

To configure a CrowdStrike Source:

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 CrowdStrike.
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 Field link to define the fields you want to associate, each field needs a name (key) and value.
   •  A green circle with a check mark is shown when the field exists in the Fields table schema.
   •  An orange triangle with an exclamation point is shown when the field doesn't exist in the Fields table schema. In this case, an option to automatically add 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 it is ignored, known as dropped.
8. CrowdStrike domain: Provide your CrowdStrike domain, for example, api.crowdstrike.com.
9. Client ID: Provide the CrowdStrike Client ID you want to use to authenticate collection requests.
10. Secret Key. Provide the CrowdStrike API key you want to use to authenticate collection requests.
11. (Optional) Application ID. To allow for easier tracking of your log ingestion, you can provide a 1 to 15 character identifier to add to your CrowdStrike Audit Logs.
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    If no Application ID is provided, a random ID is generated. Any time this ID is changed, the Source will re-read the data stream starting at the beginning.

12. When you are finished configuring the Source, click Submit.

Metadata fields

Field	Value	Description
_siemVendor	CrowdStrike	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked.
_siemProduct	Falcon Endpoint Protection (CNC)	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked.
_siemFormat	JSON	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked.
_siemEventID	<metadata.eventype>	Where <metadata.eventype> is the value of the field from the JSON event, such as IncidentSummaryEvent or DetectionSummaryEvent.

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 details. 

Parameter	Type	Value	Required	Description
schemaRef	JSON Object	{"type":"CrowdStrike"}	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"}
domain	String	Yes	null	Your CrowdStrike domain.	api.crowdstrike.com
clientID	String	Yes	null	The CrowdStrike Client ID you want to use to authenticate collection requests.
secretKey	String	Yes	null	The CrowdStrike API key you want to use to authenticate collection requests.

JSON example

{
    "api.version":"v1",
    "source":{
      "schemaRef":{
        "type":"CrowdStrike"
      },
      "config":{
        "name":"CrowdStrike",
        "description":"East field",
        "domain":"api.crowdstrike.com",
        "secretKey":"********",
        "clientID":"123",
        "fields":{
          "_siemForward":false
        },
        "category":"eastTeam"
      },
      "sourceType":"Universal"
    }
  }

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Terraform example

resource "sumologic_cloud_to_cloud_source" "crowdstrike_source" {
  collector_id = sumologic_collector.collector.id
  schema_ref = {
    type = "CrowdStrike"
  }
  config = jsonencode({
      "name":"CrowdStrike",
      "description":"East field",
      "domain":"api.crowdstrike.com",
      "secretKey":"********",
      "clientID":"123",
      "fields":{
        "_siemForward":false
      },
      "category":"eastTeam"
  })
}
resource "sumologic_collector" "collector" {
  name        = "my-collector"
  description = "Just testing this"
}

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FAQ

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