McAfee Network Security Platform connector for Microsoft Sentinel

The McAfee® Network Security Platform data connector provides the capability to ingest McAfee® Network Security Platform events into Microsoft Sentinel.

Connector attributes

Connector attribute	Description
Log Analytics table(s)	Syslog (McAfeeNSPEvent)
Data collection rules support	Workspace transform DCR
Supported by	Microsoft Corporation

Query samples

Top 10 Sources

McAfeeNSPEvent
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Vendor installation instructions

Note

This data connector depends on a parser based on a Kusto Function to work as expected McAfeeNSPEvent which is deployed with the Microsoft Sentinel Solution. This data connector has been developed using McAfee® Network Security Platform version: 10.1.x

1. Install and onboard the agent for Linux or Windows.

   Install the agent on the Server where the McAfee® Network Security Platform logs are forwarded.

   Logs from McAfee® Network Security Platform Server deployed on Linux or Windows servers are collected by Linux or Windows agents.

2. Configure McAfee® Network Security Platform event forwarding.

   Follow the configuration steps below to get McAfee® Network Security Platform logs into Microsoft Sentinel.

   1. While creating a profile, to make sure that events are formatted correctly, enter the following text in the Message text box:

      <SyslogAlertForwarderNSP>:|SENSOR_ALERT_UUID|ALERT_TYPE|ATTACK_TIME|ATTACK_NAME|ATTACK_ID
      |ATTACK_SEVERITY|ATTACK_SIGNATURE|ATTACK_CONFIDENCE|ADMIN_DOMAIN|SENSOR_NAME|INTERFACE
      |SOURCE_IP|SOURCE_PORT|DESTINATION_IP|DESTINATION_PORT|CATEGORY|SUB_CATEGORY
      |DIRECTION|RESULT_STATUS|DETECTION_MECHANISM|APPLICATION_PROTOCOL|NETWORK_PROTOCOL|
      

Next steps

For more information, go to the related solution in the Azure Marketplace.