Splunk® Enterprise Security

Administer Splunk Enterprise Security

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Collect and extract asset and identity data in Splunk Enterprise Security

Collect and extract your asset and identity data in order to add it to Splunk Enterprise Security. In a Splunk Cloud deployment, work with Splunk Professional Services to design and implement an asset and identity collection solution. For examples of adding asset and identity data, see Example methods of adding asset and identity data to Splunk Enterprise Security.

  1. Determine where the asset and identity data in your environment is stored.
  2. Collect and update your asset and identity data automatically to reduce the overhead and maintenance that manual updating requires and improve data integrity.
  • Use Splunk DB Connect or another Splunk platform add-on to connect to an external database or repository.
  • Use scripted inputs to import and format the lists.
  • Use events indexed in the Splunk platform with a search to collect, sort, and export the data to a list.

Suggested collection methods for assets and identities.

Technology Asset or Identity data Collection methods
Active Directory Both SA-ldapsearch and a custom search. See Example methods of adding asset and identity data.
Both SecKit Windows Add On for ES Asset and Identities
LDAP Both SA-ldapsearch and a custom search.
CMDB Asset DB Connect for integrating with 3rd Party structured data sources, and a custom search.
ServiceNow Both Splunk Add-on for ServiceNow
Asset Discovery Asset Splunk for Asset Discovery
Bit9 Asset Splunk Add-on for Bit9 and a custom search.
Cisco ISE Both Splunk Add-on for Cisco ISE and a custom search.
Microsoft SCOM Asset Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SCOM and a custom search.
Okta Identity Splunk Add-on for Okta and a custom search.
Sophos Asset Splunk Add-on for Sophos and a custom search.
Symantec Endpoint Protection Asset Splunk Add-on for Symantec Endpoint Protection and a custom search.
Splunk platform Asset Add asset data from indexed events in Splunk platform.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asset SecKit AWS Add On for ES Asset and Identities
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Asset SecKit SA Common tools for populating assets and identities in Enterprise Security and PCI apps

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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise Security: 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.0, 5.3.1


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