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McAfee DAM

This Integration is part of the McAfee DAM Pack.#

Use McAfee Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) Integration to fetch Alerts (incidents) and query Alerts.

This integration was integrated and developed with version 4.6.x of McAfee DAM.

Configure McAfeeDAM in Cortex#

Make sure that the XML API interface is enabled on your McAfee DAM server (Settings > Interfaces > XML API), and that the configured user has read permissions to query DAM Alerts and Sensors (XML API).

Important: The user configured in McAfee DAM must have the Use XML API permission as documented here.

Instructions on how to configure and test the XML API for McAfee DAM are available here.

ParameterDescriptionRequired
urlURLTrue
credentialsCredentialsTrue
batchSizeBatch size for incident fetchFalse
isFetchFetch incidentsFalse
incidentTypeIncident typeFalse
secureValidate ceritifacteFalse
ruleNameRule Name, If fetch incident is checked, this field is mandatory and will be used to get DAM alerts only triggered by this ruleFalse

Commands#

You can execute these commands from the CLI, as part of an automation, or in a playbook. After you successfully execute a command, a DBot message appears in the War Room with the command details.

Get information for a single alert#


Gets a DAM alert from McAfee Database Activity Monitoring by alert ID.

Required Permissions#
  • Alerts Read
Base Command#

dam-get-alert-by-id

Input#
Argument NameDescriptionRequired
idThe alert ID.Required
Context Output#
PathTypeDescription
AlertIdunknownDAM alert ID.
alertAccessedObjectsunknownDAM accessed objects.
dbUserunknownDAM Database User.
Account.UsernameunknownDAM OS user.
databaseunknownDAM database.
sensorunknownDAM sensor.
rulesunknownDAM rules.

Get the latest DAM alerts#


Gets the latest DAM alerts by rule name.

Required Permissions#
  • Alerts Read
Base Command#

dam-get-latest-by-rule

Input#
Argument NameDescriptionRequired
ruleNameName of the rule that triggered the alert.Required
countNumber of alerts to retrieve. The default is 10.Optional
timeBackFilter DAM alerts and import alerts that were created only in the last X minutes. The default is the last 10 minutes.Optional
Context Output#
PathTypeDescription
AlertIdunknownDAM alert ID.
alertAccessedObjectsunknownDAM accessed objects.
dbUserunknownDAM database user.
Account.UsernameunknownDAM OS user.
databaseunknownDAM database.
sensorunknownDAM sensor.
rulesunknownDAM rules.