Configuring AWS GuardDuty Connectors

The AWS GuardDuty connector allows Stellar Cyber to collect Amazon GuardDuty logs. Use these instructions to obtain credentials and set up the connector.

You can also use an AWS CloudWatch connector to ingest logs from Amazon GuardDuty findings by exporting those logs to your AWS CloudWatch service. Refer to Amazon's documentation for configuration of this export: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty_exportfindings.html .

Stellar Cyber connectors with the Collect function (collectors) may skip collecting some data when the ingestion volume is large, which potentially can lead to data loss. This can happen when the processing capacity of the collector is exceeded.

Connector Overview: AWS GuardDuty

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Adding an AWS GuardDuty Connector

To add an AWS GuardDuty connector:

1. Add an AWS user
2. Create an access key
3. Enable AWS GuardDuty in a region
4. Add the connector in Stellar Cyber
5. Test the connector
6. Verify ingestion

Adding an AWS User for Stellar Cyber

Use our example as a guideline, as you might be using a different software version.

To add a user with the appropriate permissions:

1. Log in to your AWS Management Console at https://aws.amazon.com/console. View the services in the Console Home or choose View all services.

   

2. Choose IAM. The IAM Dashboard appears.

3. Choose Policies and then choose Create Policy.

   

4. In the Create policy pane, choose the JSON tab.

   

5. Using the example below as a guide, edit the JSON policy document.

   The following is just an EXAMPLE. You must modify this JSON to match the resources in your own environment.

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   GuardDuty policy

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   {
       "Version": "2012-10-17",
       "Statement": [
           {
               "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
               "Effect": "Allow",
               "Action": [
                   "guardduty:GetFindings",
                   "guardduty:ListDetectors",
                   "guardduty:ListFindings",
                   "guardduty:GetDetector"
               ],
               "Resource": "*",
               "Condition": {
                   "StringEquals": {
                       "aws:RequestedRegion": [
                           "us-west-1",
                           "us-west-2"
                       ]
                   }
               }
           }
       ]
   }
   

   To learn more about JSON, see these websites…

   JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight data interchange format that's easy for humans to read and write, and easy for machines to parse and generate. It consists of two primary structures: a collection of name/value pairs and an ordered list of values. If you're interested in learning more about JSON, here are some useful resources:

   • For an introduction to JSON, see Introducing JSON.

   • For a basic reference, see JSON.

   • For a JSON error correction and validation tool, see JSONLint Validator and Formatter.

6. Choose Next.

7. Give your policy a name to associate it with Stellar Cyber, then choose Create policy.

   

   The policy can now be attached to a user.

8. From the IAM navigation pane, choose Users and then choose Create user.

   

9. In the Specify user details page for User details, enter a User name for the new user.

10. Choose Provide user access to the – AWS Management Console optional to produce login credentials for the new user, such as a password.

11. Choose how you want to create the Console password and then choose Next.

12. For Set permissions, choose Attach policies directly. Then search for the policy you created above.

    

13. Select the checkbox to the left of the policy name, then choose Next.

14. Verify the information and then choose Create user.

Creating an Access Key

1. Log in to the IAM Console with your AWS account ID, your IAM user name, and password. You must have the permissions required to create access keys for a user.

2. Choose Users, then choose the user name, and click Security credentials.

   

3. In the Access keys section, choose Create access key. Access keys have two parts: an access key ID and a secret access key. Click Create access key.

   

4. On the Access key best practices & alternatives page, choose Other and then choose Next.

   

5. Click Create access key.

6. On the Retrieve access keys page, choose Show to reveal the value of the user's secret access key. Save the access key ID and secret access key in a secure location. You will need them when configuring the connector in Stellar Cyber.

   

7. Click Done.

Enabling AWS GuardDuty in a Region

You must enable AWS GuardDuty in the AWS console in a selected region. This automatically creates a detector, which is needed for the configuration.

1. Open the AWS GuardDuty console: https://console.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/.

2. Choose Get Started.

3. Choose Enable GuardDuty.

If you are redirected to the Get started page when you open the AWS GuardDuty console, AWS GuardDuty is not enabled in the selected region.

When AWS GuardDuty is enabled, to verify that you have a detector for your current region, navigate to the Settings page in the AWS GuardDuty console.

Adding the Connector in Stellar Cyber

With the credential and log information available, you can now add the AWS GuardDuty connector in Stellar Cyber:

1. Log in to Stellar Cyber.

2. Click System | Integration | Connectors. The Connector Overview appears.

   

3. Click Create. The General tab of the Add Connector screen appears. The information on this tab cannot be changed after you add the connector.

   

   The asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

4. Choose PaaS from the Category drop-down.

5. Choose AWS GuardDuty from the Type drop-down.

6. For this connector, the supported Function is Collect, which is enabled already.

7. Enter a Name.

   Notes:

   • This field does not accept multibyte characters.
   • It is recommended that you follow a naming convention such as tenantname-connectortype.

8. Choose a Tenant Name. The Interflow records created by this connector include this tenant name.

9. Choose the device on which to run the connector.

10. (Optional) When the Function is Collect, you can apply Log Filters. For information, see Managing Log Filters.

11. Click Next. The Configuration tab appears.

    

    The asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

12. Enter the Access Key you noted above.

13. Enter the Secret Key you noted above.

14. Choose a Region from the available regions in the drop-down.

15. Choose the Interval (min). This is how often the logs are collected.

16. Click Next. The final confirmation tab appears.

    

17. Click Submit.

    To pull data, a connector must be added to a Data Analyzer profile if it is running on the Data Processor.

The new connector is immediately active and starts collecting logs.

Testing the Connector

When you add (or edit) a connector, we recommend that you run a test to validate the connectivity parameters you entered. (The test validates only the authentication / connectivity; it does not validate data flow).

For connectors running on a sensor, Stellar Cyber recommends that you allow 30-60 seconds for new or modified configuration details to be propagated to the sensor before performing a test.

1. Click System | Integrations | Connectors. The Connector Overview appears.

   

2. Locate the connector that you added, or modified, or that you want to test.

3. Click Test at the right side of that row. The test runs immediately.

   Note that you may run only one test at a time.

Verifying Ingestion

To verify ingestion:

1. Click Investigate | Threat Hunting. The Interflow Search tab appears.
2. Change the Indices to Syslog. The table immediately updates to show ingested Interflow records.