Integrate Cisco Umbrella with Red Canary
    • 26 Aug 2024
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    Integrate Cisco Umbrella with Red Canary

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    Integrating Cisco Umbrella with Red Canary provides a robust defense-in-depth strategy by combining cloud-based security with advanced threat detection and response. To integrate Cisco Umbrella with Red Canary, follow the procedure below from beginning to end.

    Step 1: Red Canary–Create a Red Canary email for alerts

    Create a Red Canary provided-email to send Cisco Umbrella alerts for ingestion.

    1. From your Red Canary homepage, click Integrations, and See all integrations.

    2. Type and select Cisco Umbrella (DNS-layer Security).

    3. Click Configure.

    4. Enter a Name for your external alert source.  

    5. Select a Display Category.

    6. Under the Ingest Format/Method dropdown, select Cisco Umbrella via Email.

      Note: Only Email should be selected for this alert source. For more information, see Supported Integrations.

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    7. Click Save Configuration. This will generate the email address you will use to send Cisco Umbrella alerts to.

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    8. Click Edit Configuration.

    9. With your alert source configured, click Activate.

    10. With your Red Canary email generated, log in to Cisco Umbrella.

    Step 2: Cisco Umbrella–Configure email alerts

    Adjust your Cisco Umbrella settings to send generated alerts to your Red Canary-provided email.

    1. From your Cisco Umbrella dashboard, click the Reporting dropdown, and then click Scheduled Reports.

    2. Click +Schedule.

    3. Click Activity Search or Security Activity depending on the type of information you want to send to Red Canary.

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    4. Select the type of information you want to include in your alert report.

    5. Enter the recommended configurations below:

      • Response: Blocked

      • Event type: Select All

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    6. When you have selected all of the filters for your alert report, click +Schedule.

    7. Review your filter selections, and then click Continue.

    8. Select a Delivery Schedule, and then click Continue.

      Note: Red Canary recommends you select Daily for the Delivery Schedule.

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    9. Enter a Name for your Report Title.  

    10. Enter the Red Canary email provided in Step 1.7.

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    11. Click Save.


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