Monitor agent activity

You can monitor the activity of any Cortex XDR Broker VM that you manage.

Note

Viewing agent audit logs requires either a Cortex XDR Prevent or Cortex XDR Pro per Endpoint license.

The Cortex XDR agent logs entries for events that are monitored by the Cortex XDR agent, and hourly reports the logs back to Cortex XDR. Cortex XDR stores the logs for 365 days. To view the XDR agent logs, select Settings → Agent Auditing.

To ensure you and your colleagues stay informed about agent activity, you can Configure notification forwarding to forward your Agent Audit log to an email distribution list, Syslog server, or Slack channel.

You can customize your view of the logs by adding or removing filters to the Agent Audits Table. You can also filter the page result to narrow down your search. The following table describes the default and optional fields that you can view in the Cortex XDR Agents Audit Table:

Field	Description
Category	The XDR agent logs these endpoint events using one of the following categories: Audit: Successful changes to the agent indicating correct behavior. Monitoring: Unsuccessful changes to the agent that may require administrator intervention. Status: Indication of the agent status.
Description	Log message that describes the action.
Domain	Domain to which the endpoint belongs.
Endpoint ID	A unique ID assigned by the XDR agent.
Endpoint Name	Endpoint hostname.
Received Time	Date and time when the action was received by the agent and reported back to Cortex XDR.
Result	The result of the action (Success, Fail, or N/A)
Severity	Severity associated with the log: Critical High Medium Low Informational
Type and Sub-Type	Additional classification of agent log (Type and Sub-Type): Installation: Install Uninstall Upgrade Policy change: Local Configuration Change Content Update Policy Update Process Exception Hash Exception Agent service: Service start (reported only when the agent fails to start and the RESULT is Fail) Service stopped Anti-Tampering (reported when anti-tamper protection is disabled locally on an agent) Agent modules: Module initialization Local analysis module Local analysis feature extraction Agent status: Fully protected OS incompatible Software incompatible Kernel driver initialization Kernel extension initialization Proxy communication Quota exceeded (reported when old prevention data is being deleted from the endpoint) Minimal content Action: Endpoint Token Scan File retrieval Terminate process Isolate Cancel isolation Payload execution Quarantine Restore Block IP address Unblock IP address Tagging
Timestamp	Date and time when the action occurred.
XDR Agent Version	The version of the XDR agent running on the endpoint.