Splunk

Use Splunk data in Cortex XSIAM.

The capabilities and sub-capabilities listed for this connector are available with any active Cortex XSIAM or Cortex Cloud Posture Security license.

This connector includes the following capabilities and sub-capabilities (if applicable):

• Security Posture: Detect, monitor and alert on settings of your SaaS application.

  • saas-posture-config-remediation: Help remediate the misconfigured security settings of your SaaS application.

How to configure the Splunk connector

To access Splunk, Cortex XSIAM requires the following information, which you will specify during the connection process.

• Okta subdomain: Your Okta subdomain.

• Username: The username of the Splunk administrator account.

• Password: The password of the Splunk administrator account.

• MFA secret key: The MFA secret key generated for the administrator account.

• Splunk domain: Your Splunk Cloud app domain.

Prerequisites: Your organization must use Okta as an identity provider. MFA using one-time passcodes must be configured.

Task 1: Connect to the Splunk API

1. Identify the Splunk administrator whose credentials you will supply to Cortex XSIAM.

2. Identify your Okta subdomain.

3. Generate and copy an MFA secret key.

4. Identify your Splunk app domain, which is a subdomain included in the Splunk Cloud URL. The URL format is <app_domain>.cloud.splunk.com or <app_domain>.splunkcloud.com.

Task 2: Connect Splunk to Cortex XSIAM

1. In Cortex XSIAM, navigate to Settings > Data Sources & Integrations.

2. Click + Add new.

3. On the Add Data Sources or Integrations page, search for Splunk.

4. Under Recommended, hover over the Splunk integration and click Add Instance to launch the configuration wizard.

5. Under the Capabilities tab, enter a Name for your application.

6. Select Security Posture under Default Capabilities. Click Next.

7. Under Connection, provide the following:

   • Okta subdomain

   • Administrator credentials

   • MFA secret key

   • Splunk domain

8. Click Next.

9. Under the Configuration tab, select a Sync Interval. Choose a meaningful Tag to distinguish between various applications in different environments. Click Next.

10. A confirmation message indicates that Splunk is successfully connected. Confirm the Summary details and click Save instance.