Symantec Web Security Service Source

The Symantec Web Security Service Source provides a secure endpoint to receive WSS Access logs from the Symantec WSS API. It securely stores the required authentication, scheduling, and state tracking information.

• See the Access Log Format for reference.
• Logs are ingested in batches of 1,000.
• Logs are polled every five minutes.

Data collected

Polling Interval	Data
5 min	WSS Access logs

Setup

Vendor configuration

note

You need to configure a WSS agent on the machine you want to collect data from. The WSS agent will collect your access data and the Symantec Web Security Service Source will receive that data using the Symantec WSS API. To configure and install the agent, follow the instructions in the Web Security Service documentation.

You need to have a Symantec Web Security Service username and password. To create a User API Key that serves as the username and password in the Sync API syntax follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Account Configuration > API Credentials.
2. Click Add API Credentials.
3. WSS displays the Add API Credential dialog, which contains the random characters Username and Password.
   
   1. Copy the Username and Password keys into a text file.
   2. Select the API Expiry you'd like to set.
      • Time-based—You define the date and time when this token expires.
      • Never expires.
   3. For the Access option, select Reporting Access Logs.
4. Click Save.

See Symantec Security Software documentation for further details on generating API credentials.

Source configuration

When you create a Symantec Web Security Service Source, you add it to a Hosted Collector. Before creating the Source, identify the Hosted Collector you want to use or create a new Hosted Collector. For instructions, see Configure a Hosted Collector.

To configure a Symantec Web Security Service Source:

1. Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Manage Data > Collection > Collection.
   New UI. In the Sumo Logic top menu select Configuration, and then under Data Collection select Collection. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Collection.  
2. On the Collectors page, click Add Source next to a Hosted Collector.
3. Select Symantec Web Security Service.
   
4. Enter a Name to display for the Source in the Sumo web application. The description is optional.
   
5. (Optional) For Source Category, enter any string to tag the output collected from the Source. Category metadata is stored in a searchable field called _sourceCategory.
6. Forward to SIEM. Check the checkbox to forward your data to Cloud SIEM.
   
   note

   Select Forward to SIEM only if you have Cloud SIEM installed.

7. (Optional) Fields. Click the +Add Field link to define the fields you want to associate, each field needs a name (key) and value.
   •  A green circle with a check mark is shown when the field exists in the Fields table schema.
   •  An orange triangle with an exclamation point is shown when the field doesn't exist in the Fields table schema. In this case, an option to automatically add the nonexistent fields to the Fields table schema is provided. If a field is sent to Sumo that does not exist in the Fields schema it is ignored, known as dropped.
8. API Username and Password. Provide the Symantec Web Security Service user credentials you want to use to authenticate collection requests. This was copied during the Vendor configuration steps above.
9. When you are finished configuring the Source, click Submit.

Metadata fields

Field	Value	Description
_siemVendor	Symantec	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked.
_siemProduct	Web Security Service	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked.
_siemFormat	JSON	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked.
_siemEventID	proxy-messages	Set when Forward To SIEM is checked and specific to the API collected.

JSON schema

Sources can be configured using UTF-8 encoded JSON files with the Collector Management API. See how to use JSON to configure Sources for details. 

Parameter	Type	Value	Required	Description
schemaRef	JSON Object	{"type":"Symantec Web Security Service"}	Yes	Define the specific schema type.
sourceType	String	"Universal"	Yes	Type of source.
config	JSON Object	Configuration object	Yes	Source type specific values.

Configuration Object

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
name	String	Yes	null	Type a desired name of the source. The name must be unique per Collector. This value is assigned to the metadata field _source.	"mySource"
description	String	No	null	Type a description of the source.	"Testing source"
category	String	No	null	Type a category of the source. This value is assigned to the metadata field _sourceCategory. See best practices for details.	"mySource/test"
fields	JSON Object	No	null	JSON map of key-value fields (metadata) to apply to the Collector or Source. Use the boolean field _siemForward to enable forwarding to SIEM.	{"_siemForward": false, "fieldA": "valueA"}
apiUsername	String	Yes	null	Provide the username you want to use to authenticate collection requests.
apiPassword	String	Yes	null	Provide the password for the username that you want to use to authenticate collection requests.

JSON example

{
    "api.version":"v1",
    "source":{
      "schemaRef":{
        "type":"Symantec Web Security Service"
      },
      "config":{
        "name":"Symantec WSS",
        "apiUsername":"********",
        "fields":{
          "_siemForward":false
        },
        "category":"c2c/sym",
        "apiPassword":"********"
      },
      "state":{
        "state":"Collecting"
      },
      "sourceType":"Universal"
    }
  }

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Terraform example

resource "sumologic_cloud_to_cloud_source" "symantec_web_security_service_source" {
  collector_id = sumologic_collector.collector.id
  schema_ref = {
    type = "Symantec Web Security Service"
  }
  config = jsonencode({
      "name":"Symantec WSS",
      "apiUsername":"********",
      "fields":{
        "_siemForward":false
      },
      "category":"c2c/sym",
      "apiPassword":"********"
  })
}
resource "sumologic_collector" "collector" {
  name        = "my-collector"
  description = "Just testing this"
}

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