: Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for Forescout Integration
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Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for Forescout Integration

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Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for Forescout Integration

Set up IoT Security and Cortex XSOAR to integrate with Forescout.
To set up IoT Security to integrate through Cortex XSOAR with an on-premises Forescout system, you must install an XSOAR engine to your network.
You must also configure a Forescout integration instance in XSOAR and a job that exports device attributes from IoT Security through XSOAR to your Forescout instance.
To do this, you need the IP address of your Forescout system, the name of the Data Exchange (DEX) account in Forescout, and the username and password of the DEX user account that the XSOAR engine will use when forming a secure connection with Forescout.

Cortex XSOAR Engine Installation

Because the Forescout system is on premises, you must install an XSOAR engine to facilitate communications between Forescout and the Cortex XSOAR cloud. Although it's possible to install an XSOAR engine on machines running Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, only an engine on a Linux machine supports IoT Security integrations. For more information about operating system and hardware requirements, see the Cortex Administrator’s Guide.
We recommend downloading the Cortex XSOAR engine using the shell installer script and installing it on a Linux machine. This simplifies the deployment by automatically installing all required dependencies and also enables remote engine upgrades.
When placing the XSOAR engine on your network, make sure it can form connections to your Forescout system on the TCP port on which it’s listening for connection requests. The default port number is TCP 443.
The on-premises firewall must allow the Cortex XSOAR engine to form HTTPS connections on TCP port 443 to the Cortex cloud at https://<your-domain>.iot.demisto.live/. You can see the URL of your Cortex XSOAR instance when you log in to the IoT Security portal and click Integrations and then click Launch Cortex XSOAR. It’s visible in the address bar of the web page displaying the Cortex XSOAR interface.
To create an Cortex XSOAR engine, access the Cortex XSOAR interface (from the IoT Security portal, click Integrations and then click Launch Cortex XSOAR). In the Cortex XSOAR UI, click SettingsEngines+ Create New Engine. Choose Shell as the type.
For Cortex XSOAR engine installation instructions, see Engine Installation.
For help troubleshooting Cortex XSOAR engines, including installations, upgrades, connectivity, and permissions, see Troubleshoot Engines and Troubleshoot Integrations Running on Engines.

Configure IoT Security and Cortex XSOAR

  1. Log in to IoT Security and from there access Forescout integration settings in Cortex XSOAR.
    1. Log in to IoT Security and then click Integrations.
    2. IoT Security uses Cortex XSOAR to integrate with Forescout, and the settings you must configure to integrate with it are in the XSOAR interface. To access these settings, click Launch Cortex XSOAR.
      The Cortex XSOAR interface opens in a new browser window.
    3. Click Settings in the left navigation menu, search for forescout to locate it among other instances.
  2. Create an integration instance for Forescout.
    1. Click Add instance, configure the following, and leave the other settings at their default values:
      Name: Enter a name for the instance. Example: Forescout_instance_1
      Remember the instance name because you are going to use it again when creating a job that Cortex XSOAR will run.
      Network address: Enter the IP address or domain name of the Forescout Enterprise Manager or standalone appliance. Example: https://10.1.1.125
      Data Exchange (DEX) Username: Enter the username of the account that the XSOAR engine uses to log in to the Forescout application.
      Password: Enter the password for the account.
      DEX Exchange (DEX) Account: Enter the name of the DEX account you configured in Forescout.
      Use single engine: Choose the XSOAR engine that you installed previously.
    2. When finished, click Run test or Test.
      If the test is successful, a Success message appears. If not, check that the settings were entered correctly and then test the configuration again.
    3. After the test succeeds, click Save & exit to save your changes and close the settings panel.
  3. (Optional) Create more integration instances to which IoT Security and XSOAR will export device attributes.
    You can add multiple Forescout integration instances, each one with settings to communicate through an XSOAR engine with a different Forescout server. To add another instance, click Add instance.
  4. Add a job to update Forescout with custom endpoint attributes incrementally.
    1. Copy the name of the integration instance, navigate to Jobs, and then click New Job at the top of the page.
    2. In the New Job panel that appears, enter the following and leave the other settings at their default values:
      Recurring: Select this because you want to periodically export endpoint attributes to Forescout.
      Every: Enter a number and set the interval value (Minutes, Hours, Days, or Weeks) and select the days on which to run the job. (If you don’t select anything, the job runs everyday.) This determines how often XSOAR sends data to Forescout. It’s important to set an interval that allows enough time for the job to complete, considering factors such as the number of devices involved, the amount of bandwidth and latency in the connection, and the processing speed of the Forescout server. You might start by running the job every 15 minutes and then increasing it as necessary until each job completes before the next one starts. You can see the run status of a recurring job on the Jobs page. When in progress, its status is Running. When done, its status changes to Completed.
      Name: Enter a name for the job. Example: Forescout - Incremental Updates
      Playbook: Choose Incremental Export to Forescout - PANW IoT 3rd Party Integration.
      Integration Instance Name: Paste the name of the Forescout integration instance you copied earlier. If this field is empty or an entered name doesn’t match an instance, the job won’t run successfully.
      PANW IoT Device Custom Attributes: By default, IoT Security exports all device attributes through XSOAR to Forescout. If you want to export a subset, clear the Export Attribute check box for the ones you don’t want to export.
      If you defined your own custom endpoint attribute names in Forescout, replace the default names with those.
      PANW IoT In Scope Tag Enforcement: Select Yes to filter attributes that IoT Security exports to only devices with the Forescout tag type and the In Scope tag value. If you don’t want to filter exported attributes by tagged devices, leave this as No. For information about tagging devices in IoT Security, see Tag Management.
      Playbook Poll Interval: Enter a number (the value, though unspecified, is minutes) defining the period of time during which IoT Security must see newly discovered devices or changes in any attribute fields of previously discovered devices to include their attributes in the list it provides to XSOAR for export. It’s common to use the same interval as the one for running the recurring job. However, if you increase the interval between jobs, you can set a shorter interval for polling than that for the job. If you leave it blank, the default poll interval is 15 minutes.
      Site Names: Leave the field empty to export device attributes for all sites. To limit exports to devices at one or more sites, enter comma-separated site names.
    3. Create new job.
  5. Add a job to export custom endpoint attributes in bulk to Forescout.
    1. Click New Job at the top of the Jobs page.
    2. In the New Job panel that appears, enter the following and leave the other settings at their default values:
      Name: Enter a name for the job. Example: Forescout - Bulk Export
      Playbook: Choose Bulk Export to Forescout - PANW IoT 3rd Party Integration.
      Integration Instance Name: Paste the name of the Forescout integration instance you copied earlier. If this field is empty or an entered name doesn’t match an instance, the job won’t run successfully.
      PANW IoT Device Custom Attributes: By default, IoT Security exports all device attributes through XSOAR to Forescout. If you want to export a subset, clear the Export Attribute check box for the ones you don’t want to export.
      If you defined your own custom endpoint attribute names in Forescout, replace the default names with those.
      PANW IoT In Scope Tag Enforcement: Select Yes to filter attributes that IoT Security exports to only devices with the Forescout tag type and the In Scope tag value. If you don’t want to filter exported attributes by tagged devices, leave this as No. For information about tagging devices in IoT Security, see Tag Management.
      Site Names: Leave the field empty to export device attributes for all sites. To limit exports to devices at one or more sites, enter comma-separated site names.
    3. Create new job.
  6. Continue creating more jobs for other Forescout integration instances as needed.
  7. To enable Forescout integration instances, return to the Settings page and click Enable for all the instances you created.
  8. Export device attributes to Forescout.
    Whenever you want to export device attributes from IoT Security, select Forescout - Bulk Export (or whatever you named the job) and then click Run now.
    The first time you run a job, it triggers XSOAR to report the integration instance that the job references to IoT Security, which then displays the instance on the Integrations page. Be sure to run each job you create at least once to populate the Integrations page with all the integration instances you’re using.
    When you run the bulk export job, Cortex XSOAR exports device attributes for devices in the IoT Security device inventory through the XSOAR engine to the Forescout instance that the job references. You can do this as often as you want, once a month being a common choice. Each time you do, XSOAR exports the device attributes of all devices in the IoT Security inventory.
    Although regular, automated incremental updates are now in progress, Forescout doesn’t yet have a complete device inventory from IoT Security. This requires a bulk data export from IoT Security to Forescout that you initiate from the XSOAR interface at a time that’s suitable for network operations. To shorten the time required for the bulk export to complete, plan to run it during off-peak hours on a slow day such as a holiday or weekend. Doing this when network traffic is light can shorten the time needed to complete the job.
    During the bulk export and after the job completes, the automated incremental update will continue running every 15 minutes.
    Although it’s possible to run multiple bulk export jobs in parallel, doing so can affect the XSOAR engine performance. Therefore, we advise not running more than one at a time.
  9. When done, return to the IoT Security portal and check the status of the Forescout integration.
    An integration instance can be in one of the following four states, which IoT Security displays in the Status column on the Integrations page:
    • Disabled means that either the integration was configured but intentionally disabled or it was never configured and a job that references it is enabled and running.
    • Error means that the integration was configured and enabled but is not functioning properly, possibly due to a configuration error or network condition.
    • Inactive means that the integration was configured and enabled but no job has run for at least the past 60 minutes.
    • Active means that the integration was configured and enabled and is functioning properly.
    When you see that the status of an integration instance is Active, its setup is complete.