: 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 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 firewall must also allow the 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 XSOAR instance when you log in to the
IoT Security
portal and click
Integrations
Launch
Cortex XSOAR
. It’s visible in the address bar of the web page displaying the XSOAR interface.
To create an XSOAR engine, access the
Cortex XSOAR
interface (from the
IoT Security
portal, click
Integrations
Launch
Cortex XSOAR
). Click
Settings
Engines
+ Create New Engine
. Choose
Shell
as the type.
For installation instructions, see Install .
For help troubleshooting
Cortex XSOAR
engines, including installations, upgrades, connectivity, and permissions, see Troubleshoot 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.

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