: Security Event Monitoring Variables
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Security Event Monitoring Variables

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Security Event Monitoring Variables

Security events include all prevention, notification, and provisional events that are reported by the Traps agents. The ESM Console lists these events under the Security Events Logging Events category. The following table displays the most commonly specified variables used for monitoring security events.
Name
Meaning
dhost
Machine name of the endpoint
duser
User that was logged onto the endpoint.
Model
Name of the exploit protection module (EPM)
deviceProcessName
Process name
File Hash
Hash value of an executable file
dvc/dst
IP address of the endpoint
msg
Free text description
Content Version
Content version
For example, consider the output of a Prevention Event in CEF format:
Aug 25 2016 12:52:45 10.200.0.216 CEF:0|Palo Alto
Networks|Traps Agent|3.4.1.15591|Prevention Event|Threat|9|rt=Aug
25 2016 12:52:45 dhost=tmpltwe7stan duser=TMPLTWE7STAN\User cs2Label=Module
cs2=DEP deviceProcessName=firefox.exe fileHash=CD3CF48E727B5904A211F9366A67695702893316C7A039554496E99D98173D3C cs3Label=ContentVersion
cs3=5-353 dvc=10.200.0.30 msg=New prevention event. Prevention Key:
f24ba02f-bf08-4713-be00-f03bfc1f4034
Notice that this event uses several common variables, namely: dhost, duser, deviceProcessName, fileHash, dvc, and msg.