CyberArk Privileged Access Security


Version	2.29.0 (View all)
Subscription level What's this?	Basic
Developed by What's this?	Elastic
Ingestion method(s)	File, Network Protocol
Minimum Kibana version(s)	9.0.0 8.14.0

The CyberArk Privileged Access Security integration collects audit logs and monitoring data from CyberArk's Vault server.

Data streams

The audit data stream receives Vault Audit logs for User and Safe activities over the syslog protocol.

It will also receive monitoring data from the server and route it to the monitor data stream (e.g. logs-cyberarkpas.monitor-default).

Vault Configuration

Follow the steps under Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Applications documentation to setup the integration:

Copy the elastic-json-v1.0.xsl XSL Translator file to the Server\Syslog folder.
Sample syslog configuration for DBPARM.ini:

[SYSLOG]
UseLegacySyslogFormat=no
SyslogTranslatorFile=Syslog\elastic-json-v1.0.xsl
SyslogServerIP=<INSERT FILEBEAT IP HERE>
SyslogServerPort=<INSERT FILEBEAT PORT HERE>
SyslogServerProtocol=TCP
SendMonitoringMessage=yes

For proper timestamping of events, it's recommended to use the newer RFC5424 Syslog format (UseLegacySyslogFormat=No). To avoid event loss, use TCP or TLS protocols instead of UDP.

The sample configuration above will include monitoring data. For more information about monitoring, see Monitor the Vault in SIEM Applications Using Syslog.

Example audit event

Example

{
    "@timestamp": "2021-03-04T17:27:14.000Z",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "2e1e0d3f-9ac4-4f6a-816b-2b2b7400148a",
        "id": "5607d6f4-6e45-4c33-a087-2e07de5f0082",
        "name": "docker-fleet-agent",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.9.1"
    },
    "cyberarkpas": {
        "audit": {
            "action": "Logon",
            "desc": "Logon",
            "iso_timestamp": "2021-03-04T17:27:14Z",
            "issuer": "PVWAGWUser",
            "message": "Logon",
            "rfc5424": true,
            "severity": "Info",
            "station": "10.0.1.20",
            "timestamp": "Mar 04 09:27:14"
        }
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "cyberarkpas.audit",
        "namespace": "ep",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.11.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "5607d6f4-6e45-4c33-a087-2e07de5f0082",
        "snapshot": false,
        "version": "8.9.1"
    },
    "event": {
        "action": "authentication_success",
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "category": [
            "authentication",
            "session"
        ],
        "code": "7",
        "dataset": "cyberarkpas.audit",
        "ingested": "2023-08-29T14:16:49Z",
        "kind": "event",
        "outcome": "success",
        "severity": 2,
        "timezone": "+00:00",
        "type": [
            "start"
        ]
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "VAULT"
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "tcp"
    },
    "log": {
        "source": {
            "address": "172.21.0.4:38370"
        },
        "syslog": {
            "priority": 5
        }
    },
    "observer": {
        "hostname": "VAULT",
        "product": "Vault",
        "vendor": "Cyber-Ark",
        "version": "11.7.0000"
    },
    "related": {
        "ip": [
            "10.0.1.20"
        ],
        "user": [
            "PVWAGWUser"
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "address": "10.0.1.20",
        "ip": "10.0.1.20"
    },
    "tags": [
        "cyberarkpas-audit",
        "forwarded"
    ],
    "user": {
        "name": "PVWAGWUser"
    }
}

Exported fields

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Event timestamp.	date
cyberarkpas.audit.action	A description of the audit record.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.address		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.cpm_disabled		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.cpm_error_details		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.cpm_status		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.creation_method		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.customer		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.database		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.device_type		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.dual_account_status		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.group_name		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.in_process		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.index		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.last_fail_date		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.last_success_change		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.last_success_reconciliation		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.last_success_verification		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.last_task		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.logon_domain		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.other		flattened
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.policy_id		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.port		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.privcloud		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.reset_immediately		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.retries_count		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.sequence_id		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.tags		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.user_dn		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.user_name		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.ca_properties.virtual_username		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.category	The category name (for category-related operations).	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.desc	A static value that displays a description of the audit codes.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.ad_process_id		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.ad_process_name		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.application_type		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.command		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.connection_component_id		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.dst_host		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.logon_account		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.managed_account		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.other		flattened
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.process_id		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.process_name		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.protocol		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.psmid		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.session_duration		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.session_id		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.src_host		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.extra_details.username		keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.file	The name of the target file.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.gateway_station	The IP of the web application machine (PVWA).	ip
cyberarkpas.audit.hostname	The hostname, in upper case.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.iso_timestamp	The timestamp, in ISO Timestamp format (RFC 3339).	date
cyberarkpas.audit.issuer	The Vault user who wrote the audit. This is usually the user who performed the operation.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.location	The target Location (for Location operations).	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.message	A description of the audit records (same information as in the Desc field).	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.message_id	The code ID of the audit records.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.product	A static value that represents the product.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.pvwa_details	Specific details of the PVWA audit records.	flattened
cyberarkpas.audit.raw	Raw XML for the original audit record. Only present when XSLT file has debugging enabled.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.reason	The reason entered by the user.	text
cyberarkpas.audit.rfc5424	Whether the syslog format complies with RFC5424.	boolean
cyberarkpas.audit.safe	The name of the target Safe.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.severity	The severity of the audit records.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.source_user	The name of the Vault user who performed the operation.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.station	The IP from where the operation was performed. For PVWA sessions, this will be the real client machine IP.	ip
cyberarkpas.audit.target_user	The name of the Vault user on which the operation was performed.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.timestamp	The timestamp, in MMM DD HH:MM:SS format.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.vendor	A static value that represents the vendor.	keyword
cyberarkpas.audit.version	A static value that represents the version of the Vault.	keyword
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
event.dataset	Event dataset	constant_keyword
event.module	Name of the module this data is coming from.	constant_keyword
input.type	Type of Filebeat input.	keyword
log.flags	Flags for the log file.	keyword
log.offset	Offset of the entry in the log file.	long
log.source.address	Source address from which the log event was read / sent from.	keyword

Example monitor event

Example

{
    "@timestamp": "2024-10-15T00:29:00.000Z",
    "agent": {
        "name": "elastic-agent-85013",
        "id": "0a6fa575-a3ed-463b-b47f-9c3e3a07e56f",
        "ephemeral_id": "c2d94886-0c83-475b-b25b-7e136a32240d",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.14.3"
    },
    "cyberarkpas": {
        "monitor": {
            "syslog_queue_size": 0,
            "iso_timestamp": "2024-10-15T00:29:00Z",
            "drive_free_space_in_gb": 20,
            "drive_total_space_in_gb": 40,
            "max_parallel_tasks": 20,
            "transaction_count": 315,
            "memory_usage": 62,
            "average_queue_time": 0,
            "max_execution_time": 148,
            "version": "11.7.0029",
            "average_execution_time": 10,
            "max_queue_time": 37,
            "number_of_parallel_tasks": 1,
            "cpu_usage": 7,
            "timestamp": "Oct 15 00:29:00"
        }
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "namespace": "22830",
        "type": "logs",
        "dataset": "cyberarkpas.monitor"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.11.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "0a6fa575-a3ed-463b-b47f-9c3e3a07e56f",
        "version": "8.14.3",
        "snapshot": false
    },
    "event": {
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "ingested": "2024-10-21T07:32:45Z",
        "timezone": "+00:00",
        "kind": "metric",
        "dataset": "cyberarkpas.monitor"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "VAULT",
        "cpu": {
            "usage": 0.07
        }
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "log"
    },
    "log": {
        "file": {
            "path": "/tmp/service_logs/monitor.log"
        },
        "offset": 15547
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "VaultMonitor",
        "hostname": "VAULT",
        "vendor": "Cyber-Ark",
        "version": "11.7.0029"
    },
    "related": {
        "hosts": [
            "VAULT"
        ]
    },
    "tags": [
        "forwarded",
        "cyberarkpas-monitor"
    ]
}

Exported fields

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Event timestamp.	date
cyberarkpas.monitor.average_execution_time	The average time it has taken the Vault to complete the execution of a transaction in the last minute, in milliseconds.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.average_queue_time	The average time that a transaction waited in the Vault's queue for execution in the last minute, in milliseconds.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.cpu_usage	Percent of CPU usage on the Vault machine.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.drive_free_space_in_gb	Number of GB available on the drive of the Vault installation folder.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.drive_total_space_in_gb	Total number of GB on the drive of the Vault installation folder.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.iso_timestamp	The timestamp, in ISO timestamp format (RFC 3339).	date
cyberarkpas.monitor.max_execution_time	The maximum time it has taken the Vault to complete the execution of a transaction, in the last minute, in milliseconds.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.max_parallel_tasks	The maximum number of Vault transactions that can run concurrently, based on the TasksCount parameter in DBParm.ini.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.max_queue_time	The maximum time that a transaction waited in the Vault's queue for execution in the last minute, in millisecond.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.memory_usage	Percent of used physical memory on the Vault machine.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.number_of_parallel_tasks	Number of Vault transactions that are currently running.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.raw	Raw XML for the original audit record. Only present when XSLT file has debugging enabled.	keyword
cyberarkpas.monitor.syslog_queue_size	The size of the syslog queue.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.timestamp	The timestamp, in MMM DD HH:MM:SS format.	keyword
cyberarkpas.monitor.transaction_count	Number of Vault transactions in the last minute.	integer
cyberarkpas.monitor.version	A static value that represents the version of the Vault.	version
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
event.dataset	Event dataset	constant_keyword
event.module	Name of the module this data is coming from.	constant_keyword
input.type	Type of Filebeat input.	keyword
log.flags	Flags for the log file.	keyword
log.offset	Offset of the entry in the log file.	long
log.source.address	Source address from which the log event was read / sent from.	keyword

Screenshots

This integration includes one or more Kibana dashboards that visualizes the data collected by the integration. The screenshots below illustrate how the ingested data is displayed.

Changelog

Version	Details	Minimum Kibana version
2.29.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add tags to ingest pipeline processors and add `preserve_original_event` to pipeline-level `on_failure` handlers.	9.0.0 8.14.0
2.28.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Handle syslog header in the monitor data stream.	9.0.0 8.14.0
2.27.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Kibana constraint to support 9.0.0.	9.0.0 8.14.0
2.26.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Updated SSL description to be uniform and to include links to documentation.	8.14.0
2.26.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow the usage of deprecated log input and support for stack 9.0	8.14.0
2.25.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add "preserve_original_event" tag to documents with `event.kind` set to "pipeline_error".	8.14.0
2.24.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Collect monitoring data.	8.14.0
2.23.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Improve efficiency of `event.duration` calculation.	8.13.0
2.22.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow @custom pipeline access to event.original without setting preserve_original_event.	8.13.0
2.21.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update the kibana constraint to ^8.13.0. Modified the field definitions to remove ECS fields made redundant by the ecs@mappings component template.	8.13.0
2.20.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update manifest format version to v3.0.3.	8.7.1
2.19.3	Bug fix (View pull request) Clean up null handling, formatting	8.7.1
2.19.2	Enhancement (View pull request) Changed owners	8.7.1
2.19.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix exclude_files pattern.	8.7.1
2.19.0	Enhancement (View pull request) ECS version updated to 8.11.0.	8.7.1
2.18.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Improve 'event.original' check to avoid errors if set.	8.7.1
2.17.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update the package format_version to 3.0.0.	8.7.1
2.16.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.10.0 and align ECS categorization fields.	8.7.1
2.15.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add tags.yml file so that integration's dashboards and saved searches are tagged with "Security Solution" and displayed in the Security Solution UI.	8.7.1
2.14.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package-spec to 2.10.0.	8.7.1
2.13.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.9.0.	8.7.1
2.12.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Convert visualizations to lens.	8.7.1
2.11.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.8.0.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.10.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.7.0.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.9.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Added categories and/or subcategories.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.9.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.6.0.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.8.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add `udp_options` to the UDP input.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.7.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.5.0.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.6.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove duplicate field.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.6.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Use ECS geo.location definition.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.6.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.4.0	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.5.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package name and description to align with standard wording	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.5.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.3.0.	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.4.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix broken file paths configuration variable	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.4.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to readme. added link to vendor documentation	—
2.4.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 8.2	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.3.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix error ingesting events with a single entry in the CAProperties field	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.3.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Add documentation for multi-fields Bug fix (View pull request) Remove duplicated definition of `event.dataset` field.	—
2.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 8.0	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.2.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Regenerate test files using the new GeoIP database	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.2.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Change test public IPs to the supported subset	—
2.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add 8.0.0 version constraint	8.0.0 7.16.0
2.1.4	Enhancement (View pull request) Uniform with guidelines	7.16.0
2.1.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Remove dash from title for consistency with brand.	—
2.1.2	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Title and Description.	7.16.0
2.1.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix logic that checks for the 'forwarded' tag	—
2.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 1.12.0	—
2.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) make GA	—
1.2.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Convert to generated ECS fields	7.14.0
1.2.2	Enhancement (View pull request) update to ECS 1.11.0	—
1.2.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Escape special characters in docs	—
1.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update integration description	—
1.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Set "event.module" and "event.dataset"	7.14.0
1.0.1	Enhancement (View pull request) updating ECS version and adding event.original options	—
1.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) initial release	7.13.0