Trellix DLP collector

[ 1 Overview ] [ 2 Devo collector features ] [ 3 Data sources ] [ 4 API Limits, Delays, Known Issues ] [ 5 Flattening preprocessing ] [ 6 Accepted authentication methods ] [ 7 Minimum configuration required for basic pulling ] [ 8 Run the collector ] [ 9 Collector services detail ] [ 10 Change log ]

Overview

Trellix Data Loss Prevention (DLP) delivers unprecedented protection for sensitive and proprietary information from the keyboard to the cloud.

Devo collector features

Feature	Details

Feature	Details
Allow parallel downloading (`multipod`)	`not allowed`
Running environments	`collector server`
Populated Devo events	`table`
Flattening preprocessing	`no`

Data sources

Data source	Description	API endpoint	Collector service name	Devo table	Available from release

Data source	Description	API endpoint	Collector service name	Devo table	Available from release
`incident`	Get all the incident event type.	`/dpim/v2/incident`	`dpim_incident`	`dlp.trellix.dpim.incident`	`v1.0.0`

For more information on how the events are parsed, visit our page.

API Limits, Delays, Known Issues

We occasionally encounter a 429 "Too Many Requests" error, indicating a rate limit has been reached. This is a known limitation, but the exact rate limit thresholds are not disclosed in Trellix’s documentation, which makes precise management challenging. To handle this, our system is configured to pause briefly and retry requests automatically after encountering the error. This approach helps to recover data access smoothly once the API limit resets.

Flattening preprocessing

Data source	Collector service	Optional	Flattening details

Data source	Collector service	Optional	Flattening details
`incident`	`dpim_incident`	`yes`	not required

Accepted authentication methods

Authentication method	api_key	username	password

Authentication method	api_key	username	password
Bearer auth token	REQUIRED	REQUIRED	REQUIRED

Minimum configuration required for basic pulling

Although this collector supports advanced configuration, the fields required to retrieve data with basic configuration are defined below.

This minimum configuration refers exclusively to those specific parameters of this integration. There are more required parameters related to the generic behavior of the collector. Check setting sections for details.

Setting	Details
`api_key`	The API key for Trellix API.
`username`	The username to generate the auth token for authentication.
`password`	The username to generate the auth token for authentication.

The auth token timeout specified in Trellix DLP official documentation is 300 seconds, but we are using it as 280 seconds as the token expires around that time.

Run the collector

Once the data source is configured, you can either send us the required information if you want us to host and manage the collector for you (Cloud collector), or deploy and host the collector in your own machine using a Docker image (On-premise collector).

Collector services detail

This section is intended to explain how to proceed with specific actions for services.

Verify data collection

Once the collector has been launched, it is important to check if the ingestion is performed in a proper way. To do so, go to the collector’s logs console.

This service has the following components:

Component	Description

Component	Description
Setup	The setup module is in charge of authenticating the service and managing the token expiration when needed.
Puller	The setup module is in charge of pulling the data in a organized way and delivering the events via SDK.

Setup output

A successful run has the following output messages for the setup module:

2024-07-12T12:37:20.608    INFO OutputProcess::MainThread -> DevoSender(internal_senders,devo_sender_0) -> Starting thread
2024-07-12T12:37:20.608    INFO OutputProcess::DevoSenderManager(lookup_senders,manager,devo_2) -> [EMERGENCY PERSISTENCE SYSTEM] DevoSenderManager(lookup_senders,manager,devo_2) -> Nothing retrieved from the persistence.
2024-07-12T12:37:20.608    INFO OutputProcess::MainThread -> DevoSenderManagerMonitor(internal_senders,devo_2) -> Starting thread (every 300 seconds)
2024-07-12T12:37:20.608    INFO OutputProcess::MainThread -> DevoSenderManager(internal_senders,manager,devo_2) -> Starting thread
2024-07-12T12:37:20.608    INFO OutputProcess::OutputLookupConsumer(lookup_senders_consumer_0) -> [EMERGENCY PERSISTENCE SYSTEM] OutputLookupConsumer(lookup_senders_consumer_0) -> Nothing retrieved from the persistence.
2024-07-12T12:37:20.609    INFO OutputProcess::DevoSenderManager(internal_senders,manager,devo_2) -> [EMERGENCY PERSISTENCE SYSTEM] DevoSenderManager(internal_senders,manager,devo_2) -> Nothing retrieved from the persistence.
2024-07-12T12:37:20.610    INFO OutputProcess::OutputInternalConsumer(internal_senders_consumer_0) -> [EMERGENCY PERSISTENCE SYSTEM] OutputInternalConsumer(internal_senders_consumer_0) -> Nothing retrieved from the persistence.
2024-07-12T12:37:20.610    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> Running overriding rules
2024-07-12T12:37:20.611    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> Overriding rule #1 - service key <override_tag> with value <my.app.trellix.dlp> overrides definition key <tag> with value <None> when the first is not <None>
2024-07-12T12:37:20.611    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> Validating the rate limiter config given by the user
2024-07-12T12:37:20.611    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> <requests_limits> setting has not been defined. The generic settings will be used instead.
2024-07-12T12:37:20.611    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> Adding raw config to the collector store
2024-07-12T12:37:20.611    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> Running custom validation rules
2024-07-12T12:37:20.615    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) Finalizing the execution of init_variables()
2024-07-12T12:37:20.617    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> InputThread(trellix_dlp,65768) - Starting thread (execution_period=60s)
2024-07-12T12:37:20.617    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> ServiceThread(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) - Starting thread (execution_period=60s)
2024-07-12T12:37:20.617    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> TrellixDLPPullerSetup(trellix_dlp_collector,trellix_dlp#65768,incidents#predefined) -> Starting thread
2024-07-12T12:37:20.618 WARNING InputProcess::TrellixDLPPullerSetup(trellix_dlp_collector,trellix_dlp#65768,incidents#predefined) -> The token/header/authentication has not been created yet
2024-07-12T12:37:20.620    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) - Starting thread
2024-07-12T12:37:20.621 WARNING InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> Waiting until setup will be executed
2024-07-12T12:37:20.640    INFO OutputProcess::MainThread -> [GC] global: 93.4% -> 93.5%, process: RSS(41.10MiB -> 41.97MiB), VMS(926.02MiB -> 926.02MiB)
2024-07-12T12:37:20.645    INFO InputProcess::MainThread -> [GC] global: 93.5% -> 93.5%, process: RSS(40.12MiB -> 40.12MiB), VMS(422.00MiB -> 422.00MiB)
2024-07-12T12:37:21.052    INFO OutputProcess::DevoSender(internal_senders,devo_sender_0) -> Created a sender: {"name": "DevoSender(internal_senders,devo_sender_0)", "url": "collector-eu.devo.io:443", "chain_path": "/home/pulkit/devo/collectors/devo-collector-trellix-dlp/certs/chain.crt", "cert_path": "/home/pulkit/devo/collectors/devo-collector-trellix-dlp/certs/int-if-integrations-india.crt", "key_path": "/home/pulkit/devo/collectors/devo-collector-trellix-dlp/certs/int-if-integrations-india.key", "transport_layer_type": "SSL", "last_usage_timestamp": null, "socket_status": null}, hostname: "2023-APAC-0049", session_id: "128927996684944"
2024-07-12T12:37:29.632    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPullerSetup(trellix_dlp_collector,trellix_dlp#65768,incidents#predefined) -> Token is valid. Skipping the generation of new auth token 
2024-07-12T12:37:29.633    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPullerSetup(trellix_dlp_collector,trellix_dlp#65768,incidents#predefined) -> Token is valid. Skipping the generation of new auth token 
2024-07-12T12:37:29.633    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPullerSetup(trellix_dlp_collector,trellix_dlp#65768,incidents#predefined) -> Setup for module <TrellixDLPPuller> has been successfully executed
2024-07-12T12:37:30.631    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) Starting the execution of pre_pull()
2024-07-12T12:37:30.631    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> Reading persisted data

A successful initial run has the following output messages for the puller module:

Note that the PrePull action is executed only one time before the first run of the Pull action.

2024-07-12T12:37:30.638    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> Pull Started
2024-07-12T12:37:30.639    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> Fetching data From : 2024-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
2024-07-12T12:37:35.855    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> Sent 372 incidents events to Devo.
2024-07-12T12:37:35.855    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> (Partial) Statistics for this pull cycle (@devo_pulling_id=1720768050631):Number of requests made: 1; Number of events received: 372; Number of duplicated events filtered out: 0; Number of events generated and sent: 372; Average of events per second: 71.308.
2024-07-12T12:37:36.206    INFO OutputProcess::DevoSender(standard_senders,devo_sender_0) -> Created a sender: {"name": "DevoSender(standard_senders,devo_sender_0)", "url": "collector-eu.devo.io:443", "chain_path": "/home/pulkit/devo/collectors/devo-collector-trellix-dlp/certs/chain.crt", "cert_path": "/home/pulkit/devo/collectors/devo-collector-trellix-dlp/certs/int-if-integrations-india.crt", "key_path": "/home/pulkit/devo/collectors/devo-collector-trellix-dlp/certs/int-if-integrations-india.key", "transport_layer_type": "SSL", "last_usage_timestamp": null, "socket_status": null}, hostname: "2023-APAC-0049", session_id: "128927986295952"
2024-07-12T12:37:41.589    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> Sent 500 incidents events to Devo.

After a successful collector’s execution (that is, no error logs found), you will see the following log message:

2024-07-12T12:37:41.589    INFO InputProcess::TrellixDLPPuller(trellix_dlp,65768,incidents,predefined) -> (Partial) Statistics for this pull cycle (@devo_pulling_id=1720768050631):Number of requests made: 2; Number of events received: 872; Number of duplicated events filtered out: 0; Number of events generated and sent: 872; Average of events per second: 79.628.

Restart the persistence

This collector uses persistent storage to download events in an orderly fashion and avoid duplicates. In case you want to re-ingest historical data or recreate the persistence, you can restart the persistence of this collector by following these steps:

Edit the configuration file.
Change the value of the initial_start_time_in_utc_value parameter to a different one.
Save the changes.
Restart the collector.

The collector will detect this change and will restart the persistence using the parameters of the configuration file or the default configuration in case it has not been provided.

This collector has different security layers that detect both an invalid configuration and abnormal operation. This table will help you detect and resolve the most common errors.

Error type	Error ID	Error message	Cause	Solution
`InitVariablesError`	`1`	initial_start_time_in_utc is not set as per the datetime_format : {datetime_format}	The date in config is not as per required format	Ensure the date format is correct.
`InitVariablesError`	`2`	Date {initial_start_time_str} is in the future	The date in config is greater than current time	Ensure the datetime is less than current time
`SetupError`	`100`	HTTP Error occurred while generating auth token from trellix server	Wrong credentials	Check the credentials and ensure that the collector has the necessary permissions to access the Trellix API.
`SetupError`	`101`	Some error occurred while generating auth token from trellix server. Error details: {e}	Generate auth token api failed	Contact the developer with exact error message.
`SetupError`	`102`	Unable to generate auth token with status code as {response.status_code}	Generate auth token api failed	Contact the developer with exact error message.
`SetupError`	`103`	HTTP Error occurred while fetching apim incident from trellix server	Trellix API call is failing	Check the credentials and ensure that the collector has the necessary permissions to access the Trellix API.
`PullError`	`300`	HTTP Error occurred while fetching apim incident from trellix server	Trellix API call is failing	Check the credentials and ensure that the collector has the necessary permissions to access the Trellix API.
`PullError`	`301`	Some error occurred while fetching apim incident from trellix server. Error details: {e}	Trellix API call is failing	Contact the developer with exact error message.

To check the memory usage of this collector, look for the following log records in the collector which are displayed every 5 minutes by default, always after running the memory-free process.

The used memory is displayed by running processes and the sum of both values will give the total used memory for the collector.
The global pressure of the available memory is displayed in the global value.
All metrics (Global, RSS, VMS) include the value before freeing and after previous -> after freeing memory

Change log

Release	Released on	Release type	Details	Recommendations

Release	Released on	Release type	Details	Recommendations
`v1.1.0`	Aug 21, 2024	bug fixing	Fixed a bug and update DCSDK to 1.12.4.	`Recommended Version`
`v1.0.0`	Jul 26, 2024	NEW FEATURE	New collector	-