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Corelight Zeek

An open-source software network analysis framework.

Corelight Zeek

This pack includes Cortex XSIAM content.

This pack includes

Data normalization capabilities:

  • Rules for parsing and modeling network protocol logs that are ingested via the BrokerVM into Cortex XSIAM.
  • The ingested Corelight Zeek logs can be queried in XQL Search using the corelight_zeek_raw dataset.

Supported log categories

Category Category Display Name
DNS dns.log
HTTP http.log
NTLM ntlm.log
Syslog syslog.log
CONN conn.log
Kerberos kerberos.log
DCE/RPC dce_rpc.log

Supported timestamp format

Timestamp parsing supports a UTC +0000 format.


Data Collection

Corelight Zeek Side

You need to configure Corelight Sensor to forward Zeek Syslog messages.

  1. Open the Corelight Sensor UI, and on the left menu bar click Configuration.
  2. Open the Export tab and scroll down to Export to Syslog.
    • Under Syslog Server: Set your XSIAM Broker VM hostname or IP address and port.
    • Under Transfer Protocol: Choose TCP.
    • Under Syslog Format: Pick the Default* (RFC5424) option.
    • Under Syslog Facility: Set your Syslog Facility, e.g., Local0.
    • Under Syslog Severity: Select the severity for the logs you will send, e.g., Info.
  3. Open the Maintain tab.
  4. Save your Syslog configuration to apply the configuration to your Corelight Zeek Sensors.

For more information, see the Corelight Zeek documentation.

Cortex XSIAM side - Broker VM

To create or configure the Broker VM, see here.

Follow these steps to configure the Broker VM to ingest Corelight Zeek logs.

  1. Navigate to Settings → Configuration → Data Broker → Broker VMs.
  2. Go to the APPS column under the Brokers tab and add the Syslog app for the relevant broker instance. If the Syslog app already exists, hover over it and click Configure.
  3. Click Add New.
  4. When configuring the Syslog Collector, set the following parameters:
Parameter Value
Protocol Select TCP (Corelight Zeek is not available for a UDP protocol).
Port Enter the syslog service port that Cortex XSIAM Broker VM should listen on for receiving forwarded events from Corelight Zeek.
Format Enter CORELIGHT.
Vendor Enter corelight.
Product Enter zeek.

For more information, see here

PUBLISHER

PLATFORMS

Cortex XSIAM

INFO

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Supported ByCortex
CreatedFebruary 9, 2023
Last ReleaseNovember 2, 2025

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