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SonicWall NSv

The SonicWall NSv Series virtual firewall offers all the security advantages of a physical firewall with the operational and economic benefits of virtualization, including system scalability and agility, speed of system provisioning, simple management and cost reduction.

SonicWall NSv

This pack includes Cortex XSIAM content.

Configuration on Server Side

You need to configure Sonicwall to forward logs in Syslog format and in UTC timezone.

Configure Syslog forwarding

To configure the Sonicwall NSv to send Syslog to XSIAM server (Broker VM), use the steps described here.

Configure Time zone

To configure Sonicwall to send logs in UTC formats please do the following:

  1. Navigate to "Logs" -> "Syslog" -> "Syslog Settings"
  2. Turn on "Display Syslog Timestamp in UTC"

Note: In order to parse the timestamp correctly, make sure that the timestamp is displayed in UTC.
The supported time format is yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss (2021-12-08 10:00:00).

Collect Events from Vendor

In order to use the collector, use the Broker VM option.

Broker VM

To create or configure the Broker VM, use the information described here.

You can configure the specific vendor and product for this instance.

  1. Navigate to Settings > Configuration > Data Broker > Broker VMs.
  2. Right-click, and select Syslog Collector > Configure.
  3. When configuring the Syslog Collector, set the following values:
    • vendor as vendor - sonicwall
    • product as product - ns

PUBLISHER

PLATFORMS

Cortex XSIAM

INFO

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Supported ByCortex
CreatedApril 20, 2023
Last ReleaseAugust 31, 2023
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