User Guide for Cisco Security MARS Local Controller, Release 4.2.x
Index

Table Of Contents

Numerics - A - B - C - D - E - F - H - I - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V -

Index

Numerics

802.1x, logging in Cisco Secure ACS 15-5

A

AAA devices 15-1

Action 20-3

Activate button 14-1, 22-18, 22-19, 22-21, 22-23

activating reporting devices 2-27

what it does 2-27

when to use 2-27

adding

cell phone number 14-11, 23-11

CSV file 2-20

devices 2-18

manually 2-18

seed file 2-20

drop rules 22-22

event groups 14-3

inspection rules 22-19

pager number 14-11, 23-11

seed file 2-20

service 14-8

user 14-9, 23-10

user group 14-12

adding IP groups 14-4

adding service provider 14-11, 23-11

admin roles, see user management 14-9

Adobe SVG 19-10

alert

action 22-15

Distributed Threat Management 22-15

Email 22-15

NONE 22-15

Page 22-15

SMS 22-15

SNMP 22-15

Syslog 22-15

alerts 23-1

all matching event raw messages 21-7

all matching events 21-7

all matching sessions 21-7

anomaly detection, see NetFlow 2-31

archive server

retrieving raw messages 24-3

attack diagram 19-9

attack paths

L2 20-5

L3 20-5

audit trail 24-3

B

boostrap

devices 1-5

bytes transmitted 21-8

C

cell phone paging 14-11, 23-11

certificate

monitor status 24-10

upgrading from expired or fingerprint 24-10

changing

drop rule status 22-21

inspection rule status 22-17

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, see CiscoASA 4-1

Cisco ASA

add to MARS 4-8

bootstrapping 4-2

security context

add discovered 4-12

define reporting options for 4-13

make MARS aware of 4-11

Cisco Firewall Services Modules, see Cisco FWSM 4-1

Cisco FWSM

add to MARS 4-8

bootstrapping 4-2

security context

add discovered 4-12

define reporting options for 4-13

make MARS aware of 4-11

Cisco Secure ACS, 802.1x feature support 15-5

Cisco Secure ACS, 802.1x support 15-1

Cisco Secure ACS, audit logs required by MARS 15-3

Cisco Secure ACS, bootstrap 15-3

Cisco Secure ACS, event logs studied by MARS 15-1

Cisco Secure ACS, MARS agent 15-7

Cisco Secure ACS, NAC support 15-1

Cisco Secure ACS, representing in MARS 15-12

Cisco Secure ACS, sever support 15-2

Cisco Secure ACS, solution engine support 15-2

Cisco Secure ACS, supported versions 15-1

Cisco Secure ACS, TACACS+ command authorization 15-7

Collapse All 20-5

columns

seed file 2-22

Common Vulneratbilities and Exposures 14-2

community strings 2-37

configuration

NetFlow 2-30

creating

report 21-24

CSV files 2-20

custom log parser

selecting traffic type 16-14

CVE 14-2

D

data reduction 19-9

default certificate response

change 24-10

default fingerprint response

change 24-10

default password

change 24-8

deleting service 14-8

destination IP address ranking 21-6

destination network group ranking 21-6

destination network ranking 21-6

destination ranking 21-6

device,re-add 2-19

devices

bootstrap overview 1-5

define

overview 1-6, 17-10

deleting 2-19

deleting all displayed 2-20

edit 2-18

diagrams

attack 19-9

discovering networks

automatic 2-39

discovery

scheduling 2-39

updating 2-39

display format

query 21-5

distributed threat mitigation, taskflow order 1-7

drop rule

activate and inactive 22-21

drop rules

adding 22-22

editing 22-22

drop rule status

changing 22-21

DTM, See distributed threat mitigation. 1-7

dynamic information 20-10

dynamic vulnerability scanning 2-29

E

editing

drop rules 22-22

host information 14-6

inspection rules 22-18

IP groups 14-4

service 14-8

user 14-12

error messages, list of 15-14

event groups 14-3

event log

changing pulling time interval for Windows 10-11

event management 14-1

editing 14-2

Event Type 20-3

event type group ranking 21-6

event type ranking 21-5

Expand All 20-5

expired certificate 24-10

F

false positive

system determined 20-8

unconfirmed 20-8

user confirmed

false positive 20-8

positive 20-8

false positives

tuning 20-5

fingerprint validation 24-8

H

hardware maintenance

MARS 100, 100E, 200, GCM, GC 24-12

hosts

adding 14-5

editing 14-6

Hot Spot Graph 19-9

I

incident count 21-8

Incident Details page 20-4

Incident ID 20-3

Incident Path 20-3

incidents 19-8

action 20-3

event type 20-3

incident ID 20-3

incident path 20-3

incident vector 20-3

instances 20-6

matched rule 20-3

severity 20-3

time 20-3

time ranges 20-4

incidents table

navigation 20-3

incident table 20-5

Incident Vector 20-3

inspection rule

activate and inactive 22-17

inspection rules

adding 22-19

editing 22-18

inspection rule status

changing 22-17

instances

incidents 20-6

IP groups

adding 14-4

editing 14-4

IP management 14-3

adding

hosts 14-5

IP range 14-4

network 14-4

variable 14-4

L

L2 attack path 20-5

L3 attack path 20-5

Linux host, bootstrap 10-2

loading

MARS

seed file 2-24

log files 24-2

M

MAC address report 21-7

management

events 14-1

IP 14-3

service 14-7

user 14-8

MARS

audit trail 24-3

log files 24-2

matched incident ranking 21-7

Matched Rule 20-3

matched rule ranking 21-7

Microsoft Windows host, bootstrap 10-4

mitigate 20-5

mitigation policy

suggested content 1-1

monitoring policy

suggested content 1-1

N

NAC, AAA server support 15-1

NAT connection report 21-7

NetFllow, enable processing 2-34

NetFlow 2-30

configuration 2-30

Global NetFlow UPD Port 2-35

NetFlow, bootstrap reporting devices 2-32

NetFlow,enable processing 2-35

NetFlow,examined networks 2-35

NetFlow,how it is used 2-31, 2-32

NetFlow,performance tuning 2-35

NetFlow,supported versions 2-31

network group ranking 21-6

network ranking 21-6

Network Status tab

Incidents 19-12

Top Destinations 19-13

Top Event Types 19-12

Top Sources 19-13

O

Order/Rank By 21-7

order by 21-7

bytes transmitted 21-8

incident count 21-8

session count 21-7

time 21-8

P

pager 14-11, 23-11

password

change default 24-8

PIX

add to MARS 4-8

bootstrapping 4-2

security context

add discovered 4-12

define reporting options for 4-13

make MARS aware of 4-11

PIX Security Appliance, see PIX 4-1

PN Log agent 15-7

PN Log Agent, error messages 15-10

PN MARS

seed file columns 2-22

post NAT destination addresses 21-11

post NAT source addresses 21-10

pre NAT destination addresses 21-11

pre NAT source addresses 21-10

protocol ranking 21-6

public networks 2-38

Q

queries

action

ANY 21-12

actions 21-12

destination IP 21-11

ANY 21-11

devices 21-11

IP addresses 21-11

IP ranges 21-11

networks 21-11

post NAT destination addresses 21-11

pre NAT destination addresses 21-11

devices 21-11

display format

all matching event raw messages 21-7

all matching events 21-7

all matching sessions 21-7

destination IP address ranking 21-6

destination ranking 21-6

event type group ranking 21-6

MAC address report 21-7

matched incident ranking 21-7

matched rule ranking 21-7

NAT connection report 21-7

protocol ranking 21-6

reporting device ranking 21-7

reporting device type ranking 21-7

source IP address ranking 21-6

source port ranking 21-6

unknown event report 21-7

use only firing events 21-8

event type grouping 21-11

event types 21-11

ANY 21-11

operation

AND 21-12, 22-13

FOLLOWED-BY 21-12, 22-13

none 21-12, 22-13

OR 21-12, 22-13

result format

destination network group ranking 21-6

destination network ranking 21-6

event type ranking 21-5

network group ranking 21-6

network ranking 21-6

reported user ranking 21-7

source network group ranking 21-6

source network ranking 21-6

rule 21-12

ANY 21-12

save as

reports 21-13

rules 21-13

service

ANY 21-11

defined services 21-11

service variables 21-11

severity

ANY 21-12

green 21-12

red 21-12

yellow 21-12

source IP

ANY 21-10

devices 21-10

IP addresses 21-10

IP ranges 21-10

networks 21-10

post NAT source addresses 21-10

pre NAT source addresses 21-10

variables 21-10

time range

last 21-8

start and end times 21-8

zone 21-12

query

display format 21-5

reporting device ranking 2-27

Query page 21-1

R

rank by 21-7

bytes transmitted 21-8

incident count 21-8

session count 21-7

time 21-8

raw messages

retrieve from local controller database 24-5

retrieving from archive server 24-3

remediation policy

suggested content 1-2

removing

user 14-12

report

adding 21-24

delete 21-25

edit 21-26

new 21-24

reported user ranking 21-7

reporting device ranking 21-7

reporting device type ranking 21-7

reports

viewing 21-19, 21-25

reports, view type, CSV 21-24

reports, view type, recent 21-24

reports,view type, total 21-24

reports, view types 21-23

report views, CSV 21-24

report views, peak, reports, view type, peak 21-24

report views, recent 21-24

report views, total 21-24

rules

destination IP

ANY 22-8

devices 22-8

DISTINCT 22-8

IP addresses 22-8

IP ranges 22-8

Network Groups 22-8

networks 22-8

SAME 22-8

variables 22-8

device 22-11

ANY 22-11

Unknown Reporting Device 22-11

variables 22-11

event type grouping 22-10

event types 22-10

ANY 22-10

variables 22-10

reported user

ANY 22-11

Invalid User Name 22-11

NONE 22-11

variables 22-11

service

ANY 22-9

defined groups 22-10

defined services 22-10

service variables 22-9

severity

ANY 22-12

green 22-12

red 22-12

yellow 22-12

source IP

devices 22-7

IP addresses 22-7

IP ranges 22-7

Network Groups 22-7

networks 22-7

variables 22-7

runtime logging 24-1

S

scheduling

discovery 2-39

security contexts

add discovered 4-12

define reporting options 4-13

make MARS aware of 4-11

security policies

objectives of 1-1

security policy

suggested content 1-1

see CVE 14-2

seed file

CSV file 2-20

loading 2-24

service

adding 14-8

deleting 14-8

editing 14-8

editing groups 14-7

service group

adding 14-7

service management 14-7

service provider

adding 14-11, 23-11

services

adding group 14-7

session count 21-7

setting

runtime logging levels 24-1

Severity icons 20-3

Short Message Service

See SMS. 22-15

Simple Network Management Protocol

See SNMP. 22-15

SNMP RO, unsupported characters 2-9, 2-22, 2-29

Solaris host, bootstrap 10-2

source IP address ranking 21-6

source network group ranking 21-6

source network ranking 21-6

source port ranking 21-6

SSH

fingerprint validation 24-8

SSL

certificate validation 24-8

stacked charts 19-13

static information 20-10

system determined false positive type 20-8

T

table

incidents 20-5

Time 20-3

time ranges

incidents 20-4

Topology

toggle device display 19-12

traffic flows

identify and enable 1-4, 17-8

troubleshoot

error messages 15-14

troubleshoot,cannot add device 2-19

troubleshoot,cannot re-add device 2-19

troubleshooting

CiscoSecure ACS integration 15-13

tuning

false positives 20-5, 20-9

U

unconfirmed false positive type 20-8

unknown event report 21-7

use only firing events 21-8

user

adding 14-9, 23-10

editing 14-12

removing 14-12

user confirmed false positive type 20-8

user confirmed positive type 20-8

user group

adding 14-12

user management 14-8

roles defined 14-9

V

validation

fingerprint 24-8

valid networks 2-38

variables 21-10, 21-11, 22-7, 22-8