Kaspersky Next XDR Expert

Step 7. Routing

This is an optional step of the Installation Wizard. On the Routing tab of the Installation Wizard, you can select or create destinations with settings indicating the forwarding destination of events processed by the collector. Typically, events from the collector are routed to two points: to the correlator to analyze and search for threats; and to the storage, both for storage and so that processed events can be viewed later. Events can be sent to other locations as needed. There can be more than one destination point.

To add an existing destination to a collector resource set:

1. In the Add destination drop-down list, select the type of destination resource you want to add:
   • Select Storage if you want to configure forwarding of processed events to the storage.
   • Select Correlator if you want to configure forwarding of processed events to a correlator.
   • Select Other if you want to send events to other locations.

     This type of resource includes correlator and storage services that were created in previous versions of the program.

   The Add destination window opens where you can specify parameters for events forwarding.

2. In the Destination drop-down list, select the necessary destination.

   The window name changes to Edit destination, and it displays the settings of the selected resource. To open the settings of a destination for editing in a new browser tab, click .

3. Click Save.

The selected destination is displayed on the Installation Wizard tab. A destination resource can be removed from the resource set by selecting it and clicking Delete in the opened window.

To add a new destination resource to a collector resource set:

1. In the Add destination drop-down list, select the type of destination resource you want to add:
   • Select Storage if you want to configure forwarding of processed events to the storage.
   • Select Correlator if you want to configure forwarding of processed events to a correlator.
   • Select Other if you want to send events to other locations.

     This type of resource includes correlator and storage services that were created in previous versions of the program.

   The Add destination window opens where you can specify parameters for events forwarding.

2. Specify the settings on the Basic settings tab:
   • In the Destination drop-down list, select Create new.
   • In the Name field, enter a unique name for the destination resource. The name must contain 1 to 128 Unicode characters.
   • Click the Disabled toggle button to specify whether events will be sent to this destination. By default, sending events is enabled.
   • Select the Type for the destination resource:
     • Select storage if you want to configure forwarding of processed events to the storage.
     • Select correlator if you want to configure forwarding of processed events to a correlator.
     • Select nats-jetstream, tcp, http, kafka, or file if you want to configure sending events to other locations.
   • Specify the URL to which events should be sent in the hostname:<API port> format.

     You can specify multiple destination addresses by clicking the URL button for all types except nats-jetstream, file, and diode.

   • For the nats-jetstream and kafka types, use the Topic field to specify which topic the data should be written to. The topic must contain Unicode characters. The Kafka topic is limited to 255 characters.
3. If necessary, specify the settings on the Advanced settings tab. The available settings vary based on the selected destination resource type:
   • Compression is a drop-down list where you can enable Snappy compression. By default, compression is disabled.
   • Proxy is a drop-down list for proxy server selection.
   • The Buffer size field is used to set buffer size (in bytes) for the destination. The default value is 1 MB, and the maximum value is 64 MB.
   • Timeout field is used to set the timeout (in seconds) for another service or component response. The default value is 30.
   • Disk buffer size limit field is used to specify the size of the disk buffer in bytes. The default size is 10 GB.
   • Cluster ID is the ID of the NATS cluster.
   • TLS mode is a drop-down list where you can specify the conditions for using TLS encryption:
     • Disabled (default)—do not use TLS encryption.
     • Enabled—encryption is enabled, but without verification.
     • With verification—use encryption with verification that the certificate was signed with the KUMA root certificate. The root certificate and key of KUMA are created automatically during program installation and are stored on the KUMA Core server in the folder /opt/kaspersky/kuma/core/certificates/.

     When using TLS, it is impossible to specify an IP address as a URL.

   • URL selection policy is a drop-down list in which you can select a method for determining which URL to send events to if several URLs have been specified:
     • Any. Events are sent to one of the available URLs as long as this URL receives events. If the connection is broken (for example, the receiving node is disconnected) a different URL will be selected as the events destination.
     • Prefer first. Events are sent to the first URL in the list of added addresses. If it becomes unavailable, events are sent to the next available node in sequence. When the first URL becomes available again, events start to be sent to it again.
     • Balanced means that packages with events are evenly distributed among the available URLs from the list. Because packets are sent either on a destination buffer overflow or on the flush timer, this URL selection policy does not guarantee an equal distribution of events to destinations.
   • Delimiter is used to specify the character delimiting the events. By default, \n is used.
   • Path—the file path if the file destination type is selected.
   • Buffer flush interval—this field is used to set the time interval (in seconds) at which the data is sent to the destination. The default value is 100.
   • Workers—this field is used to set the number of services processing the queue. By default, this value is equal to the number of vCPUs of the KUMA Core server.
   • You can set health checks using the Health check path and Health check timeout fields. You can also disable health checks by selecting the Health Check Disabled check box.
   • Debug—a toggle switch that lets you specify whether resource logging must be enabled. By default, this toggle switch is in the Disabled position.
   • The Disk buffer disabled drop-down list is used to enable or disable the use of a disk buffer. By default, the disk buffer is disabled.

     The disk buffer is used if the collector cannot send normalized events to the destination. The amount of allocated disk space is limited by the value of the Disk buffer size limit setting.

     If the disk space allocated for the disk buffer is exhausted, events are rotated as follows: new events replace the oldest events written to the buffer.

   • In the Filter section, you can specify the conditions to define events that will be processed by this resource. You can select an existing filter from the drop-down list or create a new filter.

     Creating a filter in resources

     1. In the Filter drop-down list, select Create new.
     2. If you want to keep the filter as a separate resource, select the Save filter check box.

        In this case, you will be able to use the created filter in various services.

        This check box is cleared by default.

     3. If you selected the Save filter check box, enter a name for the created filter resource in the Name field. The name must contain 1 to 128 Unicode characters.
     4. In the Conditions settings block, specify the conditions that the events must meet:
        1. Click the Add condition button.
        2. In the Left operand and Right operand drop-down lists, specify the search parameters.

           Depending on the data source selected in the Right operand field, you may see fields of additional parameters that you need to use to define the value that will be passed to the filter. For example, when choosing active list you will need to specify the name of the active list, the entry key, and the entry key field.

        3. In the operator drop-down list, select the relevant operator.

           Filter operators

           • =—the left operand equals the right operand.
           • <—the left operand is less than the right operand.
           • <=—the left operand is less than or equal to the right operand.
           • >—the left operand is greater than the right operand.
           • >=—the left operand is greater than or equal to the right operand.
           • inSubnet—the left operand (IP address) is in the subnet of the right operand (subnet).
           • contains—the left operand contains values of the right operand.
           • startsWith—the left operand starts with one of the values of the right operand.
           • endsWith—the left operand ends with one of the values of the right operand.
           • match—the left operand matches the regular expression of the right operand. The RE2 regular expressions are used.
           • hasBit—checks whether the left operand (string or number) contains bits whose positions are listed in the right operand (in a constant or in a list).

             The value to be checked is converted to binary and processed right to left. Chars are checked whose index is specified as a constant or a list.

             If the value being checked is a string, then an attempt is made to convert it to integer and process it in the way described above. If the string cannot be converted to a number, the filter returns False.

           • hasVulnerability—checks whether the left operand contains an asset with the vulnerability and vulnerability severity specified in the right operand.

             If you do not specify the ID and severity of the vulnerability, the filter is triggered if the asset in the event being checked has any vulnerability.

           • inActiveList—this operator has only one operand. Its values are selected in the Key fields field and are compared with the entries in the active list selected from the Active List drop-down list.
           • inDictionary—checks whether the specified dictionary contains an entry defined by the key composed with the concatenated values of the selected event fields.
           • inCategory—the asset in the left operand is assigned at least one of the asset categories of the right operand.
           • inActiveDirectoryGroup—the Active Directory account in the left operand belongs to one of the Active Directory groups in the right operand.
           • TIDetect—this operator is used to find events using CyberTrace Threat Intelligence (TI) data. This operator can be used only on events that have completed enrichment with data from CyberTrace Threat Intelligence. In other words, it can only be used in collectors at the destination selection stage and in correlators.
           • inContextTable—presence of the entry in the specified context table.
           • intersect—presence in the left operand of the list items specified in the right operand.

        4. If necessary, select the do not match case check box. When this check box is selected, the operator ignores the case of the values.

           The selection of this check box does not apply to the InSubnet, InActiveList, InCategory or InActiveDirectoryGroup operators.

           This check box is cleared by default.

        5. If you want to add a negative condition, select If not from the If drop-down list.
        6. You can add multiple conditions or a group of conditions.
     5. If you have added multiple conditions or groups of conditions, choose a search condition (and, or, not) by clicking the AND button.
     6. If you want to add existing filters that are selected from the Select filter drop-down list, click the Add filter button.

        You can view the nested filter settings by clicking the button.

4. Click Save.

The created destination is displayed on the Installation Wizard tab. A destination resource can be removed from the resource set by selecting it and clicking Delete in the opened window.

Proceed to the next step of the Installation Wizard.