SOCFortress Integrations — Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

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3 min readOct 11, 2024

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Intro

SOCFortress integration and visualization tools allow security analysts the visualization and triage of Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) events and alerts using a single pane of glass.

About Trellix IPS

Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a security solution that aims to detect and prevent malicious activities within a network by continuously monitoring and analysing traffic. It is designed to protect against various forms of cyberattacks, such as malware, exploits, and other network-borne threats.

Trellix IPS is part of Trellix’s broader cybersecurity portfolio, which is a rebranded evolution of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye after their merger.

Trellix IPS is especially beneficial for organisations looking for both proactive threat prevention and reactive threat detection. Its combination of signature-based and anomaly-based detection mechanisms offers a strong line of defence in today’s cybersecurity landscape.

Key Features of Trellix IPS:

  • Signature-based Detection: It uses pre-defined threat signatures to detect known attacks. This ensures rapid identification of common and known threats.
  • Behavioral and Anomaly Detection: Trellix IPS also detects unusual or anomalous behaviors in network traffic. This is critical for identifying zero-day attacks and sophisticated threats that might not match known signatures.
  • Advanced Threat Prevention: It includes features for blocking threats in real-time, such as malware, ransomware, and exploits targeting vulnerabilities.
  • Context-aware Security: Trellix IPS integrates contextual intelligence to make more informed decisions about network events, reducing false positives and improving detection accuracy.
  • Scalability: It’s built to scale across large enterprise environments, capable of handling high volumes of network traffic without degrading performance.
  • Integration: Trellix IPS can be integrated with other security platforms and tools (including SIEMs, firewalls, etc.) to enhance incident response and threat hunting capabilities.
  • Threat Intelligence: It leverages Trellix’s threat intelligence network to update its protection mechanisms with the latest information on emerging threats.

Suitable for large organisations looking to safeguard their network perimeters from intrusions and can be easily integrated with Security Operations Centers (SOC) for streamlined monitoring, alerting, and response.

Ingesting Trellix IPS Logs, Events and Alerts

Configure remote syslog in IPS appliances

Reference: https://docs.trellix.com/bundle/cm_10.0.x_sag/page/UUID-b2bf3236-77d3-2f7c-91d2-cea9843ae5dc.html

Visualizations

Landing page:

Total Events, events by severity and IPS message

Need Help?

The functionality discussed in this post, and so much more, are available via the SOCFortress platform. Let SOCFortress help you and your team keep your infrastructure secure.

Website: https://www.socfortress.co/

Contact Us: https://www.socfortress.co/contact_form.html

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