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    Collect Symantec Endpoint Protection logs

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    This document explains how to ingest Symantec Endpoint Protection logs to Google Security Operations using Bindplane. The parser processes logs in SYSLOG or KV format, first extracting timestamps from various formats within the log data. Then, it utilizes a separate configuration file ( sep_pt2.include ) to perform further parsing and structuring of the log events, ensuring successful processing only if the initial timestamp extraction is successful.

    Before you begin

    Ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

    • Google SecOps instance
    • Windows 2016 or later or Linux host with systemd
    • If running behind a proxy, firewall ports are open
    • Privileged access to the Symantec Endpoint Protection platform

    Get Google SecOps ingestion authentication file

    1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
    2. Go to SIEM Settings > Collection Agents.
    3. Download the Ingestion Authentication File. Save the file securely on the system where Bindplane will be installed.

    Get Google SecOps customer ID

    1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
    2. Go to SIEM Settings > Profile.
    3. Copy and save the Customer IDfrom the Organization Detailssection.

    Install the Bindplane agent

    The following sections describe how to install the Bindplane agent.

    Windows installation

    1. Open the Command Promptor PowerShellas an administrator.

    2. Run the following command:

        msiexec 
  
 / 
 i 
  
 "https://github.com/observIQ/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/observiq-otel-collector.msi" 
  
 / 
 quiet

    Linux installation

    1. Open a terminal with root or sudo privileges.

    2. Run the following command:

       sudo  
sh  
-c  
 " 
 $( 
curl  
-fsSlL  
https://github.com/observiq/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/install_unix.sh ) 
 " 
  
install_unix.sh

    Additional installation resources

    For additional installation options, consult the installation guide .

    Configure the Bindplane agent to ingest syslog and send to Google SecOps

    1. Access the configuration file:
      • Locate the config.yaml file. Typically, it's in the /etc/bindplane-agent/ directory on Linux or in the installation directory on Windows.
      • Open the file using a text editor (for example, nano , vi , or Notepad).

    2. Edit the config.yaml file as follows:

        receivers 
 : 
  
 udplog 
 : 
  
 # Replace the port and IP address as required 
  
 listen_address 
 : 
  
 ` 
 0.0.0.0:514` 
 exporters 
 : 
  
 chronicle/chronicle_w_labels 
 : 
  
 compression 
 : 
  
 gzip 
  
 # Adjust the path to the credentials file you downloaded in Step 1 
  
 creds 
 : 
  
 '/path/to/ingestion-authentication-file.json' 
  
 # Replace with your actual customer ID from Step 2 
  
 customer_id 
 : 
  
< customer_id 
>  
 endpoint 
 : 
  
 malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com 
  
 # Add optional ingestion labels for better organization 
  
 ingestion_labels 
 : 
  
 log_type 
 : 
  
 'CES' 
  
 raw_log_field 
 : 
  
 body 
 service 
 : 
  
 pipelines 
 : 
  
 logs/source0__chronicle_w_labels-0 
 : 
  
 receivers 
 : 
  
 - 
  
 udplog 
  
 exporters 
 : 
  
 - 
  
 chronicle/chronicle_w_labels

    3. Replace the port and IP address as required in your infrastructure.

    4. Replace <customer_id> with the actual customer ID.

    5. Update /path/to/ingestion-authentication-file.json to the path where the authentication file was saved in the Get Google SecOps ingestion authentication file section.

    Restart the Bindplane agent to apply the changes

    • To restart the Bindplane agent in Linux, run the following command:

       sudo  
systemctl  
restart  
bindplane-agent

    • To restart the Bindplane agent in Windows, you can either use the Servicesconsole or enter the following command:

       net stop BindPlaneAgent && net start BindPlaneAgent

    Configure Syslog in Symantec Endpoint Protection

    1. Sign in to your Symantec Endpoint Protection Managerweb UI.
    2. Click the Adminicon.
    3. Locate the View Serverssection, and click Servers.
    4. Click Local Site > Configure External Logging.
    5. Select the Enable Transmission of Logs to a Syslog Servercheckbox.
    6. Provide the following configuration details:
      • Syslog Server: Enter the Bindplane IP address.
      • UDP Destination Port: Enter the Bindplane port number (for example, 514 for UDP).
      • Log Facility: Enter Local6.
      • Select the Audit Logscheckbox.
      • Select the Security Logscheckbox.
      • Select the Riskscheckbox.
    7. Click OK.

    UDM mapping table

    Log field UDM mapping Remark
    _DB_HOST
    		target.hostname
    a_record
    		network.dns.questions.type
    AccessCheckResults
    		security_result.detection_fields
    Accesses
    		security_result.detection_fields
    AccessList
    		security_result.detection_fields
    AccessMask
    		security_result.detection_fields
    AccessReason
    		security_result.description
    AccountName
    		target.user.user_display_name
    AccountType
    		principal.user.attribute.roles
    ACTION
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ACTION_TYPE
    		security_result.action_details
    ActiveProfile
    		target.resource.name
    ActivityID
    		additional.fields
    AdditionalInfo2
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ADMIN_NAME
    		principal.user.userid
    AGENT_SECURITY_LOG_IDX
    		metadata.product_log_id
    AgentVer
    		additional.fields
    Alert
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ALERT_IDX
    		security_result.rule_id
    ALERTDATETIME
    		security_result.first_discovered_time
    ALERTENDDATETIME
    		security_result.last_discovered_time
    ALERTINSERTTIME
    		security_result.detection_fields
    AlgorithmName
    		security_result.detection_fields
    Allowedapplicationreason
    		security_result.detection_fields
    APP_NAME
    		target.application
    app_name
    		principal.application
    AppPoolID
    		target.application
    AuthenticationPackageName
    		additional.fields
    AuthenticationSetId
    		security_result.detection_fields
    AuthenticationSetName
    		target.resource.name
    BitlockerUserInputTime
    		additional.fields
    BootMenuPolicy
    		additional.fields
    BootType
    		additional.fields
    BU
    		additional.fields
    BugcheckString
    		additional.fields
    CALLER_PROCESS_ID
    		principal.process.pid
    CALLER_PROCESS_NAME
    		principal.process.file.full_path
    callerReturnAddress
    		additional.fields
    callerReturnModuleName
    		additional.fields
    Caption
    		target.application
    Category
    		security_result.category_details
    Channel
    		security_result.about.resource.attribute.labels
    CIDS_SIGN_SUB_ID
    		additional.fields
    CLIENT_USER2
    		principal.user.userid
    Comment
    		metadata.description
    Component
    		security_result.detection_fields
    connection.ether_type
    		security_result.about.labels
    ConnectionSecurityRuleName
    		target.resource.name
    ConnectionSecurityRuleId
    		security_result.detection_fields
    CryptographicSetId
    		security_result.detection_fields
    CryptographicSetName
    		target.resource.name
    CSPEID
    		additional.fields
    DCName
    		intermediary.hostname
    Desc
    		metadata.description
    DesiredAccess
    		security_result.detection_fields
    device.last_app_connection
    		target.asset.last_discover_time
    device.wss_feature
    		target.asset.attribute.labels
    DeviceName
    		target.resource.name
    DeviceNameLength
    		additional.fields
    DeviceTime
    		additional.fields
    DeviceVersionMajor
    		additional.fields
    DeviceVersionMinor
    		additional.fields
    disposition
    		security_result.detection_fields
    dns_direction
    		security_result.detection_fields
    domain
    		target.administrative_domain
    Domain
    		principal.administrative_domain
    DOMAIN_ID
    		target.resource.product_object_id
    EDate
    		additional.fields
    EDateUTC
    		metadata.event_timestamp
    elevated_token
    		additional.fields
    EntryCount
    		additional.fields
    Error
    		security_result.description
    error
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ErrorCode
    		security_result.description
    ErrorDescription
    		security_result.description
    Event
    		metadata.description
    EVENT_DATA
    		additional.fields
    event_type
    		metadata.product_event_type
    EventData.Binary
    		additional.fields
    eventDesc
    		metadata.description
    eventInsertTime
    		metadata.collected_timestamp
    EventReceivedTime
    		metadata.collected_timestamp
    EventTime
    		metadata.event_timestamp
    EventType
    		metadata.product_event_type
    ExceptionCode
    		security_result.detection_fields
    executionPolicy
    		security_result.rule_name
    ExecutionProcessID
    		principal.process.pid
    ExecutionThreadID
    		principal.process.product_specific_process_id
    ExtensionId
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ExtensionName
    		target.resource.name
    ExtraInfoLength
    		additional.fields
    ExtraInfoString
    		additional.fields
    FailureId
    		security_result.detection_fields
    faulting_application_name
    		principal.process.file.names
    faulting_application_path
    		principal.process.file.full_path
    FaultingModuleName
    		additional.fields
    FaultingModulePath
    		additional.fields
    FaultOffset
    		additional.fields
    FILE_SIZE
    		about.file.size
    FilterID
    		security_result.detection_fields
    FinalStatus
    		security_result.description
    GPODisplayName
    		target.resource.name
    GPOFileSystemPath
    		target.file.full_path
    Group
    		principal.resource.attribute.labels
    HACK_TYPE
    		security_result.category_details
    HandleId
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    HID_LEVEL
    		additional.fields
    HN
    		additional.fields
    host
    		principal.hostname
    Hostname
    		principal.hostname
    id
    		metadata.product_log_id
    IdleImplementation
    		additional.fields
    IdleStateCount
    		additional.fields
    ImpersonationLevel
    		additional.fields
    IntensiveProtectionLevel
    		security_result.detection_fields
    Interface
    		security_result.detection_fields
    intermediary_host
    		intermediary.ip
    intermediary.hostname     		Maps to intermediary.ip if the value is an IP address. Maps to intermediary.hostname if the value is a hostname.
    INTRUSION_PAYLOAD_URL
    		target.url
    INTRUSION_URL
    		target.url
    IP
    		principal.ip
    IP_ADDR
    		src.ip
    IpAddress
    		principal.ip
    IpPort
    		principal.port
    KERNEL
    		principal.platform_patch_level
    KeyFilePath
    		target.file.full_path
    KeyLength
    		additional.fields
    KeyName
    		security_result.detection_fields
    KeyType
    		security_result.detection_fields
    lastUpdateTime
    		target.resource.attribute.last_update_time
    LmPackageName
    		security_result.detection_fields
    LoadOptions
    		additional.fields
    LogonGuid
    		network.session_id
    LogonProcessName
    		target.application
    LogonType
    		extensions.auth.auth_details
    MandatoryLabel
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    MasterKeyId
    		security_result.detection_fields
    MaximumPerformancePercent
    		additional.fields
    Message
    		metadata.description
    MinimumPerformancePercent
    		additional.fields
    MinimumThrottlePercent
    		additional.fields
    Minutes
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    NewFile
    		target.file.full_path
    NewGrp
    		target.group.group_display_name
    NewModDt
    		target.file.last_modification_time
    NewOwn
    		additional.fields
    NewPerms
    		additional.fields
    NewProcessId
    		target.process.pid
    NewProcessName
    		target.process.file.full_path
    NewSecurityDescriptor
    		security_result.description
    NewSize
    		additional.fields
    NominalFrequency
    		principal.resource.attribute.labels
    Number
    		principal.resource.attribute.labels
    NumberOfGroupPolicyObjects
    		additional.fields
    ObjectName
    		target.resource.name
    ObjectServer
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    ObjectType
    		target.resource.resource_type
    ObjId
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    OldFile
    		src.file.full_path
    OldGrp
    		src.group.group_display_name
    OldModDt
    		src.file.last_modification_time
    OldOwn
    		additional.fields
    OldPerms
    		additional.fields
    OldSize
    		additional.fields
    omittedFiles
    		security_result.detection_fields
    Opcode
    		additional.fields
    OpcodeValue
    		metadata.product_event_type
    Operation
    		security_result.description
    Operation
    		additional.fields
    OperationType
    		security_result.category_details
    OriginalSecurityDescriptor
    		additional.fields
    OS
    		principal.platform
    OSVER
    		principal.platform_version
    param2
    		security_result.detection_fields
    param3
    		security_result.detection_fields
    param4
    		security_result.detection_fields
    PARAM_DEVICE_ID
    		principal.hostname
    PARAMETER
    		target.file.full_path
    parameters
    		additional.fields
    PARENT_SERVER_TYPE
    		additional.fields
    PerformanceImplementation
    		additional.fields
    POLNm
    		additional.fields
    prevalence
    		security_result.detection_fields
    Priority
    		security_result.detection_fields
    PrivilegeList
    		target.resource.attribute.permissions.name
    PrivilegesUsedForAccessCheck
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ProblemID
    		additional.fields
    ProcessId
    		principal.process.pid
    ProcessID
    		target.process.pid
    ProcessingMode
    		additional.fields
    ProcessingTimeInMilliseconds
    		additional.fields
    ProcessName
    		principal.process.file.full_path
    ProcName
    		principal.process.file.names
    ProcPath
    		principal.process.file.full_path
    product_event_type
    		metadata.product_event_type
    PROFILE_SERIAL_NO
    		additional.fields
    protected
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ProviderGuid
    		metadata.product_deployment_id
    ProviderName
    		security_result.detection_fields
    PuaCount
    		additional.fields
    PuaPolicyId
    		additional.fields
    PUB_KEY
    		additional.fields
    Reason
    		additional.fields
    ReasonCode
    		additional.fields
    RecordNumber
    		metadata.product_log_id
    RecoveryReason
    		security_result.description
    RecType
    		metadata.product_event_type
    RelativeTargetName
    		target.user.user_display_name
    report_id
    		metadata.product_log_id
    request
    		additional.fields
    restricted_admin_mode
    		additional.fields
    restricted_sid_count
    		additional.fields
    risks
    		security_result.detection_fields
    Rule
    		security_result.rule_name
    RuleName
    		security_result.rule_name
    RuleType
    		additional.fields
    scan_duration
    		security_result.detection_fields
    scan_state
    		security_result.detection_fields
    scan_type
    		security_result.detection_fields
    scanned_number
    		security_result.detection_fields
    ScriptType
    		additional.fields
    SecurityPackageName
    		about.file.full_path
    SEQ_ID
    		additional.fields
    Service
    		target.application
    SeverityValue
    		security_result.severity_details
    sha256
    		principal.process.file.sha256
    ShareLocalPath
    		target.file.full_path
    ShareName
    		target.resource.name
    SITE_IDX
    		additional.fields
    skipped_files
    		security_result.detection_fields
    SourceModuleName
    		additional.fields
    SourceModuleType
    		additional.fields
    SourceName
    		principal.application
    spn1
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    spn2
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    standard_schemes
    		security_result.detection_fields
    State
    		additional.fields
    Status
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    StopTime
    		additional.fields
    SubjectDomainName
    		principal.administrative_domain
    SubjectLogonId
    		principal.user.userid
    SubjectUserName
    		principal.user.userid
    SubjectUserSid
    		principal.user.windows_sid
    SupportInfo1
    		additional.fields
    SupportInfo2
    		additional.fields
    syslogServer
    		intermediary.ip
    intermediary.hostname     		The value (the IP address or hostname) is from header of the log, and it is associated with an intermediary.
    TargetDomainName
    		target.administrative_domain
    TargetLogonId
    		target.user.userid
    TargetUserName
    		target.user.userid
    TargetUserSid
    		target.user.windows_sid
    TaskContentNew
    		additional.fields
    TaskName
    		target.resource.name
    TaskValue
    		metadata.description
    THREATS
    		security_result.detection_fields
    threats
    		security_result.detection_fields
    TimeDifferenceMilliseconds
    		additional.fields
    TimeSampleSeconds
    		additional.fields
    timestamp
    		metadata.event_timestamp
    TokenElevationType
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    transaction_id
    		metadata.product_log_id
    TransitedServices
    		security_result.detection_fields
    TSId
    		network.session_id
    type
    		security_result.threat_name
    UMDFDeviceInstallBegin.version
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    UMDFReflectorDependencyMissing.Dependency
    		additional.fields
    updateGuid
    		target.process.product_specific_process_id
    updateRevisionNumber
    		target.resource.attribute.labels
    updateTitle
    		target.resource.name
    UpdateType
    		additional.fields
    Url
    		target.url
    urlTrackingStatus
    		security_result.detection_fields
    User
    		principal.user.userid
    UserID
    		target.user.userid
    UserSid
    		target.user.windows_sid
    VAPI_NAME
    		security_result.summary
    VAST
    		additional.fields
    Version
    		metadata.product_version
    virtual_account
    		additional.fields
    VSAD
    		additional.fields
    WorkstationName
    		additional.fields
    N/A
    		 metadata.log_type The log type is hardcoded to SEP .
    N/A
    		 metadata.product_name The product name is hardcoded to SEP .
    N/A
    		 metadata.vendor_name The vendor name is hardcoded to Symantec .

    UDM mapping delta reference

    On August 26, 2025, Google SecOps released a new version of the Symantec Endpoint Protection parser, which includes significant changes to the mapping of Symantec Endpoint Protection log fields to UDM fields and changes to the mapping of event types.

    Log-field mapping delta

    The following table lists the mapping delta for Symantec Endpoint Protection log-to-UDM fields exposed prior to August 26, 2025 and subsequently (listed in the Old mappingand Current mappingcolumns respectively).

    Log field Old mapping Current mapping
    _DB_DRIVER
    		about.resource.id about.resource.product_object_id
    _ip
    		principal.ip intermediary.ip
    Actualaction: Quarantined
    		security_result.action : BLOCK security_result.action : QUARANTINE
    BEGIN_TIME
    		additional.fields target.resource.attribute.labels
    callerProcessId
    		target.process.pid principal.process.pid
    callerProcessName
    		target.file.full_path principal.process.file.full_path
    CATEGORY_DESC
    		additional.fields security_result.category_details
    CLIENT_TYPE
    		additional.fields principal.user.attribute.roles
    DESCRIPTION
    		security_result.detection_fields security_result.summary
    device.id
    		target.resource.id target.resource.product_object_id
    device_uid
    		principal.resource.id principal.resource.product_object_id
    DURATION
    		additional.fields network.session_duration.seconds
    END_TIME
    		additional.fields target.resource.attribute.last_update_time
    feature_name
    		about.labels security_result.about.labels
    REMOTE_HOST_MAC
    		additional.fields principal.mac
    resourceId
    		principal.resource.id principal.resource.product_object_id
    server_name_1
    		principal.hostname
    intermediary.hostname     		target.hostname
    UUID
    		additional.fields principal.asset.asset_id

    Event-type mapping delta

    Multiple events that were classified before as generic events are now properly classified with meaningful event types.

    The following table lists the delta for the handling of Symantec Endpoint Protection event types prior to August 26, 2025 and subsequently (listed in the Old event_typeand Current event_typecolumns respectively).

    eventType from log Old event_type Current event_type
    Administrator logout
    		 GENERIC_EVENT USER_LOGOUT
    Block all other IP traffic and log
    		 STATUS_UPDATE NETWORK_CONNECTION
    File Created
    		 GENERIC_EVENT FILE_CREATION
    File Modified
    		 GENERIC_EVENT FILE_MODIFICATION
    File Renamed
    		 GENERIC_EVENT FILE_MODIFICATION
    Scan started on selected drives
    		 GENERIC_EVENT SCAN_HOST
    Scan started on selected drives, and has a file
    		 GENERIC_EVENT SCAN_FILE
    User accessing a resource, based on an event
    		 USER_UNCATEGORIZED USER_RESOURCE_ACCESS
    User is attempting to terminate
    		 GENERIC_EVENT STATUS_SHUTDOWN
    VAPI_NAME = File Delete
    		USER_UNCATEGORIZED FILE_DELETION
    VAPI_NAME = File Write
    		USER_UNCATEGORIZED FILE_CREATION

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