Accenture MDR Quick Start Guide for Trend Micro Apex Central & Apex One

This quick start guide will help Accenture MDR customers configure Trend Micro Apex Central & Apex One to send log collection from the Log Collection Platform (LCP).

The document includes the following topics:

1 Supported Versions
2 Port Requirements
3 Configuring Trend Micro Apex Central
4 LCP Configuration parameters

Supported Versions

A list of supported versions is available in the Accenture MDR Supported Products List document (Accenture_MSS_Supported_Products_List.xlsx) which can be found in

Accenture MDR Portal - https://mss.accenture.com/PortalNextGen/Reports/Documents

Port Requirements

Table 1-1: Port requirements for LCP communication.

Source	Destination	Port	Description
Trend Micro Apex Central	LCP	UDP / 514 Or SSL /TLS 6514	Default port and protocol

Configuring Trend Micro Apex Central

NOTE : Below mentioned Log configuration steps are same for both the devices [TrendMicro Apex Central and TrendMicro APEX One SaaS]. Logging can be configured for Apex One SaaS with below steps as well.

Log in to Apex Central console using an Administrator account.
Navigate to Administration > Settings > Syslog Settings and the Syslog Settings screen appears.
Check the Enable syslog forwarding check box.
Configure the following settings for the server that receives the forwarded syslogs:

a) Server address: Hostname or IP address of the receiving Syslog server.

b) Port: Syslog server port number. For UDP, the IANA standard port number is 514. For SSL/TLS, mention port 6514.

c) Protocol: Select TCP/UDP - for OnPrem , SSL/TLS - for Cloud SaaS

5. Select the log Format:

CEF: Uses the standard Common Event Format (CEF) for log messages. For more information, see Supported Log Types and Formats.

6. Configure the Frequency for when Apex Central forwards the logs.

7. Select the log type(s) to forward:

Select a log category from the Log type dropdown list:

i) Security logs

ii) Product information

Select the check box for the log(s) you want to forward. Apex Central displays the total number of selected log types next to the Log type dropdown list.
Select another log category from Log type dropdown list to select additional logs types to forward. This is an optional settings.

8. Click Test Connection to test the server connection. The syslog server connection status will appear at the top of the screen.

LCP Configuration parameters

Table 1-2: The Trend Micro Apex Central (Syslog - 3912) event collector properties to be configured by MSS are shown in the table.

Property	Default Value	Description
Protocol	SSL/TLS	Default protocol for Syslog Cloud For default protocol for syslog OnPrem - UDP is preferred.
Host Names / IP Addresses	*	Specify the IP addresses
Signatures	Trend Micro\|Apex Central	MSS recommended signatures processed by the Trend Micro Apex Central event collector.
Port	6514	Default port number for Syslog Cloud. Default port number for UDP is 514 for OnPrem.