Accenture MDR Quick Start Guide for Mimecast Secure Email Gateway
- KM (Unlicensed)
- Dinesh Murugaiyan
This quick start guide will help Accenture MDR customers configure Mimecast Secure Email Gateway to allow log collection from the Log Collection Platform (LCP).
The document includes the following topics:
Supported Versions
A list of supported versions is available in the Accenture MDR Supported Products List document (Accenture_MDR_Supported_Products_List.xlsx) which can be found in
Accenture MDR Portal - https://mss.accenture.com/PortalNextGen/Reports/Documents
Port Requirements
Table1-1: Port requirements for LCP communication.
Source | Destination | Port | Description |
LCP | Mimecast Secure Email Gateway | 443 (TCP) | Default port |
Configuring Mimecast Secure Email Gateway
To configure the Mimecast Secure Email gateway, follow the below steps.
Enable Logging for Login Account.
Create API Application
Get Application ID and Application Key
I. Enable Logging for Login Account
Log in to Administration Console.
Navigate to the Administration > Account > Account Settings menu item to display the Account Settings page.
Expand the Enhanced Logging section.
Select the types of logs you want to enable. The choices are:
Inbound - logs for messages from external senders to internal recipients
Outbound - logs for messages from internal senders to external recipients
Internal - logs for messages between internal domains
5. Select Save to apply the changes.
II. Create API Application
Navigate to https://login-us.mimecast.com/u/login/?gta=administration&link=administration-dashboard#/login
Enter the credentials.
Click on the Add API Application button.
4. Fill the Details section as outlined below
Fields | Description |
Application Name | Provide a name for the application that you can easily identify |
Category | Select a category for the application from the drop down menu: SIEM Integration: Relates to security information and event management (SIEM), that provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by the application. MSP Ordering & Provisioning: Assists with provisions for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) Portal, available for select Partners to manage customers. Email / Archiving: The application relates to the messages and files stored in Mimecast. Business Intelligence: The application's infrastructure and tools enable access to and analysis of information to improve and optimize decisions and performance. Process Automation: The application allows automation of business processes. Other: Select this option if the application doesn't fit with any of the other categories. |
Description | Provide a description of the application |
5. Click on the Next button.
6. Fill the Settings section as outlined below:
Fields | Description |
Developer | Add the name of the application's developer |
Add the email address of the application's developer |
7. Click on the Next button.
8. Review the information displayed in the Summary page to ensure all details are correct.
9. To fix any errors:
Click on the Edit link next to the Details or Settings to return to the relevant page.
Make your changes and click on the Next button to proceed to the Summary page again.
III. Get Application ID and Application Key
Navigate to Administration > Services > API Applications
Click the API application created for Accenture MDR.
You will find the details of the API application.
Creating API Access and Secret Key:
To generate access and secret key, please refer section Creating User Association Keys in the below document:
LCP Configuration Parameters
Table 1-2: Mimecast Secure Email Gateway event collector(API-3862) properties to be configured by MDR are shown in the table
Property | Default Value | Description |
Mimecast Login URL | Custom Value | Mimecast Region Based Login API URL mentioned in the Pre-Installation Questionnaire (PIQ). Refer Vendor Documentation for more information: https://www.mimecast.com/tech-connect/documentation/api-overview/global-base-urls/ |
Username | Custom Value | API User Name mentioned in the PIQ. |
Password | Custom Value | API User Password mentioned in the PIQ. |
Application ID | Custom Value | Application ID mentioned in the PIQ. Note: The value of the application id provided when you registered your application |
Application Key | Custom value | Application Key mentioned in the PIQ. Note: The value of the application key provided when you registered your application |
Access Key |
| API Access key of the user |
Secret Key |
| API Secret key of the user |
Note for Sensor Configuration:
Set username and password both the fields strictly as NA in case access and secret key method is used for authentication. Similarly, set access and secret key both as NA if username and password method is used for authentication.
If you would like to query specific endpoints and exclude querying other endpoints, you can add a property "excludeEndPoints" and mention the endpoints which you do not wish to query. For list of endpoints we query, please refer sensor details part later in the DRD.
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