Accenture MxDR Quick Start Guide for Proofpoint Email Protection Syslog

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Last updated: Sept 25, 2023
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This quick start guide will help Accenture MxDR customers configure Proofpoint Email Protection to send logs to the Log collection Platform (LCP).

This document includes the following topics:

Supported Versions

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

Port Requirements

Table 1-1: Port requirements for LCP communication.

Source

Destination

Port

Description

Proofpoint Email Protection server

LCP

514 (UDP) or

601 (TCP)

Default port

 

Configuring Proofpoint Email Protection

  1. Login to the Console

  2. Navigate to System tab, Logs and Reports > Log Settings

  1. Under Remote Log options provide below details.

    1. Syslog Protocol: Select UDP

    2. Syslog Host: Provide LCP IP/Hostname

    3. Syslog Port: 514 (601 for TCP)

    4. Syslog Filter Enable: Select On

    5. Facility: Select Local 6 from the drop down

    6. Level: Select Information from the drop down.

    7. Syslog MTA Enable: Select on

    8. Facility: Select mail

    9. Level: Select Information

  1. Save Changes

LCP Configuration Parameters

Table 1-2: The Proofpoint Email Protection event collector (Syslog -4026) properties to be configured by Accenture are given in the table.

Property

Default Value

Description

Protocol                      

UDP

The default protocol for syslog.

The collector can also accept logs in TCP.

Note: While TCP offers guaranteed delivery of log packets, it places a larger overhead on the LCP. To balance TCP for reliability over UDP for speed/simplicity, contact the  Accenture Security Onboarding team.

Host Names/IP Addresses 

*

The default value '*' means all hosts. 

Signatures    

filter_instance1[,sendmail[

The signatures used by the LCP to collect the necessary log events from the logs generated by the device.

Port Number    

514

The default port for UDP. For TCP, the default port is 601.

Note: The LCP can be configured to listen on a non-standard port, please advise the Accenture Security Onboarding team if this is a requirement.

 

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