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Configure the Sophos Central Cloud Collector

Set up the Sophos Central Cloud Collector to continuously ingest events from the data sources alerts and events.

The Sophos Central Cloud Collector helps to:

  • Ingest audit events from multiple audit sources in the Sophos Central account

  • Send the events to the existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system or Security Operations Center (SOC) system

  • Retrieve audit activities from Sophos services

Use the following steps to set up the Sophos Central Cloud Collector.

  1. Before you configure the Sophos Central Cloud Collector, ensure that you complete the prerequisites.

  2. Log in to the New-Scale Security Operations Platform with your registered credentials as an administrator.

  3. Navigate to Collectors > Cloud Collectors.

  4. Click New Collector.

  5. Click Sophos Central.

  6. Enter the following information for the cloud collector.

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    • NAME – Specify a name for the Cloud Collector instance.

    • CLIENT ID – Enter the client ID that you obtained while completing the prerequisites.

    • CLIENT SECRET – Enter the client secret that you obtained while completing the prerequisites.

    • Data Sources – Select the data sources from which you want to collect data: Alerts, Events, or both.

  7. (Optional) SITE – Select an existing site or to create a new site with a unique ID, click manage your sites. Adding a site name helps you to ensure efficient management of environments with overlapping IP addresses.

    By entering a site name, you associate the logs with a specific independent site. A sitename metadata field is automatically added to all the events that are going to be ingested via this collector. For more information about Site Management, see Define a Unique Site Name.

  8. (Optional) TIMEZONE – Select a time zone applicable to you for accurate detections and event monitoring.

    By entering a time zone, you override the default log time zone. A timezone metadata field is automatically added to all events ingested through this collector.

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  9. To confirm that the New-Scale Security Operations Platform communicates with the service, click Test Connection. 

  10. Click Install.

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    A confirmation message informs you that the new Cloud Collector is created.