Viewing Insight Assets
The Insight Assets tab provides a summary of insights and their details. It includes a summary of all assets associated with an Insight, which gives a brief description of the Insight along with its priority level and detection dates. The Assets tab also displays a priority rating card, showing the priority level of the insight. In the Assets tab, an insight status can be edited. The Share & Export feature allows users to share insights within their organization. The Assets tab also includes options to select and deselect asset records, collapse or expand all asset records, and view a report banner explaining the purpose of the Insight Assets report.
Image: A detailed view of the SOC Insights - Viewing Insight Assets dashboard used for managing SOC insights. The Viewing Insight Assets dashboard is designed to provide a detailed analysis of threats to cybersecurity analysts. It enables them to review and manage the affected assets, analyze the threat's impact, and take necessary actions.
The Dashboard
The Insight Summary includes a brief description of the Insight including the type of threat associated with the insight.
Priority Notification: The priority rating card displays the following information about the Insight:
- Priority: The Insight's priority level (High, Medium, Low, or Info).
- Date and time: The Insight's date and time of first detection and for its most recent detection. All times are adjusted to the local time zone.
Image: A detail view of the Edit window.
Click Share & Export to share a selected Insight within your organization. The Share Insight window will appear, allowing you to choose any or all information associated with an Insight. Raw logs can be downloaded in zip format while the Summary can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking Download.
Asset Chart: The interactive asset chart displays data abpout the asset, including the date and time the events occurred, the number of events detected at a specific date and time, and the total number of events detected.
Search: Enter a search criterion in the Search text box. The Infoblox Portal will show all records that match the criterion.
Filtering: Click the filter icon to open the filtering panel. In the filtering panel, the following filtering criteria can be filtered:
- Asset IP: The IP address associated with a protected asset or device that has been affected or associated with an Insight. It provides information about the IP address or addresses associated with the asset and the date range of the first observed detection and the most recent observed detection on the network.
- MAC: The Media Access Control address. It is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for communication on a network. MAC addresses are used to identify and locate devices on a network. In Insightful Reporting, MAC addresses are associated with assets and can be used as a filtering criterion to analyze and monitor network activity.
- OS/Version: The operating system and its version that is associated with the events and insights being analyzed. It helps in understanding the specific environment and potential vulnerabilities that may be exploited by threat actors. Unfortunately, the specific OS/Version information is not provided in the available sources.
- Action: If the action for the same Insight type is changed multiple times within one hour, then after one hour, only the latest action updated in the database will be applied to all the events that occurred during the past hour.
Image: A detail view of the Create Filter options window.
Asset information: The asset information provided includes the following:
- Asset IP: Click Asset IP to see information about the IP address, including the IP address or addresses associated with the asset and the Date range (first observed detection date and last observed detection date) associated with the IP address.
Image: A detail view of the IP addresses window.- User: The individual or entity associated with an asset or device that has been affected or associated with an Insight. It represents the user who is using or responsible for the asset or device. The User information provides insights into the individuals or entities involved in the security DNS events and helps in identifying potential threats and taking appropriate actions.
- Operating System: The operating system and its version that is associated with the events and insights being analyzed. It helps in understanding the specific environment and potential vulnerabilities that may be exploited by threat actors. Unfortunately, the specific OS/Version information is not provided in the available sources.
- Asset Location: Click the location link to view the locations asscoiated with the asset.
- MAC: The MAC address associated with the asset.
- OS/Version: Provides information about the OS and OS version associated with the asset.
- Indicators: Click View All to see details about the indicator or indicators associated with the asset. The following information can be viewed:
- INDICATOR: The name of the indicator associated with the asset.
- ACTION: The type of action assigned to the asset. If the action for the same Insight type is changed multiple times within one hour, then after one hour, only the latest action updated in the database will be applied to all the events that occurred during the past hour.
- RESEARCH IN DOSSIER: Click the Dossier link to view the Dossier Summary report associated with the Asset. For information on Dossier, see Dossier Threat Indicator Reports.
Image: A detail view of the Indicators window.
- Threat Type: The category or classification of a threat based on the feeds used to detect it and its threat level. It provides information about the type of threat associated with an insight such as phishing, malware, or other supported categories.
Total Assets: The number of assets associated with the insight. You can share and export the returned records or apply filters to display additional records. You can view the returned list of asset records by Most Active, Most Recent, or Not Blocked.
Known Issue
When Most Active or Most Recent filters are applied, the discovered assets will be sorted first, followed by the QIP assets.
Observations: The insight's first and last observed dates and times.
Sort by: Click Sort by to sort by date. Click the up/down arrows to sort ascending or descending.
Image: The Sort by options menu.
Exporting Indicators/Adding Indicators to a Custom List:
- Click the three horizontal dots icon
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- In the Add to Custom List window you can select what custom list or lists to add the indicator or indicators. You can also remove indicators from a custom list or lists. Click Add to complete the Add to Custom List operation.
- In the Add to Custom List window you can select what custom list or lists to add the indicator or indicators. You can also remove indicators from a custom list or lists.
- Click Add to complete the Add to Custom List operation.
For information on Custom lists, see Managing Custom Lists.
Expand/Close: Click the down-pointng arrow icon to expand the details panel where you can view detailed information associated with the selected Insight. Click the up-pointng arrow icon to close the details panel.
You can also do the following on the page:
Background Tasks: Click the hourglass icon to open the side panel to view a list of all running background tasks.
Search: Click the search icon in the Search text box, then enter your search criterion.
- Pagination Controls: At the bottom left, there are controls for navigating through different pages of insights, indicating that there is more data available beyond what is displayed on the current page. Click on the number of insight records to display on the page. The options include, 25, 50, or 100.
- Click <Back to Console of Insights to return to the Open Insights console.