AlienVault
Connector Category: Enrichment Tool
About Integration
AlienVault OSSIM Open Threat Exchange (OTX) is a threat data platform that allows security researchers and threat data producers to share research and investigate new threats. Intel Exchange integrates with AlienVault to enrich domain names, IP addresses, hashes, and URLs to provide insights into their safety, reputation, and potential security vulnerabilities.
Configure AlienVault as an Enrichment Tool
You can configure AlienVault to enrich domains, IP addresses, hashes, and URLs.
Before you Start
Ensure that you have view, create, and update permissions for Enrichment Management in Intel Exchange.
Ensure that you have the base URL and API key of your AlienVault account.
Note
Ensure that the API key includes the permissions to retrieve the details of domains, IP addresses, hashes, and URLs.
Steps
To configure AlienVault as an enrichment tool, follow these steps:
Sign in to Intel Exchange, and go to Administration > Enrichment Management > Enrichment Tools.
Search and select the Alien Vault enrichment tool.
Click Add Account and enter the following details:
Account Name: Enter a unique account name to identify the instance. For example, Alienvault-OTX.
Base URL: Enter the base URL of your AlienVault instance. The default base URL is
https://otx.alienvault.com.API Key: Enter the API key of your AlienVault account to authenticate communication between Intel Exchange and AlienVault servers.
Verify SSL: Select to verify the SSL certificate and secure the connection between Intel Exchange and AlienVault servers. By default, Verify SSL is selected.
Note
We recommend you enable Verify SSL. If you disable this option, Intel Exchange may configure an instance for an expired SSL certificate. This may not establish the connection properly and Intel Exchange will not be able to notify you in case of a broken or improper connection.
Click Save.
After successfully adding an account, you can view and enable the domain, IP address, hash, and URL feed enrichment types. You can also configure quota to define a limit to the number of enrichment requests Intel Exchange makes to AlienVault. After the quota expires, you cannot make enrichment requests until the quota resets for the next quota duration. For more information, see Define Quota in Configure Enrichment Tools.
To understand the number of API calls and quota units consumed by the AlienVault enrichment tool per polling, refer to the following table.
Enrichment Tool | Feed Enrichment Type | Number of API calls | Quota Consumed |
|---|---|---|---|
AlienVault | Retrieve Domain Detail | 5 | 5 |
Retrieve IP Detail | 6 | 6 | |
Retrieve Hash Detail | 2 | 2 | |
Retrieve URL Detail | 2 | 2 |
You can configure an enrichment policy to automatically enrich threat data objects using the AlienVault enrichment tool. For more information, see Configure Enrichment Policy.