Release Notes 2.9
Features
Knowledge Base Recommendations for Analyst
Previously, we had enhanced the Knowledge Base by allowing the analysts to search and link existing documented solutions to Incidents. Now the users can manually add/link an existing Knowledge Base article to the Incident they are currently working on.
We have further enhanced the Knowledge Base to provide recommendations on the most relevant Knowledge Base articles that suit the Incidents under investigation with the help of Machine Learning (ML). With this feature in place, analysts can instantly refer to the relevant past Incident protocols and policies.
Activity Logs for Knowledge Base
The Activity Logs feature is now included in Knowledge Base to help Analysts and Admin audit user activities or track changes. The Activity Log is upgraded to list the current and previous tasks/actions. Timestamps are also added to the log when a user creates or changes a Knowledge Base article.
Dashboard Revamp
The CFTR Dashboard has now been revamped to show streamlined, actionable data. It now displays data-at-a-glance by collecting data from the Incidents observed in CFTR. With this feature, the security analysts will spend less time analyzing and responding to high-risk threats and proactively stop them early in the attack kill chain.
Key Benefits of Dashboard Revamp
Improve real-time visibility and Index searches with Custom widgets, Export charts, Categorizing layouts and, Color sets
Simplify data drill down with a clear representation using charts
Monitor large amounts of data with a Rotational dashboard front-and-center with improved visibility for real-time updates
Accelerate Incident triaging with date range filters, custom sharing based on contextual insights
Obtain a detailed analysis of KPIs with Scheduled dashboard reports
Key features of the Dashboard Revamp
An Opt-in
Dark Mode - Experience visual ergonomics by reducing eye strain and paying attention to analyze data based on the applied segment in charts.
Static/Rotating Dashboard - Optimize the use of Custom layouts by choosing between Static or Rotating Dashboard. Dashboards are custom-tailored to improve visibility and have a track on the multiple important KPIs.
Hero Cards (Custom Dashboards) - Enhance layouts by adding widgets as cards to your custom Dashboard from the Add Overview widget section.
View All - This lets you have a detailed view of the widget you select. You can sort Incidents alphabetically or count-wise and filter them based on Location, Business Unit, Date, and Time.
Highcharts charting library - You can choose between a list of charts that suit your organizational requirements from our charting library. Some of the available chart types are Bubble, Area, Line, Pie, etc.
Playbook Integration with Actions
The integration of Playbooks from CSOL with Actions in CFTR helps the user Run Details of the playbook chosen, view sub playbooks, view app details, or modify a playbook with custom input directly from CFTR. Users can also define their own Actions beyond the default Actions to accomplish the business process workflow logic as per their requirements.
The playbooks that you search or filter are obtained from the CSOL application. To integrate CSOL into your application, refer to Settings.
Activity Log Export
You can now export data to view and obtain a detailed audit log of all the activities happening in CFTR. CFTR now supports export in PDF format.
Bulk Import of User Data
CFTR now allows the bulk-import feature to add as many users at a time. Apart from essential user data such as first name, last name, email address, and phone number, you can set user roles, define admin/agent's privileges, and add users to an organization.
You can use bulk import by downloading the template and importing the same using the Import XLSX option. CFTR supports Bulk import only via an XLSX file.
Note: You must be an administrator to bulk import users.
Enhancements
Playbook Recommendation from CSOL
Until recently, playbook suggestions from CSOL were displayed on CFTR based on Incident Type. We have now enhanced the suggestions by implementing ML recommendations to analysts based on Incident attributes.
We have brought about the Incident attributes such as Description, Title, IOCs, Incident Type, Severity, Vulnerabilities, etc to recommend a playbook. Analysts can easily view relevant playbooks automatically based on similar Incidents and Incidents attributes.
Roster Management Notifications
CFTR users will now get notified of Shift Roster updates or changes. Notification emails to the users are triggered at the following instances,
When a user creates/publishes the Shift Roster
When a Shift Roster including the user is published/updated/deleted/removed/added
SLA Notifications for Actions
CFTR now allows analysts to add SLA for Actions. Action SLAs allow security teams to attend to every action on time and helps you personalize the creating and management of escalations accordingly. With the guided setup, you can quickly build a prioritized workflow your team needs to hit your response and resolution time goals.
With Actions SLAs in place, you can
Set up action assignment and action resolution goals by adding priority, action type, and assigned group
Create multiple unique SLAs for different user groups
Set up SLA timelines
Other SLA Enhancements
CFTR now displays SLA status on the listing section of Incidents. You can view the Open and Closed SLAs of Incidents for the
SLAs Met in Green
SLAs in Risk in Amber
SLAs Breached in Red
CFTR assists in sending notifications by creating awareness about the status of an SLA in real-time at specific events to ensure the best response times. By default, the user must set up the following Thresholds,
SLA Warning Threshold: Alerts the user when the SLA is about to breach.
SLA: Alerts the user at the actual SLA breach time.
Breached SLA Threshold 1: Alerts the user when the first SLA Threshold is breached.
Breached SLA Threshold 2: Alerts the user when the second SLA Threshold is breached.
CFTR Account Closure Mail Alerts
CFTR users will now receive an alert email 24 hours prior to account deactivation. To revoke the account from deactivation and continue accessing the platform they can contact the Admin.
Email and Notification Synchronization
We have synchronized sending emails and notification alerts to CFTR users. Syncing up emails and notifications reduces the hassle of staying updated to the current changes even when your users are away from their desks.
Activity Logs: Restructured Template
Our Activity Logs are restructured to provide more visibility to the tasks and action items that are changed, created, or updated. You can now view the previous change that was superseded with the new change details, time, and date along with the name of the user who implemented the change.
Email Customization
CFTR users can now customize the emails they want to see by checking or unchecking their names under Email customization. The following are the emails that can be customized.
Incident Reminder
Incident Escalated To Level 1
Incident Escalated To Level 2
Incident Escalated To Level 3
Action Reminder