Monitors

A monitor is the source of notifications about patterns, events, or values of event parameters detected by the Event Processor according to the defined monitoring criteria. The monitoring criteria define a sliding time interval, the number of sequential detections, filters for event parameter values, and the condition for detecting new events, patterns, or event parameter values.

You can create monitors for alerts about the following detections in the event stream:

• Values of event parameters. You can create a monitor for alerts about the identification of new or previously encountered values of a specific event parameter. For example, to track new users on a monitored asset, create a monitor with the Parameter values subscription type and configure it to detect new values for the User parameter.
• Events. You can create a monitor for alerts about the identification of new or previously encountered events. You can also focus the attention of the Event Processor on a specific parameter of events. For example, to track new actions of a specific user at the monitored asset, you need to create a monitor with the Events subscription type and specify the name of the user whose actions you want to track in the User event parameter.
• Patterns. You can create a monitor for alerts about the identification of new or previously encountered patterns based on a specific attention direction. For example, to track regularities in the actions of a specific user at the monitored asset, create a monitor with the Patterns subscription type, focus the attention of the Event Processor on the User parameter, and set this parameter to the name of the user whose actions you want to track.

You can set fuzzy filters in the monitoring criteria. For example, you can create a monitor to track situations when a user (monitoring all values of the User parameter) accessed the accounting server (the value of the Server parameter) more than ten times (the value of the Threshold field) in the last five minutes (the value of the sliding time interval).

When events, patterns, or event parameter values matching the monitoring criteria are detected in the stream of incoming data, the Event Processor activates the monitor. Kaspersky MLAD displays information about the number of monitor activations when viewing a monitor, and sends to the external system alerts about the activation of monitors when the specified threshold is reached for a sliding window using the CEF Connector.

The custom monitors are displayed in the Event Processor section on the Monitoring tab.