Configuring a New Threat Scan Group

You can configure a new Threat Scan group.

Start the Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Secure > Threat scan.

   The Threat Scan page appears.

   The Threat Scan groups tab shows all existing resource groups.

   

2. Click Add Threat Scan group at the top of the page.

   The Create Threat Scan Group wizard appears.

Configure Resources

1. Enter a Name for the Threat Scan group.

2. Click Next.

   The Add Rules page appears.

Add Rules

1. Optional: Create a manual association resource group without adding rules.

   Steps to select resources manually.

   1. Click Skip This Step.

      The Add Resources page appears.

   2. Select one or more resources, and then click Next.

      The Assign Plan page appears. Go to the "Assign Plan" section, below.

2. Click Add Rule.

   The Add Rules page appears.

3. For Client scope, select one of the following:

   • Clients in this CommCell

   • Clients of company

     • After selecting this option, select or enter a Company name.

   • Clients of user

     • After selecting this option, select or enter a User name.

   • Clients of user group

     • After selecting this option, select or enter a User group.

4. Click Add rule group

   The Edit associations dialog box appears.

5. Select or enter the criteria for this new rule group.

6. Click Save, and then click Next.

   The Assign Plan page appears.

Assign Plan

1. To use an existing plan, click Select an existing plan, select the plan.

2. To create a new plan, click Create a new plan and then do the following:

   1. Enter a name for the new plan in the Plan name field.

   2. Under Plan settings, review the following:

      • The Scheduled scanning frequency is automatically selected. To modify the schedule as per your requirements, click the Schedule Edit button and then edit the schedule.

      • Select the Scan anomalous resources only option to scan only resources with anomalous backup activity.

      • Select the backup storage:

        • Access nodes. Select an existing access node, or click the Add button and then add a new access node.

        • Storage. Select an existing storage pool.

   3. Under Detection services, select from the following:

      • Anomaly detection is enabled by default and cannot be disabled. It automatically monitors backup metadata and file attributes to identify suspicious or unusual activity patterns.

      • Threat detection. Enable this option and then select from the following:

        • Encryption detection. Select this to scan backups for encrypted files and ransomware threats.

        • Malware detection. Scans backups for known malware signatures to identify threats.

   4. Optional. Under Indicators of Compromise, you can select one or more existing IOCs or upload your own IOC hash file, as follows:

      1. Under Upload your own files, click Select File.

         A file dialog box appears.

      2. Browse and select the IOC file. Note the following:

         - Supported file types: YAR and YARA

         - YARA rule format:

         rule RuleName
         {
               meta:
                    key1 = "value"
                    key2 = "value"
         
               strings:
                    $a = "text string"
                    $b = "hex pattern"
                    $c = /regex_pattern/
         
               condition:
                    <logical expression>
         }
         

         The new file (with a type of YARA Rule Match) will appear in the Indicators of Compromise table.

   5. Select the checkboxes for IOC files you wish to use, and then click Next.

      The Summary page appears.

Onboard the Threat Scan Group

1. Review the summary information.

2. Click Submit.