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Akamai Event Viewer

Akamai Event Viewer

About

Akamai Event Viewer is part of Akamai's suite of content delivery network (CDN) and cloud services. Specifically, it is used for monitoring and analyzing real-time streaming events. This tool provides insights into the performance and delivery of live or on-demand video streams, helping users to understand how their content is being consumed and to troubleshoot any issues that might arise during the streaming process.

Product Details

Vendor URL: Akamai

Product Type: Cloud Service

Product Tier: Tier III

Integration Method: API

Parser Details

Log Format: JSON

Expected Normalization Rate: 100%

Data Label: AKAMAI_EVT_VWR

UDM Fields (list of all UDM fields leveraged in the Parser):

Log File Field UDM Field
ACCOUNT_NAME principal.user.company_name
ACCOUNT_STATUS additional.fields
AccountID principal.user.userid
action security_result.action_details
Alert Condition (% Errors) security_result.detection_fields
Alert definition id security_result.detection_fields
Alert editor principal.user.user_display_name
Alert id security_result.rule_id
Alert name security_result.rule_name
Alert Threshold security_result.detection_fields
APPLICATION target.application
ASSET_ID target.resource.id
Auth Grants target.user.attribute.permissions
authenticationMethod extensions.auth.auth_details
authorized_users additional.fields
base_url target.url
Change ID additional.fields
Client IP principal.ip
client_description security_result.summary
client_name principal.user.userid
client_type principal.user.role_name
Company Name principal.user.company_name
configID additional.fields
configVersion additional.fields
CONTRACT_TYPE_ID target.resource.attribute.labels
contractId target.resource.attribute.labels
country_code principal.location.country_or_region
CP Code additional.fields
details security_result.summary
Domain target.asset.network_domain
domain intermediary.asset.network_domain
Edge IP intermediary.ip
Email target.user.email_addresses
Email To target.hostname
Email To network.email.to
Email_Address target.user.userid
entityId intermediary.asset.asset_id
Errors security_result.detection_fields
event_code security_result.rule_name
eventDescription metadata.description
eventId metadata.product_log_id
eventName security_result.description
eventTypeName metadata.product_event_type
Filename target.file.names
First_Name target.user.first_name
From network.email.from
Ghost IP target.ip
Hits security_result.detection_fields
Hostname target.hostname
IS_INTERNAL_USER additional.fields
IS_ON_HOME_ACCOUNT additional.fields
Last_Name target.user.last_name
message security_result.summary
Metadata Type target.resource.resource_subtype
method additional.fields
Name security_result.rule_name
netlist-id target.resource.id
netlist-type target.resource.resource_subtype
netlist-user principal.user.userid
notBefore network.tls.client.certificate.not_before
notOnOrAfter network.tls.client.certificate.not_after
Operation security_result.action_details
os principal.platform
Phone target.user.phone_numbers
Policy name target.resource.name
Policy Set name security_result.rule_name
Policy set type target.resource.resource_subtype
policyID security_result.rule_id
PortalUserName principal.user.user_display_name
PROPERTY_NAME target.resource.name
PROPERTY_VERSION target.resource.attribute.labels
protections target.resource.attribute.labels
pulsar_host intermediary.hostname
pulsar_host intermediary.ip
Purge action security_result.action_details
Purge request additional.fields
receivedUserId target.user.userid
Request Path target.url
requestId network.session_id
Response Status Code network.http.response_code
Service target.application
serviceName target.application
Subject network.email.subject
Template id security_result.detection_fields
Ticket Number additional.fields
to network.email.to
true_client_ip principal.ip
Type security_result.rule_type
username principal.user.userid
username principal.hostname
USERNAME principal.user.userid

Product Event Types

Event UDM Event Classification
Activate configuration on production USER_RESOURCE_CREATION
Activate configuration on staging USER_RESOURCE_CREATION
Add new user USER_CREATION
Copy new version USER_RESOURCE_CREATION
Customer Notification Sent EMAIL_TRANSACTION
Else STATUS_UPDATE
FileManager 2.0 User Action FILE_UNCATEGORIZED
login USER_LOGIN
logout USER_LOGOUT
Send activation email USER_COMMUNICATION
Submit ARL File FILE_UNCATEGORIZED
Update firewall protection SETTING_MODIFICATION

Log Sample

{"eventData":[{"key":"userIdAttributeName","value":"Email"},{"key":"method","value":"sp_init"},{"key":"authenticationMethod","value":"federate.example.com:saml2"},{"key":"requestId","value":"_123a1b3c-1234-1234-a123-123abc123abc"},{"key":"domain","value":"control.akamai.com"},{"key":"notOnOrAfter","value":"2024-09-04T19:50:04.878Z"},{"key":"entityId","value":"federate.example.com:saml2"},{"key":"details","value":"User jane.doe@example.com has been successfully logged in using federate.example.com:saml2 IDP"},{"key":"notBefore","value":"2024-09-04T19:40:04.878Z"},{"key":"pulsar_host","value":"10.168.118.46"},{"key":"arrivalDate","value":"2024-09-04T19:45:05.255529798Z"}],"eventId":"8fb9d470-a084-4529-a620-dafeb03cd09a","eventTime":"2024-09-04T19:45:05.439Z","eventType":{"eventDefinition":{"eventDefinitionId":"1048087","eventDescription":"A user successfully authenticated using Single Sign-on (SSO)","eventName":"Successful SSO Login"},"eventTypeId":"16","eventTypeName":"All Logins"},"impersonator":false,"username":"jane.doe@example.com"}

Sample Parsing

additional.fields["Method"] = "sp_init"
extensions.auth.auth_details = "federate.example.com:saml2"
extensions.auth.type = "SSO"
intermediary.asset.asset_id = "entityId: federate.example.com:saml2"
intermediary.asset.network_domain = "control.akamai.com"
intermediary.ip = "10.168.118.46"
metadata.description = "A user successfully authenticated using Single Sign-on (SSO)"
metadata.event_type = "USER_LOGIN"
metadata.log_type = "AKAMAI_EVT_VWR"
metadata.product_deployment_id = "16"
metadata.product_event_type = "All Logins"
metadata.product_log_id = "8fb9d470-a084-4529-a620-dafeb03cd09a"
metadata.product_name = "Event Viewer"
metadata.vendor_name = "Akamai"
network.session_id = "_123a1b3c-1234-1234-a123-123abc123abc"
network.tls.client.certificate.not_after.seconds = 1725479404
network.tls.client.certificate.not_after.nanos = 878000000
network.tls.client.certificate.not_before.seconds = 1725478804
network.tls.client.certificate.not_before.nanos = 878000000
principal.hostname = "jane.doe"
principal.user.userid = "jane.doe@example.com"
security_result.action = "ALLOW"
security_result.description = "Successful SSO Login"
security_result.summary = "User jane.doe@example.com has been successfully logged in using federate.example.com:saml2 IDP"
target.user.email_addresses = "jane.doe@example.com"
target.user.userid = "jane.doe@example.com"