Configuring CrowdStrike Falcon Credentials

Overview Direct link to this section

This document describes how to retrieve the credentials that Arctic Wolf® needs to monitor security information using the CrowdStrike Falcon API. After you complete this configuration, Arctic Wolf can monitor logs from your CrowdStrike Falcon environment.

As part of this configuration, you must provide the following information for your CrowdStrike Falcon API to Arctic Wolf using the Arctic Wolf Portal:

• API Client UUID
• API Client Secret
• API Hostname

Before you begin Direct link to this section

This process requires:

• Using the Falcon Administrator role for the CrowdStrike Falcon environment that you want Arctic Wolf to monitor.

• An Enterprise, Premium, or Complete CrowdStrike Falcon license.

  Note: CrowdStrike Falcon Home and Pro licenses are not supported.

Create the API client Direct link to this section

To create the API client:

1. Sign in to the CrowdStrike Falcon UI.

2. Select the Support tab and click API Clients and Keys.

3. Click Add new API clients.

4. Follow the CrowdStrike documentation to create a new API client.

   Tip: All CrowdStrike documentation is accessible within the CrowdStrike Falcon UI.

5. When selecting the scopes for the API client, select Read access for all scopes.

6. Make note of these values:

   • API Hostname
   • API Client UUID
   • API Client Secret - This value is only available to view when you create the client.

   Note: You need to provide these values to Arctic Wolf as part of Provide credentials to Arctic Wolf.

7. Proceed to Provide credentials to Arctic Wolf.

Provide credentials to Arctic Wolf Direct link to this section

To provide your CrowdStrike Falcon API details to Arctic Wolf on the Arctic Wolf Portal:

1. Sign in to the Arctic Wolf Portal.

2. Select Connected Accounts in the banner menu to open the Connected Accounts page.

   

3. Select +Add Account to open the Add Account form.

4. Select Cloud Detection and Response as the Account Type.

5. Select CrowdStrike from the list of cloud services.

   1. Enter a descriptive name for the credentials.
   2. Paste these values from step 4 of Create the API client:
      • API Hostname
      • API Client UUID
      • API Client Secret

6. Select Submit to CST.

7. When prompted with the confirmation message, review your submission, and then select Done. You are returned to the Connected Accounts page.

8. Verify that the newly-submitted credential entry appears in the cloud services list with the status Connection Pending.

After your Concierge Security® Team provisions security monitoring for your account, the status of your credentials changes to Connected.