Integrating SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) is important for organizations that want to see what's happening, detect threats, and automate responses in managing privileged credentials. The Segura® platform natively supports exporting all A2A secrets management events—credential requests, injections, rotations, and deliveries—to SIEM/SOAR systems for real-time monitoring, correlation, and action.
Key Features
- Comprehensive Event Logging: All A2A secret operations are logged with detailed metadata (timestamp, origin, user/app, action, result).
- Real-Time Export: Events can be streamed in real time to SIEM/SOAR platforms via syslog, RESTful webhooks, or native connectors.
- Threat Detection: Suspicious or anomalous activity (e.g., excessive secret retrievals, access from unexpected hosts) can be flagged and escalated.
- Automated Incident Response: SOAR integration allows for automated containment, notification, or playbook execution upon detected threats or policy violations.
- Audit & Compliance: Centralized event retention for audits, investigations, and regulatory reporting.
Use Cases
- Threat Hunting: SOC teams monitor A2A secret usage patterns to quickly identify credential misuse or attempted breaches.
- Compliance Auditing: All credential operations are stored and available for audit (e.g., PCI DSS, SOX, GDPR).
- Automated Remediation: Policy violations (e.g., secrets fetched outside approved windows) trigger SOAR playbooks for immediate containment.
Integration Methods
- Syslog: Configure Segura to export events via syslog to SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, Elastic, etc.).
- Webhooks: Send real-time event data to SOAR or custom automation endpoints via HTTP webhooks.
- RESTful API: SIEM/SOAR platforms can retrieve event logs directly using Segura APIs.
Syslog message example
<134>1 2025-05-28T14:22:36Z segura a2a-event appid=svc-web role=prod-access action=secret_retrieval secret_id=db-prod-123 status=success user=svc-web01 ip=10.1.2.3
Request
- Endpoint:
GET /api/v4/audit/a2a-secrets - Authorization:
Bearer {token}
Response
[
{
"timestamp": "2025-05-28T14:22:36Z",
"app\_id": "svc-web",
"user": "svc-web01",
"action": "secret\_retrieval",
"secret\_id": "db-prod-123",
"status": "success",
"ip": "10.1.2.3"
}
]