Splunk Enterprise Security

ES v8.x on cloud Investigations API

SOClife
Engager

All,

We are investigating a move from v7 to v8.    We currently rely heavily on the Investigation API  however per the documentation it is no longer available in v8.  The v8 API also seems to be missing a get call for notable_events.  


Is there another way in the API that we can pull details on the enterprise security events, investigations and assets for v8 or do we need to hold off on upgrading while the product matures? 

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livehybrid
Influencer

Hi @SOClife 

The only documented APIs for ES8 specifically are at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ES/8.0.2/API/AboutSplunkESAPI and as you say, the investigation API isnt listed in here.

However - I believe some of the investigation endpoints you are looking for are actually now under the Mission Control app (See the MC APIs at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/MC/Current/SplunkPlaybookAPI)

If you view an investigation in the UI with the Network tab of the browser developer tools open then you will see API calls to <yourEnv>/en-US/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/nobody/missioncontrol/v2/investigations/<GUID>/findings (for example!) - some of these map to the documented MC APIs, however I couldnt find all of them in there. Its worth capturing the payload and responses to determine what you need from them. 

As another example, loading the Incident Review in the UI loads some MC V1 API calls such as the notes endpoint.

In addition to the API calls, if you're extracting information about incidents/investigations then you may be able to perform standard SPL searches using the REST API,

| mcincidents < This will return a list of incidents within the timeframe searched
| mcincidentbyid id=ES-00001 < Return a single incident details, pass display_id or id (guid)

 

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SOClife
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Thanks @livehybrid  this is promising. Do you happen to know a search command that would give information on the artifacts associated with an incident?

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kiran_panchavat
Influencer

@SOClife 

If your operations heavily depend on the Investigation API’s simplicity and no workaround (e.g., REST searches) is feasible within your timeline, sticking with v7.x until v8.x matures. 
 
There are no APIs available:-
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