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How to exclude notable events from triggering using erex?

mdicenzo
Explorer

We have notable events for when a user is created on multiple devices. Most of them are expected for when devices are imaged. 

I want to use erex to create a suppression for like accounts. They typically have the same beginning and are followed by 2 numbers. Example would ituser23, ituser24, ituser25. 

I am using the search below for testing

index=notable source="Endpoint - Anomalous User Account Creation - Rule" | erex user examples="ituser23, ituser24, ituser25" 

I am still getting user accounts that are unrelated such as phone or tablet.

When I look at the recommended regex it seems like it is not being granular enough.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Skip erex and go directly to the regex command.  This query will filter out users with names consisting of "ituser" followed by 2 digits.

index=notable source="Endpoint - Anomalous User Account Creation - Rule" 
| regex user!="^ituser\d\d$"

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Skip erex and go directly to the regex command.  This query will filter out users with names consisting of "ituser" followed by 2 digits.

index=notable source="Endpoint - Anomalous User Account Creation - Rule" 
| regex user!="^ituser\d\d$"

 

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mdicenzo
Explorer

This is eventually how I did this. Thank you for the help!

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
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If your problem is resolved, then please click the "Accept as Solution" button to help future readers.

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