Splunk Search

how to search for admins who make changes to their own accounts?

ajmach343
Explorer

I am trying to make a search that will fire only when an admin makes a change to their own account.

I want to know if a-johndoe gives multiple permissions to a-johndoe and NOT if a-johndoe gives permissions to a-janedoe. 

would i use an IF statement for this?

 

Thank you

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ajmach343
Explorer

apologies, this will be for windows event logs and Ivanti logs. 

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

What data are you talking about?

Splunk account changes? Windows Event Logs? Some (what) Linux audit logs?

If your data is CIM-normalized, you should use Change.Account_Management dataset.

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ajmach343
Explorer

was able to figure it out!

needed to just use an IF statement. 

| eval testuser=if(admin=target,1,0)
| where testuser=1
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