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Alert Destinations

Destinations are integrations that receive alerts from rules and policies in Panther

Overview

Destinations are integrations that receive alerts from rules and policies.
By default, alerts are routed based on severity and can dispatch to multiple destinations simultaneously. For example, a single alert might create a Jira ticket, send an email, and create a PagerDuty Incident.
Destinations can be overridden on a per-rule or per-policy basis by using the detection metadata or overrides.
Starting in version 1.42 and newer, Panther sends alerts from a known static IP address. This allows customers to configure destinations to accept alerts from this IP address. You can locate the address, listed as Gateway Public IP, in the Panther Console by navigating to Settings > General and scrolling to the bottom of the page.

Supported Destinations

Panther has supported integrations for the following destinations:

Routing Order Precedence

Alerts are routed based on the following, from highest precedence to lowest:
  1. 1.
    Generated Destination List - Destinations returned by the destinations function defined in the Python body.
  2. 2.
    Static Destination List - Destinations based on the Destination Override metadata field set for the detection.
  3. 3.
    Generated Severity - Destinations associated with the returned severity function defined in the Python body.
  4. 4.
    Static Severity - Default alert routing based on the severity metadata field set for the detection.

How to configure Destinations

Creating a new Destination

  1. 1.
    Log in to your Panther Console.
  2. 2.
    In the left sidebar click Configure > Alert Destinations.
  3. 3.
    Click +Add your first Destination.
  4. 4.
    Click on the service provider you want to configure as an Alert Destination.
    • Multiple destinations of the same type may be configured, such as several Slack channels or several email addresses via Amazon SNS. This allows for fine-grained control of destination routing.
  5. 5.
    Configure the Destination. Add a Display Name to distinguish the destination from others in your Panther Console.
    • You can optionally configure your destination to filter alerts by log types and optionally select the associated severities for this destination.
    • Each destination type will have specific configuration options based on the system's API. See the destination-specific setup instructions for more details.
  6. 6.
    Click Add Destination to save the configuration.
    • You can optionally click Send test alert to verify that your destination was configured correctly.
  7. 7.
    Click Finish Setup.
You are now ready to receive alerts!

Modifying or deleting Destinations

  1. 1.
    Log in to the Panther Console.
  2. 2.
    In the left sidebar menu, click Configure > Alert Destinations.
  3. 3.
    Click the triple dot icon on the right side of the Destination.
    • In the dropdown menu that appears, click Delete to delete the Destination.
    • Click Edit to modify the display name, the severity level, and other configurations.

Destination Example

The following example demonstrates how to receive an alert to a Destination based on a user's multiple failed login attempts to Okta.
You have configured the following:
  • Destinations:
    • ​Slack, configured to receive an alert for rule matches.
    • Tines (set up via Custom Webhook), configured to receive an alert for rule matches.
  • Log source:
    • Your Panther instance is ingesting Okta logs.
  • Detection:
    • You created a rule called “Okta User Locked Out,” to alert you when a user is locked out of Okta due to too many failed login attempts:
      from panther_base_helpers import deep_get
      def rule(event):
      return deep_get(event, 'outcome', 'reason') == 'LOCKED OUT'
      ​
      def title(event):
      return f"{deep_get(event, 'actor', 'alternateId')} is locked out."
      ​
      def destinations(event):
      if deep_get(event, 'actor', 'alternateId') == "[email protected]":
      return ['dev-alert-destinations', 'tines-okta-user-lock-out']
      return ['dev-general']
      ​
      def alert_context(event):
      return {
      "actor": deep_get(event, "actor", "displayName"),
      "id": deep_get(event, "actor", "id")
      }
    • The alert_context() contains the username and the user's Okta ID value.

1. An event occurs

One of your users unsuccessfully attempts to log in to Okta multiple times. Eventually their account is locked out.

2. Panther ingests logs and detects an event that matches the rule you configured

As the Okta audit logs stream through your Panther instance, your “Okta User Locked Out” rule detects that a user is locked out.
​

3. The rule match triggers an alert

The detected rule match triggers an alert to your Slack destination and to your Tines destination.
Within a few minutes of the event occurring, the alert appears in the Slack channel you configured as a Destination:
The alert is also sent to Tines via a Custom Webhook you configured as a Destination. Tines receives the values from the alert_context() function, and it is set up to automatically unlock the user's Okta account then send a confirmation message in Slack.

Destination schema

Workflow automation

The alert payload generally takes the following form. For custom webhooks, SNS, SQS, or other workflow automation-heavy Destinations, this is important for defining how you process the alert.
For native integrations such as Jira or Slack, this is processed automatically into a form that the Destination can understand.
{
"id": string,
"createdAt": AWSDateTime,
"severity": string,
"type": string,
"link": string,
"title": string,
"name": string,
"alertId": string,
"description": string,
"runbook": string,
"tags": [string],
"version": string
}
The AWSDateTime scalar type represents a valid extended ISO 8601 DateTime string. It accepts datetime strings of the form YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ. The field after the seconds field is a nanoseconds field. It can accept between 1 and 9 digits. The seconds and nanoseconds fields are optional. The time zone offset is compulsory for this scalar. The time zone offset must either be Z (representing the UTC time zone) or be in the format ±hh:mm:ss. The seconds field in the timezone offset will be considered valid even though it is not part of the ISO 8601 standard.

Example JSON payload:

{
"id": "AllLogs.IPMonitoring",
"createdAt": "2020-10-13T03:35:24Z",
"severity": "INFO",
"type": "RULE",
"link": "https://runpanther.io/alerts/b90c19e66e160e194a5b3b94ec27fb7c",
"title": "New Alert: Suspicious traffic detected from [123.123.123.123]",
"name": "Monitor Suspicious IPs",
"alertId": "b90c19e66e160e194a5b3b94ec27fb7c",
"description": "This rule alerts on any activity outside of our IP address whitelist",
"runbook": "",
"tags": [
"Network Monitoring",
"Threat Intel"
],
"version": "CJm9PiaXV0q8U0JhoFmE6L21ou7e5Ek0"
}

Troubleshooting Alert Destinations

Visit the Panther Knowledge Base to view articles about alert destinations that answer frequently asked questions and help you resolve common errors and issues.
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