Panther Audit Logs

Logs for audited activity in your Panther instance

Overview
Panther audit logs provide a read-only history of activity within your Panther deployment. When Panther audit logs are enabled as a log source, you can write detections or query the data lake for audit logs the same way you would with any other security events ingested by Panther. Learn more on Querying and Writing Detections for Panther Audit Logs.
Audit logging does not currently include an exhaustive list of all activity in Panther (such as references to specific log sources, cloud accounts, and destinations).
Actions made using the Panther Analysis Tool (PAT) will only generate audit logs if authentication is performed using an API token. PAT actions that authenticate using a legacy method, such as an IAM role, will not generate audit logs.
Actions taken in a Slack Bot alert are included in audit logs.
If you have any questions about this feature, reach out to Panther Support.
Enabling audit logs as a log source
Audit logs are automatically generated, but must be enabled as a log source to write detections on them. The action of enabling audit logs is itself captured as a CREATE_LOG_SOURCE audit log. Disabling audit logs does not generate an audit log. Only users with the Edit Settings & SAML Preferences permission can enable audit logs.
To enable audit logs as a log source:
1.In the upper-right corner of your Panther Console, click the gear icon, then General.
2.On the Main Information tab, to the right of Enable Panther Audit Logs, click the toggle ON.
3.Click Save Changes.
Retention
Audit logs are retained by default for 5 years in AWS S3.
Panther-managed detections
See Panther-managed rules for Panther audit logs in the panther-analysis GitHub repository.
Schema
The fields of the audit log are listed below along with information on the fields type and whether it is a required field.
Attribute
Description
Text
Required
actionName
The action that was attempted.
String
true
actionDescription
An optional brief description of the action attempted.
String
false
actionResult
The result of the action that was attempted.
String - SUCCEEDED, FAILED, or PARTIALLY_FAILED
true
actionParams
The parameters supplied that were relevant to the action being attempted. Values are grouped under dynamic and static keys based on the way they were provided to the operation
Dict
false
actionDetails
Additional metadata and/or details about the action being attempted.
Dict
false
actor
Identifying information about the actor.
Dict
true
actor.id
The ID of the actor that attempted the action.
String
true
actor.type
The type of actor (user/token).
String -USER or TOKEN
true
actor.name
The name of the actor that attempted the action.
String
false
actor.attributes
The attributes of the actor that attempted the action.
Dict
false
errors
Errors encountered while performing the action.
List
false
errors.message
The error message for the error encountered.
String
false
sourceIP
The IP address from which the request originated.
String
false
XForwardedFor
All IP addresses included in the X-Forwarded-Header.
List
false
userAgent
Information about the actor's browser, or slackbot if the action was initiated via Slack Bot.
String
false
timestamp
The date/time at which the action was attempted.
String
true
pantherVersion
The version of this Panther instance at the time the action was attempted.
String
true
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Attribute	Description	Text	Required
`actionName`	The action that was attempted.	String	true
`actionDescription`	An optional brief description of the action attempted.	String	false
`actionResult`	The result of the action that was attempted.	String - `SUCCEEDED`, `FAILED`, or `PARTIALLY_FAILED`	true
`actionParams`	The parameters supplied that were relevant to the action being attempted. Values are grouped under `dynamic` and `static` keys based on the way they were provided to the operation	Dict	false
`actionDetails`	Additional metadata and/or details about the action being attempted.	Dict	false
`actor`	Identifying information about the actor.	Dict	true
`actor.id`	The ID of the actor that attempted the action.	String	true
`actor.type`	The type of actor (user/token).	String -`USER` or `TOKEN`	true
`actor.name`	The name of the actor that attempted the action.	String	false
`actor.attributes`	The attributes of the actor that attempted the action.	Dict	false
`errors`	Errors encountered while performing the action.	List	false
`errors.message`	The error message for the error encountered.	String	false
`sourceIP`	The IP address from which the request originated.	String	false
`XForwardedFor`	All IP addresses included in the X-Forwarded-Header.	List	false
`userAgent`	Information about the actor's browser, or `slackbot` if the action was initiated via Slack Bot.	String	false
`timestamp`	The date/time at which the action was attempted.	String	true
`pantherVersion`	The version of this Panther instance at the time the action was attempted.	String	true

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Querying and Writing Detections for Panther Audit Logs

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