Authentication

authentication

Authentication events report authentication session activities, including user attempts to log on or log off, regardless of success, as well as other key stages within the authentication process. These events are typically generated by authentication services, such as Kerberos, OIDC, or SAML, and may include information about the user, the authentication method used, and the status of the authentication attempt.

Attributes

Caption	Name	Type	Description
Account Switch Type	`account_switch_type`	String	Group:`primary` The account switch method, normalized to the caption of the account_switch_type_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Account Switch Type ID	`account_switch_type_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized identifier of the account switch method. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Substitute User (`SUBSTITUTE_USER`) `2`: Impersonate (`IMPERSONATE`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Action	`action`	String	Group:`primary` The normalized caption of action_id.
Action ID	`action_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The action taken by a control or other policy-based system leading to an outcome or disposition. An unknown action may still correspond to a known disposition. Refer to disposition_id for the outcome of the action. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Allowed (`ALLOWED`) `2`: Denied (`DENIED`) `3`: Observed (`OBSERVED`) `4`: Modified (`MODIFIED`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Activity ID	`activity_id`	Integer	Group:`classification` The normalized identifier of the activity that triggered the event. `1`: Logon (`LOGON`) `2`: Logoff (`LOGOFF`) `3`: Authentication Ticket (`AUTHENTICATION_TICKET`) `4`: Service Ticket Request (`SERVICE_TICKET_REQUEST`) `5`: Service Ticket Renew (`SERVICE_TICKET_RENEW`) `6`: Preauth (`PREAUTH`) `7`: Account Switch (`ACCOUNT_SWITCH`) `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Activity	`activity_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event activity name, as defined by the activity_id.
Actor	`actor`	Actor[]	Group:`context` The actor object describes details about the user/role/process that was the source of the activity. Note that this is not the threat actor of a campaign but may be part of a campaign.
API Details	`api`	API[]	Group:`context` Describes details about a typical API (Application Programming Interface) call.
MITRE ATT&CK® and ATLAS™ Details	`attacks`	MITRE ATT&CK® & ATLAS™[]	Group:`primary` An array of MITRE ATT&CK® objects describing identified tactics, techniques & sub-techniques. The objects are compatible with MITRE ATLAS™ tactics, techniques & sub-techniques.
Authentication Factors	`auth_factors`	Authentication Factor[]	Group:`context` Describes a category of methods used for identity verification in an authentication attempt.
Auth Protocol	`auth_protocol`	String	Group:`primary` The authentication protocol as defined by the caption of auth_protocol_id. In the case of Other, it is defined by the event source.
Auth Protocol ID	`auth_protocol_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized identifier of the authentication protocol used to create the user session. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: NTLM (`NTLM`) `2`: Kerberos (`KERBEROS`) `3`: Digest (`DIGEST`) `4`: OpenID (`OPENID`) `5`: SAML (`SAML`) `6`: OAUTH 2.0 (`OAUTH_2.0`) `7`: PAP (`PAP`) `8`: CHAP (`CHAP`) `9`: EAP (`EAP`) `10`: RADIUS (`RADIUS`) `11`: Basic Authentication (`BASIC_AUTHENTICATION`) `12`: LDAP (`LDAP`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Authentication Token	`authentication_token`	Authentication Token[]	Group:`context` The authentication token, ticket, or assertion, e.g. Kerberos, OIDC, SAML.
Authorization Information	`authorizations`	Authorization Result[]	Group:`primary` Provides details about an authorization, such as authorization outcome, and any associated policies related to the activity/event.
Category	`category_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event category name, as defined by category_uid value: Identity & Access Management.
Category ID	`category_uid`	Integer	Group:`classification` The category unique identifier of the event. `3`: Identity & Access Management (`IDENTITY_AND_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT`)
Certificate	`certificate`	Digital Certificate[]	Group:`primary` The certificate associated with the authentication or pre-authentication (Kerberos).
Class	`class_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event class name, as defined by class_uid value: Authentication.
Class ID	`class_uid`	Integer	Group:`classification` The unique identifier of a class. A class describes the attributes available in an event. `3002`: Authentication (`AUTHENTICATION`)
Cloud	`cloud`	Cloud[]	Group:`primary` Describes details about the Cloud environment where the event was originally created or logged.
Confidence	`confidence`	String	Group:`primary` The confidence, normalized to the caption of the confidence_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Confidence ID	`confidence_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized confidence refers to the accuracy of the rule that created the finding. A rule with a low confidence means that the finding scope is wide and may create finding reports that may not be malicious in nature. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Low (`LOW`) `2`: Medium (`MEDIUM`) `3`: High (`HIGH`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Confidence Score	`confidence_score`	Integer	Group:`primary` The confidence score as reported by the event source.
Count	`count`	Integer	Group:`occurrence` The number of times that events in the same logical group occurred during the event Start Time to End Time period.
Device	`device`	Device[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` An addressable device, computer system or host.
Disposition	`disposition`	String	Group:`primary` The disposition name, normalized to the caption of the disposition_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Disposition ID	`disposition_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` Describes the outcome or action taken by a security control, such as access control checks, malware detections or various types of policy violations. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Allowed (`ALLOWED`) `2`: Blocked (`BLOCKED`) `3`: Quarantined (`QUARANTINED`) `4`: Isolated (`ISOLATED`) `5`: Deleted (`DELETED`) `6`: Dropped (`DROPPED`) `7`: Custom Action (`CUSTOM_ACTION`) `8`: Approved (`APPROVED`) `9`: Restored (`RESTORED`) `10`: Exonerated (`EXONERATED`) `11`: Corrected (`CORRECTED`) `12`: Partially Corrected (`PARTIALLY_CORRECTED`) `13`: Uncorrected (`UNCORRECTED`) `14`: Delayed (`DELAYED`) `15`: Detected (`DETECTED`) `16`: No Action (`NO_ACTION`) `17`: Logged (`LOGGED`) `18`: Tagged (`TAGGED`) `19`: Alert (`ALERT`) `20`: Count (`COUNT`) `21`: Reset (`RESET`) `22`: Captcha (`CAPTCHA`) `23`: Challenge (`CHALLENGE`) `24`: Access Revoked (`ACCESS_REVOKED`) `25`: Rejected (`REJECTED`) `26`: Unauthorized (`UNAUTHORIZED`) `27`: Error (`ERROR`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Destination Endpoint	`dst_endpoint`	Network Endpoint[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` The endpoint to which the authentication was targeted.
Duration Milliseconds	`duration`	Long	Group:`occurrence` The event duration or aggregate time, the amount of time the event covers from start_time to end_time in milliseconds.
End Time	`end_time`	Timestamp	Group:`occurrence` The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.
Enrichments	`enrichments`	Enrichment[]	Group:`context` The additional information from an external data source, which is associated with the event or a finding. For example add location information for the IP address in the DNS answers:["name": "answers.ip", "value": "92.24.47.250", "type": "location", "data": "city": "Socotra", "continent": "Asia", "coordinates": [-25.4153, 17.0743], "country": "YE", "desc": "Yemen"]
Firewall Rule	`firewall_rule`	Firewall Rule[]	Group:`primary` The firewall rule that pertains to the control that triggered the event, if applicable.
HTTP Request	`http_request`	HTTP Request[]	Group:`context` Details about the underlying HTTP request.
HTTP Response	`http_response`	HTTP Response[]	Group:`context` Details about the underlying HTTP response.
Alert	`is_alert`	Boolean	Group:`primary` Indicates that the event is considered to be an alertable signal. Should be set to true if disposition_id = Alert among other dispositions, and/or risk_level_id or severity_id of the event is elevated. Not all control events will be alertable, for example if disposition_id = Exonerated or disposition_id = Allowed.
Cleartext Credentials	`is_cleartext`	Boolean	Group:`context` Indicates whether the credentials were passed in clear text.Note: True if the credentials were passed in a clear text protocol such as FTP or TELNET, or if Windows detected that a user's logon password was passed to the authentication package in clear text.
Multi Factor Authentication	`is_mfa`	Boolean	Group:`primary` Indicates whether Multi Factor Authentication was used during authentication.
New Logon	`is_new_logon`	Boolean	Group:`context` Indicates logon is from a device not seen before or a first time account logon.
Remote	`is_remote`	Boolean	Group:`primary` The attempted authentication is over a remote connection.
Logon Process	`logon_process`	Linux Process[]	Entity:`LINUX_PROCESS` Group:`context` The trusted process that validated the authentication credentials.
Logon Type	`logon_type`	String	Group:`primary` The logon type, normalized to the caption of the logon_type_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Logon Type ID	`logon_type_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized logon type identifier. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: System (`SYSTEM`) `2`: Interactive (`INTERACTIVE`) `3`: Network (`NETWORK`) `4`: Batch (`BATCH`) `5`: OS Service (`OS_SERVICE`) `7`: Unlock (`UNLOCK`) `8`: Network Cleartext (`NETWORK_CLEARTEXT`) `9`: New Credentials (`NEW_CREDENTIALS`) `10`: Remote Interactive (`REMOTE_INTERACTIVE`) `11`: Cached Interactive (`CACHED_INTERACTIVE`) `12`: Cached Remote Interactive (`CACHED_REMOTE_INTERACTIVE`) `13`: Cached Unlock (`CACHED_UNLOCK`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Malware	`malware`	Malware[]	Group:`primary` A list of Malware objects, describing details about the identified malware.
Malware Scan Info	`malware_scan_info`	Malware Scan Info[]	Group:`primary` Describes details about the scan job that identified malware on the target system.
Message	`message`	String	Group:`primary` The description of the event/finding, as defined by the source.
Metadata	`metadata`	Metadata[]	Group:`context` The metadata associated with the event or a finding.
Observables	`observables`	Observable[]	Group:`primary` The observables associated with the event or a finding.
OSINT	`osint`	OSINT[]	Group:`primary` The OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) object contains details related to an indicator such as the indicator itself, related indicators, geolocation, registrar information, subdomains, analyst commentary, and other contextual information. This information can be used to further enrich a detection or finding by providing decisioning support to other analysts and engineers.
Policy	`policy`	Policy[]	Group:`primary` The policy that pertains to the control that triggered the event, if applicable. For example the name of an anti-malware policy or an access control policy.
Raw Data	`raw_data`	JSON	Group:`context` The event data as received from the event source.
Raw Data Hash	`raw_data_hash`	Fingerprint[]	Entity:`FINGERPRINT` Group:`context` The hash, which describes the content of the raw_data field.
Raw Data Size	`raw_data_size`	Long	Group:`context` The size of the raw data which was transformed into an OCSF event, in bytes.
Record ID	`record_id`	String	Group:`primary` Unique idenifier for the event
Risk Details	`risk_details`	String	Group:`primary` Describes the risk associated with the finding.
Risk Level	`risk_level`	String	Group:`primary` The risk level, normalized to the caption of the risk_level_id value.
Risk Level ID	`risk_level_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized risk level id. `0`: Info (`INFO`) `1`: Low (`LOW`) `2`: Medium (`MEDIUM`) `3`: High (`HIGH`) `4`: Critical (`CRITICAL`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Risk Score	`risk_score`	Integer	Group:`primary` The risk score as reported by the event source.
Service	`service`	Service[]	Group:`primary` The service or gateway to which the user or process is being authenticated
Session	`session`	Session[]	Group:`primary` The authenticated user or service session.
Severity	`severity`	String	Group:`classification` The event/finding severity, normalized to the caption of the severity_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the source.
Severity ID	`severity_id`	Integer	Group:`classification` The normalized identifier of the event/finding severity.The normalized severity is a measurement the effort and expense required to manage and resolve an event or incident. Smaller numerical values represent lower impact events, and larger numerical values represent higher impact events. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Informational (`INFORMATIONAL`) `2`: Low (`LOW`) `3`: Medium (`MEDIUM`) `4`: High (`HIGH`) `5`: Critical (`CRITICAL`) `6`: Fatal (`FATAL`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Source Endpoint	`src_endpoint`	Network Endpoint[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` Details about the source of the IAM activity.
Start Time	`start_time`	Timestamp	Group:`occurrence` The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.
Status	`status`	String	Group:`primary` The event status, normalized to the caption of the status_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Status Code	`status_code`	String	Group:`primary` The event status code, as reported by the event source.For example, in a Windows Failed Authentication event, this would be the value of 'Failure Code', e.g. 0x18.
Status Detail	`status_detail`	String	Group:`primary` The details about the authentication request. For example, possible details for Windows logon or logoff events are:SuccessLOGOFF_USER_INITIATEDLOGOFF_OTHERFailureUSER_DOES_NOT_EXISTINVALID_CREDENTIALSACCOUNT_DISABLEDACCOUNT_LOCKED_OUTPASSWORD_EXPIRED
Status ID	`status_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized identifier of the event status. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Success (`SUCCESS`) `2`: Failure (`FAILURE`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Event Time	`time`	Timestamp	Group:`occurrence` The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.
Timezone Offset	`timezone_offset`	Integer	Group:`occurrence` The number of minutes that the reported event time is ahead or behind UTC, in the range -1,080 to +1,080.
Type Name	`type_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event/finding type name, as defined by the type_uid.
Type ID	`type_uid`	Long	Group:`classification` The event/finding type ID. It identifies the event's semantics and structure. The value is calculated by the logging system as: class_uid * 100 + activity_id. `300201`: Authentication: Logon (`AUTHENTICATION_LOGON`) `300202`: Authentication: Logoff (`AUTHENTICATION_LOGOFF`) `300203`: Authentication: Authentication Ticket (`AUTHENTICATION_AUTHENTICATION_TICKET`) `300204`: Authentication: Service Ticket Request (`AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_TICKET_REQUEST`) `300205`: Authentication: Service Ticket Renew (`AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_TICKET_RENEW`) `300206`: Authentication: Preauth (`AUTHENTICATION_PREAUTH`) `300207`: Authentication: Account Switch (`AUTHENTICATION_ACCOUNT_SWITCH`) `300200`: Authentication: Unknown (`AUTHENTICATION_UNKNOWN`) `300299`: Authentication: Other (`AUTHENTICATION_OTHER`)
Unmapped	`unmapped`	Unmapped[]	Group:`context` Data from the source that was not mapped into the schema.
User	`user`	User[]	Entity:`USER` Group:`primary` The subject (user/role or account) to authenticate.

Relationships

Outbound Relationships

Authentication references the following objects and events in its attributes:

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