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Sophos Central Alerts
- Updated on 27 Mar 2025
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The Sophos Central Alerts API provides real-time security alerts across all Sophos products, including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security. It returns details such as alert severity, affected devices, detection timestamps, and recommended actions. For detailed information refer to the Sophos official documentation.
Integration Method: API
Tables: Detection Finding (2004)
This integration supports the following events.
Event | Description |
---|---|
Alerts | Retrieve list of alerts |
This integration supports the following versions.
Sophos Central Alerts API version | v1 |
Note:
We have integrated the Sophos Common API, which consolidates alerts from all Sophos products, including Endpoint, Server, and Mobile. However, each product maintains its own independent release version. There is no single unified version across all products.
Prerequisites
The user should have access to the Sophos Central alerts portal with an account that has the Global Administrator privileges.
The user should have access to the DataBee console.
Configuration Overview
Generate an API token with the required scopes
Add the Sophos Central Alerts data feed in the DataBee console with the below parameters.
DataBee Parameters
Sophos Central Alerts Parameters
Client Key
Client Secret
Sophos Central Alerts Configuration
Sign in to the Sophos Central Dashboard.
Click on the General Settings option in the menu bar at the top right corner
Click on the API Credentials Management option.
Click on Add Credential.
In the “Add credential” window, confirm the following and Add.
Credential name: enter Credential name.
Description: enter description if any.
Role: select Service Principal ReadOnly.
Click on the Show Client Secret.
Copy Client ID and Client Secret.
Note:
Copy and Save the Client details. The Client Secret cannot be shown again. These credentials will expire in 36 months, you will have to generate them again and update them in DataBee again.
DataBee Configuration
Login to the DataBee UI, navigate to Data > Data Feeds and click the Add New Data Feed button.
Search for the Sophos Central Alerts and click it as shown below.
Click on the API Ingest option for collection method.
Enter feed contact information and click Next.
In the configuration page, confirm the following:
Authorization Method: OAuth2
API Base URL: this is the base URL that DataBee will interact with.
Client Key: enter the Client ID.
Client Secret: enter the Client Secret.
Token URL: this is the token URL.
Event Types: preselected for all the event types that integration pulls.
Click Submit.
Troubleshooting Tips
Ensure the Client Key and Client Secret is pasted correctly. Since you cannot view the Client Secret after the 1st time, re-create the API credential, paste it on a text editor to ensure no spaces or unexpected characters are included and reconfigure the DataBee feed.