Captures all of the relevant attributes that we know about the entity, for example, if the entity is a device and it has multiple IP or MAC addresses, add all that are relevant.
| Field | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hostname | string | Client hostname or domain name field. Hostname also doubles as the domain for remote entities. | |
| asset_id | string | The asset ID. | |
| user | user | Information about the user. | |
| user_management_chain | user | repeated | Information about the user's management chain (reporting hierarchy). Note: user_management_chain is only populated when data is exported to BigQuery since recursive fields (e.g. user.managers) are not supported by BigQuery. |
| group | group | Information about the group. | |
| process | process | Information about the process. | |
| process_ancestors | process | repeated | Information about the process's ancestors ordered from immediate ancestor (parent process) to root. Note: process_ancestors is only populated when data is exported to BigQuery since recursive fields (e.g. process.parent_process) are not supported by BigQuery. |
| asset | asset | Information about the asset. | |
| ip | string | repeated | A list of IP addresses associated with a network connection. |
| nat_ip | string | repeated | A list of NAT translated IP addresses associated with a network connection. |
| port | int32 | Source or destination network port number when a specific network connection is described within an event. | |
| nat_port | int32 | NAT external network port number when a specific network connection is described within an event. | |
| mac | string | repeated | List of MAC addresses associated with a device. |
| administrative_domain | string | Domain which the device belongs to (for example, the Windows domain). | |
| namespace | string | Namespace which the device belongs to (e.g. AD forest) Uses for this field include Windows AD forest, name of subsidiary or acquisition, etc. | |
| url | string | The URL. | |
| file | file | Information about the file. | |
| string | Email address. Only filled in for security_result.about | ||
| registry | registry | Registry information. | |
| application | string | The name of an application or service. Some SSO solutions only capture the name of a target application such as "Atlassian" or "Google SecOps". | |
| platform | noun.platform | The platform. | |
| platform_version | string | The platform version. e.g. "Microsoft Windows 1803" | |
| platform_patch_level | string | The platform patch level. e.g. "Build 17134.48" | |
| cloud | cloud | Cloud metadata. Deprecated: cloud should be populated in entity Attribute as generic metadata (e.g. asset.attribute.cloud). | |
| location | location | The physical location. For cloud environments, set the region in location.name. | |
| resource | resource | Information about the resource (e.g. scheduled task, calendar entry). This field should not be used for files, registry, processes, etc. since these objects are already part of Noun. | |
| labels | label | repeated | Labels are key-value pairs. For example: key = "env", value = "prod". Deprecated: labels should be populated in entity Attribute as generic metadata (e.g. user.attribute.labels). |
| object_reference | id | Finding to which the Analyst updated the feedback. | |
| investigation | investigation | Analyst feedback/investigation for alerts. |