Configuring which usernames QRadar considers to be system users in events that are collected from Microsoft Windows Security Event Log

By default, all user names in Microsoft Windows Security Event Log events that end with a dollar sign ($) are considered as system users and are excluded from event parsing. If you want to change the way that IBM® QRadar parses events, you can use the DSM Editor to include system users.

Procedure

  1. Click the Admin tab.
  2. In the Data Sources section, click DSM Editor.
  3. From the Select Log Source Type window, select Windows Security Event Log from the list, and click Select.
  4. On the Configuration tab, set Display DSM Parameters Configuration to on.
  5. From the Event Collector list, select the event collector for the log source.
  6. If you want usernames that end with a dollar sign ($) to always be considered as system users, set the System User Criteria parameter value to Usernames Ending With A Dollar Sign Are Considered As System Users.
  7. If you want usernames that end with a dollar sign ($) as system users only when they match with the computer name, set the System User Criteria parameter value to Usernames Ending With a Dollar Sign If It Matches Computer Name Are Considered As System Users.
    Tip: A username is considered to match the computer name when the username (excluding the dollar sign) is equal to the computer name or, if the computer name is a fully-qualified domain name, the host component of the computer name. Letter case is ignored. For example, if the username is HOST$ and the computer name is host or host.example.com, then the username is considered to match the computer name.
  8. If you want usernames that end with a dollar sign ($) to never be considered as system users, set the System User Criteria parameter value to Usernames Ending With a Dollar Sign Are Not Considered As System Users.
  9. Click Save and close out the DSM Editor.
    Tip: If the Include System User With (No) Identity parameter value is set to Include System User With No Identity or Include System User With Identity, all system users are included in parsing, regardless of the System User Criteria parameter value.