IBM Security Network IPS (GX)

The IBM® Security Network IPS (GX) DSM for IBM Security QRadar® collects LEEF-based events from IBM Security Network IPS appliances by using the syslog protocol.

The following table identifies the specifications for the IBM Security Network IPS (GX) DSM:
Parameter Value
Manufacturer IBM
DSM Security Network IPS (GX)
RPM file name DSM-IBMSecurityNetworkIPS-QRadar_version-Build_number.noarch.rpm
Supported versions v4.6 and later (UDP)

v4.6.2 and later (TCP)

Protocol syslog (LEEF)
QRadar recorded events

Security alerts (including IPS and SNORT)

Health alerts

System alerts

IPS events (Including security, connection, user defined, and OpenSignature policy events)

Automatically discovered? Yes
Includes identity? No
To integrate the IBM Security Network IPS (GX) appliance with QRadar, use the following steps:
  1. If automatic updates are not enabled, download and install the most recent version of the IBM Security Network IPS (GX) RPMs from the IBM Support Website onto your QRadar Console.
  2. For each instance of IBM Security Network IPS (GX), configure your IBM Security Network IPS (GX) appliance to enable communication with QRadar.
  3. If QRadar does not automatically discover the log source, create a log source for each instance of IBM Security Network IPS (GX) on your network.