CommonSecurityLog
Source inside CommonSecurityLog

Akamai SIEM (CEF)

Akamai web application firewall and bot security events

Recommendation

High-value events that need near-real-time detection, low-volume join targets, or high-value tables the lake cannot hold.

Retention is set per table, so the retention for this source is advisory.

How the matrix works

C5 Network activity

Network activity: firewall, DNS, DHCP, web proxy, flow, load balancer, mail gateway and message flow, web access to internet-facing services

T1 Near-real-time detection

Generic detections need near-real-time matching on single events.

Rows that belong to this source

DeviceVendor =~ "Akamai" and DeviceProduct =~ "akamai_siem"

Rules query these rows through the AkamaiSIEMEvent parser.

Sources for this recommendation

  • Azure-Sentinel public content corpus Table identity and usage evidence from public analytics rules, hunting queries, parsers, and solution content. Classification, tier, retention, and billing recommendations require human review.
  • Log Baseline classification rules Value rules C1-C9 mapped to ASD and CISA guidance, and tier rules T1-T5 including plan support. Stored per table as valueRule and tierRule.
  • Log Baseline volume model Judgment-based volume driver and relative volume class per table. Not measured tenant volume.
  • ASD ACSC Priority logs for SIEM ingestion: Practitioner guidance Loosely prioritized log categories (EDR, network devices, domain controllers, Windows, virtualisation, cloud, containers, databases, MDM, DNS, Linux, macOS) used by the classification rules. Collection priority, not storage tier.
  • CISA Guidance for Implementing M-21-31 Prioritized event types for collection and storage (ICAM, operating systems, network infrastructure, cloud, AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, GCP) used by the classification rules. Collection priority, not storage tier.