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Fastly Next-Gen WAF (Formerly Signal Sciences WAF) Setup for Workbench

This article explains how to connect Next-Gen WAF to Workbench.

Quick Start

Step 1: Enable console access

Having read-only access to the interface of your technology allows Expel to dig deeper during incident investigations. Our device health team uses this access to investigate potential health issues with your tech.

Note
Expel secures all login information our SOC analysts need about your devices in an MFA password product. Access to this login information is protected using our internal MFA processes. To learn more about the IP addresses all Expel traffic comes from, go here.

  1. Navigate to Corp Manage and click Corp Users.

  2. Click Add User.

  3. Type the email address listed below and select User role and site memberships for Expel to watch.

    • Email: soc+<Your_Organization_Name>@expel.io

      Note
      Yes, the "+" sign is part of the email address, and it's important. Click here to find out why.

    • Role: User

  4. Click Invite User.

  5. After the user is invited, notify your engagement manager to expect an email for account activation and password setup.

Step 2: Enable API access for Expel

To integrate the technology with Workbench, we need to create secure credentials to the API.

  1. Go to My Profile and select API Access Tokens.

  2. Click Add API access token.

  3. Type Expel API as the name and click Create API access token.

  4. Copy the Token value and save it for later.

  5. Click Continue to finish creating the access token.

Step 3: Configure the technology in Workbench

Now that we have the correct access configured and noted the credentials, we can integrate your tech with Workbench.

  1. In a new browser tab, log in to https://workbench.expel.io/settings/security-devices?setupIntegration=signal_sciences.

  2. Type the required information as follows:

    Add Fastly Next-Gen WAF security device

    • For Name and Location, type Next-Gen WAF and Cloud.

    • For Username, type the user created in Step 1.

    • For API key, type the access token generated in Step 2.

    • For Server address, type the host name of the Next-Gen WAF dashboard.

  3. Click Save.

You can see if the device is healthy on the Security Devices page. It may take a few minutes to see the device listed as healthy.

To check if alerts are coming through, navigate to the Alerts Analysis page. Scroll to the device you want to check and click View alerts. Switch to grid view, then check the list for device alerts. It can take 36 to 72 hours for alerts to appear after setup, as we tune your device.

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