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Cisco Umbrella getting started guide

Sharon Burton
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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.

  1. Navigate to Admin > Accounts and click Add.

  2. Add user’s email address soc+<Your_Organization_Name>@expel.io and select Read Only User Role for the account.

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  3. Click Send Invitation. Expel completes account registration after the registration email is received.

Step 2: Generate API credentials

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.

  1. Use your admin account to create an API Key. This can be found under Admin > API Keys:

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  2. At the prompt, select Umbrella Reporting:

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  3. Copy both the Key and the Secret provided. Also make a note of your Organization ID. This can be determined by the URL for your dashboard, as there is a 7 digit number: https://dashboard.umbrella. com/o/xxxxxxx/

    Use these to configure your technology in Workbench in the next step.

Step 3: Configure the technology in Workbench

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

  1. Login to https://workbench.expel.io.

  2. Navigate to Settings > Security Devices.

  3. At the top of the page, click Add New Device.

  4. Search for and select your technology.

  5. Complete all fields using the credentials and information you collected in Step 1 and Step 2.

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  6. Click Save.

After a few minutes, refresh the Security Devices page and you see your device status reporting as Healthy, or if there is an issue, you see details of what the issue may be.

To check if alerts are coming through, navigate to Alerts on the console page. Click the icon in the upper right to switch to grid view, then check the list for device alerts.

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