AlienApp for AT&T Secure Web Gateway Actions

The AlienApp for AT&T Secure Web Gateway, powered by Zscaler, provides a set of orchestration actions that you can use to identify and categorize items to block as a response to threats identified by USM Anywhere

As USM Anywhere surfaces events Any traffic or data exchange detected by AT&T Cybersecurity products through a sensor or external devices such as a firewall., vulnerabilities, and alarms Alarms provide notification of an event or sequence of events that require attention or investigation., your team determines which items require a response action. Rather than manually tagging threats, you can use the AlienApp for AT&T Secure Web Gateway orchestration actions to enforce protection based on the information associated with the event or alarm.

Actions for the AlienApp for AT&T Secure Web Gateway
Action Description

Add to Blocked List

Add a source or destination to the Zscaler blocked list.

Add to Allowed List

Add a source or destination to the Zscaler allowed list.

Remove from Allowed List

Remove a source or destination from the Zscaler blocked list.
Add to Custom Category

Add a source or destination to a Zscaler category. Typing a category will bring up autocomplete suggestions of existing categories.

When selecting this action, the Select Action window will also display two additional links at the bottom on the window.

Click the Search for existing categories link to see if the IP address is currently associated with any categories.

Click the URL Lookup link to obtain further information about the IP address such as the type of address and whether or not Zscaler has any registered security alerts associated with it.

To view information about these actions in USM Anywhere

  1. In USM Anywhere, go to Data Sources > AlienApps.
  2. Click the Available Apps tab.
  3. Search for the AlienApp, and then click the tile.
  4. Click the Actions tab to display information for the supported actions.
  5. Click the History tab to display information about the executed orchestration actions.

Launch Actions from USM Anywhere

You can launch an action directly from alarms or events. If you want to apply an action to similar events that occur in the future, you can also create orchestration rules directly from the action applied to an alarm or event.

To launch an AT&T Secure Web Gateway orchestration action for an alarm

  1. Go to Activity > Alarms or Acitvity > Events.
  2. Click the alarm or event to open the details.
  3. Click Select Action.

  4. In the Select Action dialog box, select the AT&T Secure Web Gateway tile.

  5. For the App Action, select the action you want to launch.

    You can launch an action to add or remove an IP address to the allowed list, add an IP address to the blocked list, or add the IP address to a custom category.

    Additional fields will be populated based on the action you've selected. Fill out the necessary fields for the app action.

  6. Enter the name of the category you want the IP added to, if applicable.

  7. Click Run.

    After USM Anywhere initiates the action for an alarm or event, it displays a confirmation dialog box.

    If you want to create a rule to apply the action to similar items that occur in the future, click Create rule for similar alarms or Create rule for similar events and define the new rule. If not, click OK.