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QRadar: Should users try to standardize or normalize vendor-specific common properties with QRadar?

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Question

When creating custom properties for vendor-specific items, should users try to standardize or normalize the common properties with QRadar?

Answer

Yes.  It is a best practice to normalize vendor-specific fields into a common property within QRadar. Whenever a user wants to capture a value from a raw event as a custom property, they should aim to add an expression to an existing property with the same meaning rather than creating a net new one. A customer just getting started could begin by installing this extension from the App Exchange.  The app is a means of getting a good baseline of properties that would align with all the various content packs the QRadar content team produced.

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Modified date:
21 September 2023

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