Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Security (SES) protects laptops, desktops, and servers in your network against malware, risks, and vulnerabilities. The Balbix integration with Broadcom SES ingests IT infrastructure assets, software and vulnerabilities discovered by Broadcom SES.
Balbix leverages AI to aggregate, normalize, and deduplicate ingested data, along with information integrated from your existing IT and cybersecurity tools. This creates a unified view of your entire asset inventory, including vulnerabilities and their business and operational context. Balbix’s AI models then analyze this data to provide insights such as deployment gap analysis, risk-based vulnerability prioritization (with detailed ranking and scoring), and risk quantification. This process delivers a comprehensive assessment of risk, whether for a single asset, groups of assets, or your entire enterprise, enabling more informed and effective security decisions.
Integration summary
This table provides a summary of the Balbix integration for the Broadcom SES connector.
Integration Type | Fetch: An inbound API integration used to fetch infrastructure assets, software, CVE vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. |
Types of Assets Fetched | Host devices including servers, virtual machines, desktops, laptops. |
Types of Data Fetched | Asset names, hardware information, interface information (MAC address, IP address), OS information, BIOS information, system information, CVE information (CVE name, CVE description, CVE ID), custom vulnerability information (custom vulnerability name, custom vulnerability state). |
Prerequisites
To configure the Balbix connector, first create Broadcom SES API credentials with the appropriate permissions. These credentials are required for completing the configuration process. Here are the steps you need to complete:
Get access to the Broadcom SES API: Add a client application to generate the necessary OAuth credentials for API access.
Get OAuth credentials
The Authentication API uses the OAuth credentials to generate a bearer token for subsequent API calls. Follow these steps to generate OAuth credentials:
Log in to your Symantec Endpoint Security console.
Select Integration > Client Applications.
Select Add Client Application.
Enter a name for the application and click Add.
On the client application details screen, select the desired privileges for your client application and click Save.
Select the ellipsis and select Client Secret.
Click the copy icon to save the OAuth Credentials securely for later use when configuring the SES connector in Balbix.
Set up your SES connector
After completing the prerequisites, follow these steps to configure your Balbix connector for Broadcom SES.
API reference documentation
For more information about the SES API, see the following references: