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[Deprecated] McAfee Network Security Platform
Description
The [McAfee® Network Security Platform](https://www.mcafee.com/enterprise/en-us/products/network-security-platform.html) data connector provides the capability to ingest [McAfee® Network Security Platform events](https://docs.mcafee.com/bundle/network-security-platform-10.1.x-integration-guide-unmanaged/page/GUID-8C706BE9-6AC9-4641-8A53-8910B51207D8.html) into Microsoft Sentinel. Refer to [McAfee® Network Security Platform](https://docs.mcafee.com/bundle/network-security-platform-10.1.x-integration-guide-unmanaged/page/GUID-F7D281EC-1CC9-4962-A7A3-5A9D9584670E.html) for more information.
- Declared status
- 1
- Declared author / publisher
- McAfee
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Data types
Declared permissions
read and write permissions are required.
Workspace
Workspace
Connector instructions
Content published in the repository. Refer to the original file for all parameters.
>**NOTE:** This data connector depends on a parser based on a Kusto Function to work as expected [**McAfeeNSPEvent**](https://aka.ms/sentinel-mcafeensp-parser) which is deployed with the Microsoft Sentinel Solution.
>**NOTE:** This data connector has been developed using McAfee® Network Security Platform version: 10.1.x
1. Install and onboard the agent for Linux or Windows
Install the agent on the Server where the McAfee® Network Security Platform logs are forwarded.
> Logs from McAfee® Network Security Platform Server deployed on Linux or Windows servers are collected by **Linux** or **Windows** agents.
Choose where to install the Linux agent:
Install agent on Azure Linux Virtual Machine
Select the machine to install the agent on and then click **Connect**.
Install agent on a non-Azure Linux Machine
Download the agent on the relevant machine and follow the instructions.
Choose where to install the Windows agent:
Install agent on Azure Windows Virtual Machine
Select the machine to install the agent on and then click **Connect**.
Install agent on a non-Azure Windows Machine
Download the agent on the relevant machine and follow the instructions.
2. Configure McAfee® Network Security Platform event forwarding
Follow the configuration steps below to get McAfee® Network Security Platform logs into Microsoft Sentinel.
1. [Follow these instructions](https://docs.mcafee.com/bundle/network-security-platform-10.1.x-product-guide/page/GUID-E4A687B0-FAFB-4170-AC94-1D968A10380F.html) to forward alerts from the Manager to a syslog server.
2. Add a syslog notification profile, [more details here](https://docs.mcafee.com/bundle/network-security-platform-10.1.x-product-guide/page/GUID-5BADD5D7-21AE-4E3B-AEE2-A079F3FD6A38.html). This is mandatory. While creating profile, to make sure that events are formatted correctly, enter the following text in the Message text box:
<SyslogAlertForwarderNSP>:|SENSOR_ALERT_UUID|ALERT_TYPE|ATTACK_TIME|ATTACK_NAME|ATTACK_ID
|ATTACK_SEVERITY|ATTACK_SIGNATURE|ATTACK_CONFIDENCE|ADMIN_DOMAIN|SENSOR_NAME|INTERFACE
|SOURCE_IP|SOURCE_PORT|DESTINATION_IP|DESTINATION_PORT|CATEGORY|SUB_CATEGORY
|DIRECTION|RESULT_STATUS|DETECTION_MECHANISM|APPLICATION_PROTOCOL|NETWORK_PROTOCOL|
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
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629d1d3↗- Source identifier
McAfeeNSP
Additional source files 1
Solutions/McAfee Network Security Platform/Data Connectors/McAfeeNSP.jsonsource ↗GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC