The sender of an email or the caller number for a VoIP log. Must relate to a specific user, or unique address in the case of a phone call or email.
Data Type
String
Aliases
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Use |
Alias |
|---|---|
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Client Console Full Name |
Sender |
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Client Console Short Name |
Not applicable |
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Web Console Tab/Name |
Sender |
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Elasticsearch Field Name |
sender |
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Rule Builder Column Name |
Sender |
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Regex Pattern |
<sender> |
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NetMon Name |
Not applicable |
Field Relationships
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Recipient
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Subject
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Session
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Session Type
Common Applications
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Email logs
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VoIP logs
Use Case
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Identify spam traffic by looking at top senders of email.
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Track ransomware back to source/spread pattern.
MPE/Data Masking Manipulations
Mapped to Sender Identity.
Usage Standards
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Sender shall not be used for identifying the direction of network traffic or network zones.
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Only used for origin email, origin caller, chat, instant messaging, or other communication mediums, such as
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AOL Instant Messenger
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IRC
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Lync
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Skype
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Google Hangouts
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Fax
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Examples
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ColdFusion Mailsent Log
"Information","scheduler-2","12/28/11","09:14:33",,"Mail: 'Web site submission from Donna Hirt' From:'NoReply@recordflow.biz' To:'mcoffman@sagepointadvisor.com' was successfully sent using mta23.colo.lan"
From email parsed appropriately.
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Cisco Telepresence Video Communications Server
04 26 2016 16:40:14 1.1.1.1 <USER:NOTE> 2016-04-26T16:40:14-04:00 radvcsx tvcs: Event="Call Attempted" Service="SIP" Src-ip="1.1.1.1" Src-port="1196" Src-alias-type="SIP" Src-alias="sip:pete_store@Host5" Dst-alias-type="SIP" Dst-alias="sip:dpack@Host5" Call-serial-number="d415c736-fd67-47fd-8d0a-892b1a351460" Tag="02e3b418-f67b-408b-92b2-adafea551e32" Protocol="TLS" Auth="NO" Level="1" UTCTime="2016-04-26 20:40:14,467"
Src-Alias in this case a VoIP call origin.
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Cisco Unified Comm Mgr (Call Mgr)
05 22 2012 15:05:49 1.1.1.1 <LOC7:WARN> 750: May 22 2012 20:05:49.41 UTC : %UC_CALLMANAGER-4-MaliciousCall: %[Called Party Number=2755][Called Device Name=SEP002414B3815B][Called Display Name=Jason Riggins][Calling Party Number=2378][Calling Device Name=recflow00001][Calling Display Name=recflow Test][App ID=Cisco CallManager][Cluster ID=StandAloneCluster][Node ID=rec-flow-001]: A malicious call has been identified
Another VoIP call origin.