August 11, 2023

New release Sycope v 2.3

Sycope introduces a new release Sycope v 2.3. Includes user scripts enabling seamless integration with external systems.

Sycope introduces a new version of its network traffic and security monitoring software 

 

Includes user scripts enabling seamless integration with external systems.

User Scripts

Added a new functionality called User Scripts which allows for automatic communication by POST json message with external systems using the REST Client. This allows for sending Alerts to external systems and applications

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Advanced Custom Aggregations

Added a new functionality of Advanced Custom Aggregations. Being an evolution of creating Custom Aggregations, the Advanced ones can be used to set a dynamic key field value and any metric for them (for performance reasons, max recommended value equals 3) and any metric (for performance reasons, max recommended value equals 6).

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Playground

Added a new functionality called the Playground. The User can now easily test the NQL queries, the looks and functioning of the search bar query, as well as the produced results. This can be achieved through plain NQL code written from scratch or with the examples provided here: https://documentation.sycope.com/NQL/NQL_examples.

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Rule Creator

The Rule Creator has been expanded and improved. The Thresholds section has become a simple graphical wizard which allows the user to create groups for better graphical representation of data. The Rule Creator has also been equipped with the Preview tab for previewing the created Threshold elements in text form

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Simplified search bar

The Search bar operation has been simplified. The User can now view the selected elements in convenient, editable tiles

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  • Added a functionality of NQL Macros which are a type of user-defined NQL variables
  • Added system favorite filters which have been developed by our engineers and are available out of the box
  • Added new, predefined time ranges
  • Added predefined baselines
  • Added the ability to easily create rules based on a widget
  • Added a new top bar
  • Added aggregation - unwinding of a collection
  • Added names and descriptions of placeholders in e-mail templates
  • Added live preview of e-mail templates
  • Added the ability to use placeholders in text e-mail mode - hints
  • Added new placeholders, e.g. links to raw data view with provided reasons for generated alerts
  • Added Tag lookup - searching tags according to names instead of IDs
  • Added division of comparison operators into simple and advanced
  • Added new drilldown option – substitution of widgets
  • Added ability of establishing an ad hoc locked state for a widget
  • Added Baseline based on collectors
  • Added deactivation option (turning on/off) of the custom fields
  • Added filters based on saved fields (based on lookups)
  • Added Heatmap Widget
  • Added DNS resolve per widget
  • Added Labels on a single axis in the radar graph
  • Added Global info about a required restart
  • Added Widget "quick" options in the widget card
  • Added lookups import
  • Added export of collectors and retention
  • Added hover for the top menu
  • Added internal scroll in the wizards
  • Added privacy settings for user account object
  • Added axis configuration on graphs
  • Added a new type of the Scatter graph
  • Added Join Categories option in grid charts
  • Added Full CSV Export
  • Added limits per category
  • Added a value option to lookup from the context menu
  • Added a value option to input/output filters in alerts from the context menu
  • Added dependence from the GUI heartbeat for Collectors
  • Added transferring of the tabs to the side menu + drag&drop
  • Added the Keep Filters option in the statistics
  • Added temporary turning off/deactivation of a rule - in relation to service windows
  • Added advanced options to the widget filter
  • Added the ability in the tables to change the default stream while filtering
  • Added the ability in the tables to define if it is possible to add data from a given column to the filter with the use of the plus button

Other Changes

  • Change of the layout for the baseline configuration
  • Change of the manner of highlighting an element of a widget
  • Drag&drop in the tabs instead of arrows in the wizard -> targeted for the side list instead of tabs

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