Event Fields

Event Fields

Field Name	Example Values	Field Type	Notes
event_code	4624, 1	keyword	Vendor-provided numeric event defined by the vendor representing the source message type, e.g. EventCode/Event ID for Microsoft
event_created	2020-02-20 08:00:00, 1602080607	date	Date/time that the event was created
event_duration	10293874	long	Length of time in seconds for the event being described
event_end	2021-03-26T11:25:13.113UTC	date	Date/time that event concluded
event_error_code	0xC00008	keyword	Vendor-provided error code associated with the current message
event_error_description	ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, Not Found	keyword	Description of error associated with the current message
event_log_name	security, auth.log	keyword	Reference to log - “Security” “auth.log”, etc.
event_observer_hostname		keyword/loweronly	Hostname or FQDN of a system such as an IDS or IPS that generates an message (such as an alert) based on inspection of a thing, such as network traffic.
event_observer_id	234cd78sc	keyword	Unique ID of the Observer Device, Serial Number, etc
event_observer_ip	10.1.2.3, fe80:5cc3:11:4::2c	ip	IP address of the event observer
event_observer_uid		keyword	Unique identifier (such as a serial number or asset ID) associated with the event observer
event_received_time	2020-02-20 08:00:00, 1602080607	date	Date/time that the event was received by the reporting host. Normally applicable to logs relayed by a centralized log server.
event_repeat_count	5, 3, 9185	long	Count of times a message has been repeated - provided by log creator/processor
event_reporter		keyword	System that delivered the message to Graylog - a WEC server, syslog collector, etc.
event_source		keyword	Source system that generated the event
event_source_api_version		keyword	API version of source where logs are collected via API
event_source_product	windows, linux, okta	keyword	System responsible for generating the event, e.g. “windows”, “okta”, etc.
event_start	2020-02-20 08:00:00, 1602080607	date	Beginning time of an event described in a log message, usually associated with an event that has a duration.
event_uid	1123523564, 0122e2b3-9923-11ea-ab51-061b68b4ca16	keyword	Unique identification associated with a single event/message (e.g, “record number” from Windows event logs, a Graylog message ID)

Derived and Enriched Fields (values will be derived or added from external sources)

Field Name	Example Values	Field Type	Notes
event_action	authenticate, change, alert, network	keyword	This field has been deprecated. Message categorization uses the gim_event_type_code field.
event_outcome	success, failure	keyword
event_severity	critical, high, medium, low, informational	keyword	This will be added by Illuminate Core if only the event_severity_level is defined. This can be mapped from vendor severity levels that do not use the same severity definitions.
event_severity_level	1-5	byte	Numeric representation of the severity rating of the source message: 5 = Critical, 4 = High, 3 = Medium, 2 = Low, 1 = Informational. This will be added by Illuminate core when only event_severity is defined.