SecurityScorecardEventCollector

Overview

SecurityScorecard provides security ratings and risk assessments for organizations by continuously monitoring their external attack surface. It evaluates domains across multiple security factors including network security, DNS health, patching cadence, endpoint security, and more.

This integration collects history events from SecurityScorecard for security monitoring and compliance purposes in your Cortex XSIAM environment. Each event is enriched with detailed information from the event’s detail URL.

Authentication

This integration uses API token-based authentication.

Creating an API Token

1. In SecurityScorecard, click your profile avatar and select My Settings.
2. Select the API tab in the left settings pane and then click Generate New API Token.
3. Click Confirm to generate the token.
4. Copy the token and store it securely.

Important: API Keys do not expire on their own. Creating a new token invalidates any previously created token. You will need to replace the older API key with the new one for your integrations to continue working with SecurityScorecard.

Before You Start

Before configuring the integration, ensure you have:

1. A valid SecurityScorecard account with API access.
2. An API token generated from your SecurityScorecard account settings.
3. The domain identifier (scorecard identifier) you want to monitor (e.g., google.com).

Configure SecurityScorecard Event Collector in Cortex

1. Navigate to Settings > Configurations > Automation & Feed Integrations.
2. Search for SecurityScorecard Event Collector.
3. Click Add instance to create and configure a new integration instance.

Parameter	Description	Required
Server URL	The SecurityScorecard API base URL. Default: https://api.securityscorecard.io	True
API Token	The API token for authenticating with SecurityScorecard. Generated from My Settings > API tab.	True
Scorecard Identifier	The domain identifier for the scorecard to monitor. Example: google.com	True
Fetch events	Whether to automatically fetch events.	False
Maximum number of events per fetch	Maximum number of events to fetch per cycle. Default: 1000	False
First fetch time	How far back to fetch events on the first run. Example: 3 days, 7 days, 1 day Default: 3 days	False
Trust any certificate (not secure)	When selected, the integration will not verify SSL certificates.	False
Use system proxy settings	When selected, the integration will use the system proxy settings.	False

1. Click Test to validate the connection.
2. Click Save & exit.

Rate Limits

The SecurityScorecard API enforces rate limits to ensure system stability and prevent abuse:

• Each client can make up to 5,000 requests per hour over a rolling 60-minute window.
• If the rate limit is exceeded, the API returns a 429 Too Many Requests response with a Retry-After header specifying the number of seconds to wait.

How the Integration Handles Rate Limits

The integration handles rate limits gracefully in two scenarios:

1. Rate limit on history events API: If the rate limit is hit when fetching the list of events, the integration skips the current fetch cycle and waits for the next one.

2. Rate limit on detail URL enrichment: Each event includes a detail_url that provides additional information. If the rate limit is hit while fetching these details, the integration:

   • Sends all events that were successfully enriched to Cortex XSIAM.
   • Updates the last run checkpoint based on the last enriched event.
   • Defers remaining events to the next fetch cycle.

Event Structure

Each collected event contains the following fields:

Field	Description
id	Unique identifier of the event.
date	Timestamp of the event (ISO 8601 format).
event_type	Type of the event (e.g., issues).
group_status	Status of the issue group (active or resolved).
issue_count	Number of issues in the event.
total_score_impact	Total score impact of the event.
issue_type	The type of issue (e.g., outdated_browser, unsafe_sri_v2).
severity	Severity level (low, medium, high, critical).
factor	The security factor (e.g., endpoint_security, application_security).
detail_url	URL for detailed event information.
detail_url_response	Enriched response from the detail URL API call.

Cortex XSIAM Mapping

• _time field is mapped from the event’s date field.
• Vendor: SecurityScorecard
• Product: SecurityScorecard

Deduplication

The integration uses a high-water mark deduplication strategy:

• After each fetch cycle, the integration saves the most recent event date and the IDs of all events sharing that date.
• On the next fetch cycle, events with those IDs are filtered out to prevent duplicates.
• This ensures no events are missed even when multiple events share the same timestamp.

Commands

You can execute these commands from the Cortex CLI, as part of an automation, or in a playbook.

securityscorecard-get-events

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Gets history events from SecurityScorecard. This command is used for developing/debugging and should be used with caution, as it can create duplicate events and exceed API rate limits.

Base Command

securityscorecard-get-events

Input

Argument Name	Description	Required
date_from	The start time to fetch events from. Supports relative time (e.g., “3 days ago”, “1 week”) or specific absolute dates (ISO 8601 format).	Optional
date_to	The end time to fetch events until. Supports relative time (e.g., “now”, “1 hour ago”) or specific absolute dates (ISO 8601 format).	Optional
limit	Maximum number of events to retrieve. Default is 1000.	Optional
should_push_events	Set to true to push events to XSIAM. Use with caution to avoid duplicates. Possible values are: true, false. Default is false.	Optional

Context Output

Path	Type	Description
SecurityScorecard.Event.id	Number	Unique identifier of the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.date	Date	Timestamp of the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.event_type	String	Type of the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.factor	String	The security factor associated with the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.severity	String	Severity level of the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.issue_type	String	The type of issue.
SecurityScorecard.Event.group_status	String	Status of the issue group (active/resolved).
SecurityScorecard.Event.issue_count	Number	Number of issues in the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.total_score_impact	Number	Total score impact of the event.
SecurityScorecard.Event.detail_url	String	URL for detailed event information.
SecurityScorecard.Event.detail_url_response	Unknown	Response from the detail URL API call.

Command Example

!securityscorecard-get-events date_from="3 days ago" limit=10

Human Readable Output

SecurityScorecard Event Collector Events

id	date	event_type	factor	severity	issue_type	group_status
23751008	2026-03-18T15:06:17.467Z	issues	endpoint_security	high	outdated_browser	resolved
37991923	2026-03-18T15:06:17.467Z	issues	application_security	low	unsafe_sri_v2	active