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Adaptive Security

Adaptive Security is a security awareness and phishing simulation platform that provides human risk management, employee training, and behavioral analytics to reduce social engineering and email-borne threats.

Use Cases the Adapter Solves

  • Monitor Security Awareness Training Coverage: Track which employees have completed security awareness training and identify gaps in your organization's human risk management program.
  • Identify High-Risk Users: Detect users with elevated risk scores based on phishing simulation results and behavioral analytics to prioritize security interventions.

Asset Types Fetched

  • Users

Data Retrieved through the Adapter

Users - Fields such as Username, Email Address, First Name, Last Name, Department

Before You Begin

Required Ports

  • TCP port 443 (HTTPS)

Authentication Methods

API Bearer Token Authentication

APIs

Axonius uses the Adaptive Security API v2. The following endpoints are called:

  • GET /v2/users - Retrieves user information including security awareness training status and risk scores

Required Permissions

Users should ensure their API token has access to the /v2/users endpoint. Contact your Adaptive Security administrator or support to confirm the API token has the necessary permissions for user data retrieval as the specific permissions required are not documented in the official Adaptive Security API documentation.

Supported From Version

Supported from Axonius version 8.0.22

Connecting the Adapter in Axonius

Navigate to the Adapters page, search for Adaptive Security, and click on the adapter tile.

Click Add Connection.

To connect the adapter in Axonius, provide the following parameters:

Required Parameters

  1. API Domain/Base URL - The base URL for your Adaptive Security API instance. Example: https://api.adaptivesecurity.com
  2. Bearer Token - The API Bearer token for authentication. Generate this token from your Adaptive Security dashboard under Settings > API, refer to Authentication.
Adaptive Security image

Optional Parameters

  1. Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
  2. HTTPS Proxy - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.
  3. HTTPS Proxy User Name - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in API Domain/Base URL via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
  4. HTTPS Proxy Password - The password to use when connecting to the server using the HTTPS Proxy.

To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Updated about 2 hours ago