Sophos Cloud Optix
Sophos Cloud Optix is a public cloud visibility and threat response solution that detects, responds, and prevents cloud security and compliance gaps.
Types of Assets Fetched
This adapter fetches the following types of assets:
- Devices
- Users
Parameters
- Hostname or IP Address (required) - The hostname or IP address of the Sophos Cloud Optix server that Axonius can communicate with via the Required Ports.
- API Key (required) - The API key associated with a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets.
- 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.
- HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.
To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Advanced Settings
Note:
- Advanced settings can apply to either all connections of this adapter, or to a specific connection. For more detailed information, see Advanced Configuration for Adapters.
- For more general information about advanced settings, see Adapter Advanced Settings.
- Fetch Devices of sub-type device from AWS VMs (default: enabled) - Select this option to fetch AWS virtual machines as devices.
- Fetch Devices of sub-type azure_device from Azure VMs (default: enabled) - Select this option to fetch Azure virtual machines as devices.
- Fetch Devices of sub-type gcp_device from GCP VMs (default: enabled) - Select this option to fetch GCP virtual machines as devices.
- Fetch Users of sub-type user from AWS Users (default: enabled) - Select this option to fetch AWS users.
- Fetch Users of sub-type azure_user from Azure Users (default: enabled) - Select this option to fetch Azure users.
- Fetch Users of sub-type gcp_user from GCP Users (default: enabled) - Select this option to fetch GCP users.
APIs
Axonius uses the Cloud Optix Rest API V1.
Required Ports
Axonius must be able to communicate with the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address via the following ports:
- TCP port 443
Required Permissions
The value supplied in API Key must have read access to devices.
The API key can be generated by following the steps as listed below:
- Login to the Cloud Optix Web Console.
- Go to Settings via the left navigation menu.
- Click Integrations.
- Go to Sophos Cloud Optix API option.
- If you see an API key listed in the option box, you already have an API key. If you regenerate the key, the older key will become invalid and any script or tools that were using the older key will not work as desired.
- If you are generating the key for the first time or regenerating the key, please set the validity period of the key. You may set it to 6 months, 1 year or perpetual.
- Click Generate new key.
- Copy and save the API key.
Updated 14 days ago
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