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FireEye HX Launch Aligns with Implementation Plan

Created a tool entitled Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance.psm1 to assess and verify the deployment of FireEye Endpoint Security (HX) within a corporate setting. In this report, I've included a strategy for implementing FireEye HX in your corporate environment. FireEye Endpoint Security (HX) is a tool...

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FireEye HX Introduction Follows Predefined Deployment Blueprint
FireEye HX Introduction Follows Predefined Deployment Blueprint

FireEye HX Launch Aligns with Implementation Plan

In a corporate environment, ensuring the successful deployment and operational health of FireEye Helix Endpoint Security (HX) agents is crucial. To simplify this task, the Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance PowerShell module has been developed. This tool is designed to test and verify the deployment and status of FireEye HX agents across endpoint computers.

Testing FireEye HX Rollout with Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance

The Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance tool performs various checks to ensure a smooth FireEye HX rollout.

  1. Agent Presence Check: The tool detects the presence of the FireEye HX agent on target endpoints by querying the system registry, installed programs, or service presence.
  2. Service Status Verification: It checks if the FireEye HX services are running correctly on each endpoint, including the agent service and associated background processes.
  3. Configuration Compliance: The module validates if the agent configuration on endpoints matches the corporate compliance policy, such as correct server connectivity, update settings, and policy assignments.
  4. Connectivity and Communication Tests: The tool tests network communication between the endpoint agent and FireEye HX management servers, ensuring proper data flow.
  5. Version and Update Status: It retrieves installed agent software version and ensures agents are updated to the corporate-mandated version.

Tasks Performed on HX Endpoint Computers

The tool performs several tasks on HX endpoint computers to gather system and agent information, query agent health and logs, run compliance checks, and report results.

  1. Gathering System and Agent Information: It collects endpoint details such as hostname, OS version, and agent version.
  2. Querying Agent Health and Logs: The tool retrieves diagnostic information and logs from the FireEye HX agent to identify operational issues.
  3. Running Compliance Checks: It executes scripts or commands that verify the agent adheres to security policies and is functioning as intended.
  4. Reporting: The tool compiles and exports results in reports or dashboard formats, highlighting compliant and non-compliant endpoints.

Deployment Strategy for FireEye HX Cloud (xAgt 26.21.8) Rollout

To ensure a successful rollout, it is recommended to plan the deployment strategy accordingly. This includes scheduling scripts for the Mandiant Endpoint xAgent Application to run at specific times, such as 7AM and 8PM, and whitelisting necessary files using SCCM Antimalware exclusion policies to prevent potential conflicts with antivirus and host-based intrusion detection software.

Included with the compliance analysis is the xagt service troubleshooting log file, which can be accessed centrally from the FireEye HX Cloud (xAgt 26.21.8) by visiting http://sccmserver/Reports/ and searching for the report 'All application deployments (basic)'.

During each deployment phase, a corporate email should be sent to communicate the associated deployment phases, and workstations and servers targeted for deployment are assumed to be left on and connected to the corporate network during their respective phase windows.

The tool, Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance.psm1, is developed to test and confirm a FireEye Endpoint Security (HX) rollout in a corporate environment. It remotely invokes a test routine to gather data from an HX endpoint perspective, tests the xagt service, checks egress access on ports 443 and 80 to the FireEye HX Cloud Connector, outputs any Web Proxy PAC configuration file URLs, if configured, and continues testing the next FireEye HX endpoint computer supplied in the array.

In summary, the Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance tool automates the process of auditing FireEye HX agent deployment and operational health across corporate endpoints to ensure full rollout compliance, proper configuration, and connectivity to the central security infrastructure.

  1. The Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance tool, designed for data-and-cloud-computing environments, automates the auditing of cybersecurity solutions like FireEye HX agents, ensuring their successful deployment and operational health.
  2. In the context of technology development, the Run-DGMFireEyeHXCompliance tool provides features such as agent presence checks, service status verification, configuration compliance, connectivity and communication tests, update status checks, and more, all aimed at ensuring a smooth cybersecurity solution deployment.

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