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InfoWatch Traffic Monitor

InfoWatch Traffic Monitor DLP events — enterprise data leak prevention system monitoring email, web, messengers, USB devices, and printers for policy violations and sensitive data exfiltration. Generates policy violation alerts, content capture records, device control actions, print control events, system health notifications, and incident workflow updates in CEF/syslog-compatible JSON format with ECS field mapping.

Quick Start

uv tool install eventum-generator
git clone https://github.com/eventum-generator/content-packs.git
cd content-packs
eventum generate \
  --path generators/dlp-infowatch/generator.yml \
  --id dlp-infowatch \
  --live-mode true

Event Types

Event IDDescriptionFrequencyCategory
content-captureContent Capture (data channel interception)35%network
policy-violationPolicy Violation (DLP rule triggered)25%intrusion_detection
device-controlDevice Control (removable media events)12%host
system-eventSystem Event (service health and status)10%host
incident-updateIncident Update (workflow state changes)10%configuration
print-controlPrint Control (print job monitoring)8%file

Realism Features

  • Shared monotonic event ID counter across all event types for consistent ordering
  • CSV-sampled employee pool with username, full name, department, and position for realistic user attribution
  • Multi-channel content capture covering email, web uploads, messenger, USB copy, and print channels
  • DLP policy library with category names, sensitivity levels, and pattern match descriptions
  • Device inventory with vendor, model, serial number for USB and removable media events
  • Incident lifecycle with assignee, status transitions, and resolution timestamps
  • File metadata with MIME types, sizes, and content fingerprint hashes

Sample Output

{
    "@timestamp": "2026-03-07T10:22:15.000Z",
    "event": {
        "kind": "alert",
        "module": "infowatch",
        "dataset": "infowatch.dlp",
        "category": ["intrusion_detection"],
        "type": ["info"],
        "severity": 4,
        "outcome": "success"
    },
    "observer": {
        "vendor": "InfoWatch",
        "product": "Traffic Monitor",
        "version": "6.11.0.2345",
        "hostname": "IW-TM01",
        "ip": ["10.1.0.20"]
    },
    "infowatch": {
        "event_id": 500012,
        "event_type": "policy_violation",
        "channel": "email",
        "policy": {
            "name": "Confidential Documents",
            "category": "Data Protection",
            "sensitivity": "high",
            "action": "block"
        },
        "content": {
            "subject": "Q1 Financial Report",
            "recipient": "external@partner.com",
            "match_count": 3,
            "match_pattern": "Credit card numbers (PCI DSS)"
        },
        "verdict": "blocked"
    },
    "host": {
        "hostname": "DESKTOP-FIN03",
        "ip": ["10.1.10.33"],
        "os": { "name": "Windows 10", "version": "10.0.19045" },
        "domain": "CORP.ACME.COM"
    },
    "user": {
        "name": "petrov.av",
        "full_name": "Petrov Alexey V.",
        "domain": "CORP"
    },
    "file": {
        "name": "Q1_Financial_Report.xlsx",
        "size": 1482752,
        "mime_type": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
        "hash": { "sha256": "b3f1a2c4d5e6..." }
    },
    "related": {
        "hosts": ["DESKTOP-FIN03"],
        "ip": ["10.1.10.33"],
        "user": ["petrov.av"]
    }
}

Parameters

ParameterDefaultDescription
iw_version6.11.0.2345InfoWatch Traffic Monitor version
iw_serverIW-TM01InfoWatch server hostname
iw_server_ip10.1.0.20InfoWatch server IP address
domainCORP.ACME.COMActive Directory domain
organizationACME CorpOrganization name

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