Cohesity Helios

Introduction

By integrating Cohesity Helios with ThreatDefence via the Cohesity Helios REST API (Alerts Endpoint), you can seamlessly ingest alert and anomaly event data into ThreatDefence for centralized monitoring and response.

This integration enhances visibility into:

• Ransomware and anomaly detection alerts

• Data protection and backup infrastructure health

• Policy violations and configuration drift

• Storage and cluster-level security events

It enables more effective detection of data exfiltration attempts, backup tampering, and compliance violations across your Cohesity environment.

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Requirements

• Access to your Cohesity Helios management console (helios.cohesity.com)

• An active Helios account with minimum Read-Only/View permissions to generate API Key. The generated key will have sufficient privileges to read alerts

• Network connectivity from ThreatDefence to the Cohesity Helios API endpoint

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Step 1. Generate a Helios API Key

1. Sign in to your Cohesity Helios dashboard at helios.cohesity.com.

2. Click your user profile icon in the top-right corner and select API Access.

3. Click Generate API Key.

4. Enter a descriptive name for the key (e.g., ThreatDefence-Integration) and confirm.

5. Copy the generated API key and store it securely — it will not be shown again.

For more information on managing API keys, refer to the official Cohesity documentation: Cohesity Helios API Key Management

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Step 2. Configure ThreatDefence Integration

Provide the following information to your ThreatDefence representative at [e-mail]:

• Helios API Key

• Cluster ID(s) to monitor

• Alert severity filter preferences (e.g., Critical, Warning, Info)

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Support

For questions or assistance, please contact: 📧 [e-mail]