Hosts View

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Hosts View

Note: The information in this topic applies to NetWitness Version 11.1 and later.

The Hosts view provides a list of all hosts with an Endpoint agent installed. To access this view, go to Hosts. By default, hosts are sorted based on the risk score.

Workflow

What do you want to do?

User Role	I want to ...	Show me how
Threat Hunter	review hosts with highest risk score*	Analyze Hosts Using the Risk Score
Threat Hunter	analyze hosts*	Investigating Hosts
Threat Hunter	perform adhoc scan*	Scan Hosts
Threat Hunter	review host details*	Analyze Host Details
Threat Hunter	search on snapshot*	Search Files on Host
Threat Hunter	analyze processes*	Investigating a Process
Threat Hunter	review reported anomalies*	Analyze Anomalies
Threat Hunter	analyze risky users*	Analyzing Risky Users
Threat Hunter	analyze events*	Analyzing Events
Threat Hunter	download files for deeper analysis*	Analyzing Downloaded Files
Threat Hunter	perform external lookups*	Launch an External Lookup for a File
Threat Hunter	change file status or remediate*	Changing File Status or Remediate
Threat Hunter	filter files*	Filter Host Details
Threat Hunter	isolate host from network*	Isolating Hosts from Network
Threat Hunter	download MFT*, system dump*, or process dump	Performing Host Forensics

*You can perform this task in the current view.

Related Topics

• Focusing on Endpoint Analysis
• Investigating Hosts
• Analyzing Downloaded Files
• Changing File Status or Remediate
• Investigating a Process
• Analyzing Events
• Performing Host Forensics
• Isolating Hosts from Network

Quick Look

Below is an example of the Hosts view:

1	Filter Hosts.You can filter the hosts by selecting the options in the Filters panel and create filters. For more information, see Filter Hosts.
2	Actions in the toolbar: Server drop-down list - You can select the Endpoint server or Endpoint Broker server to view the hosts. Analyze Events - Lets you investigate a particular host, IP address, username, filename, or hash to get the entire context of the activity. For more information, see Analyzing Events. Start Scan - Starts a scan for the selected hosts. Stop Scan - Stops a scan for the selected hosts. More Actions - Provides options to: Reset risk score. Delete - Lets you delete hosts manually from the user interface. After deletion, the Endpoint server does not process any request from this host. For more information, see Delete a Host. Download MFT to the server. For more information, see Performing Host Forensics. Download System Dump to the server. For more information, see System and Process Memory Dump. Isolation host from the network. For more information, see Isolating Hosts from Network. Perform remediation actions using the Remote Shell option. For more information, see Performing Host Forensics. Note: You can perform the above actions from the right-click context menu.
3	Sort Columns. Lets you sort on column titles.
4	Export to CSV - Extracts host attributes to a CSV file. For more information, see Export Host Attributes.
5	Settings Menu. You can set Hosts view preferences by selecting columns from the Settings menu. For more information, see Set Hosts Preference.
6	Show/Hide Host Properties Panel. Click a row to show or hide the Host Properties panel. It displays the following tabs: Host details - Displays the host information such as Network Interfaces, operating system, hardware and others. Risk details - Displays the distinct alerts associated with the risk score.
7	View Agent History - Displays the list of commands issued to the agent. For more information, see View Agent History.

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