Network Monitoring

Last published : Oct 14, 2026
The ESA Threat Detection rules for monitoring network activity are Citrix vendor rules\.

Network Rules

The rules in this section detect suspicious behavior related to network operations\.
  • Suspicious network target names
  • PowerShell outbound network connections
  • Suspicious outbound Kerberos connections
  • PowerShell remoting
  • Detect network connects from suspicious sources
  • Detect network connects from Windows processes
  • Detect network connects from third\-party tools
  • RDP connects from non\-RDP software, indicating lateral movement
  • Detect network connects to suspicious ports
  • Detect network connects to 80 and 443 from non\-browser applications