Check IP reputation and alert your SOC team automatically

When a Splunk alert flags a suspicious IP, the system checks it against VirusTotal and AlienVault and notifies your team.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2) · Synchronisation (3) · Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Email AutomationMessaging & NotificationsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
SplunkVirusTotalAlienVault OTXSlackServiceNowGmail

The problem it solves

When a security alert flags a suspicious IP, your analysts have to manually check it against multiple threat intelligence sources before deciding what to do. That lookup process eats time during an active investigation, and it's easy for something risky to fall through the cracks.

Who it fits

Security operations teams who need fast, consistent triage on suspicious IPs flagged by their monitoring tools.

How it works

  1. A Splunk alert flags a suspicious IP
  2. The system checks the IP's reputation and history in VirusTotal and AlienVault OTX
  3. The findings are merged into a single threat summary
  4. Based on the severity, an alert goes to Slack, a ticket opens in ServiceNow, or a report is emailed to the SOC inbox
What you get

Attacks caught before they do damage

You get a security team that spots and flags dangerous IP addresses the moment they show up, keeping suspicious activity from slipping through unnoticed.

What you get

A consolidated threat summary and, depending on severity, a Slack alert, ServiceNow ticket, or emailed report.

What you need

A Splunk account, VirusTotal and AlienVault OTX API keys, and Slack, Gmail, or ServiceNow accounts.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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