External Feed Handler is for downloading and storing external cyber security indicators and threats databases from the following distributors:

The various parameters of External Feed Handler can be configured on the External Feed Handler MC component. Before starting to configure External Feed Handler, add this component to the host (see Procedure 3.2.1.3.1, Adding new configuration components to host for details).

Figure 17.1. Adding the External Feed Handler component to the host

After a successful Commit / Upload cycle, under Control service, Reload the pns-external-feed-handler.service services.