Alert Notifications permissions

Control access to Cortex AgentiX alert notification settings and forwarding.

Controls access to configure notification rules, templates, and external integration forwarding.

• Configurations: Manage rules through Settings → Configuration → General → Notifications: Includes main notification rules and user notifications.

• External forwarding: Configure through Settings → Configuration → Integrations → External Applications.

Caution

Configuring alert notifications requires underlying infrastructure. For Slack or Email, users need access to the Integrations permissions.

Permission	Description	Roles Example
None	No access to notification configuration.	SOC Tier-1 or SOC Tier-2 Analyst: Typically don't need to configure notifications or check notification forwarding destinations. Threat Hunter: Notification configuration is not typically part of threat hunting.
View	Read-only access to notification settings.	SOC Tier-3 Analyst: May review notification forwarding.
View/Edit	Full access to create, modify, and delete notification forwarding.	Security Engineer: Often responsible for configuring notification integrations.

Required and recommended permissions

Consider adding the following permissions:

Permission	Permission Level	Reason
Cases & Issues	View	Notifications can be configured for case-related events; understanding case workflow is essential. Strongly recommended.
Integrations	View	Provides visibility into integration health. Consider View/Edit to configure new integration instances used by notification channels. Strongly recommended.
Query Center	View	Query notification-related data and troubleshoot notification delivery. Recommended.
Auditing	View	Track changes to notification configurations for compliance. Recommended.
Dashboards	Enabled	View notification-related dashboards and delivery metrics. Recommended.