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# Identity Analytics

Cortex XDR enables you to investigate suspicious user activity information using Identity Analytics. When enabled, Identity Analytics aggregates and displays user profile information, activity, and alerts associated with a user-based Analytics type alert and Analytics BIOC rule.

To easily track the alerts and Analytics BIOC rules, Cortex XDR displays an **Identity Analytics** tag in the **Alerts** table > **Alert Name** field and **Analytics BIOC Rules** table > **Name** field. In the **Analytics Alert View**, when selecting the **User** node, Cortex XDR details the active directory group, organizational unit, role, logins, hosts, alerts, and process executions associated with the user.

To enable Identity Analytics, you must first:

* Set Up Cloud Identity Engine (formally Directory Sync Services (DSS))
* Activate Cortex XDR Analytics

After configuring your Cloud Identity Engine instance and Cortex XDR Analytics, select **Settings (**![403822\_spr.png](/files/4zBU9kIc2XhYsvGKX8MU)**)** → **Configurations** → **Cortex XDR - Analytics**, and in the **Featured in Analytics** section, **Enable** Identity Analytics.


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