Cortex XDR Analytics permissions

Configure permissions for Cortex XDR Analytics.

Controls access to the Analytics Engine configuration page through Settings → Configurations → Cortex-Analytics.

Caution

This permission strictly controls access to enable or configure the backend Analytics engines. It does not control analytics rules management. Analytics rules (such as BIOCs and Correlation rules) are managed through the Detection Rules permission under the Threat Management section

On-demand analytics

Cortex XDR Analytics (on-demand analytics) includes the following:

• Cortex Analytics Engine: Analyzes your endpoint data to develop a baseline and raise Analytics and Analytics BIOC alerts when anomalies and malicious behaviors are detected.

• Identity Analytics: Allows the Cortex Analytics engine to aggregate and display user profile details, activities, and alerts related to a user-based Analytics type alert and Analytics BIOC rule during an investigation.

  Notice

  Requires the Identity Analytics add-on.

• AI Detection & Response: Gain visibility into AI/ML usage in the cloud with a new dashboard that highlights related issues and cases.

For more information, see Cortex XDR - Analytics.

Permission	Description	Roles Example
None	No access to the Cortex-Analytics page.	SOC Tier-1 Analyst: No need to access or modify analytics configuration.
View	Read-only access to the Cortex-Analytics page. Can see the status, but the enable buttons are disabled.	SOC Tier-2 and 3 Analysts: Should understand analytics settings during investigations Threat Hunter: May need to understand analytics coverage during threat hunting.
View/Edit	Full access to the Cortex-Analytics page, including enabling Cortex Analytics, Identity Analytics, and AI Detection & Response.	Security Engineer: Often responsible for tuning analytics detection settings

Required and recommended permissions

Consider adding the following permissions:

Permission	Permission Level	Reason
Detection rules	View	View: View analytics rules (BIOC, Correlation) that the analytics engine processes. Strongly Recommended. View/Edit: Consider View/Edit if creating and modifying analytics rules. Recommended. Note If users need to create or modify these rules, they must have View/Edit for Detection Rules and View/Edit for the Query Center.
Agent Administrations	View	View agent count and status. Strongly Recommended.
Cases & Issues	View	Analytics-generated alerts create cases that feed into case management. Strongly Recommended.
Auditing	View	Track analytics configuration changes for compliance. Recommended.
Dashboards	Enabled	View analytics dashboards showing detection coverage and engine performance. Recommended.
Forensics	View	Investigate analytics-generated alerts with forensic data. Recommended.
Host Insights	View	Correlate analytics detections with host-level context. Recommended.
Action Center	View	View response actions triggered by analytics-generated issues. Recommended.