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Cortex XDR 5.x

Automation Exclusion Center permissions

Configure permissions for Automation Exclusion Center.

Controls access to the Automation Exclusion Center (Settings → Configurations → Automation → Automation Exclusion Center), which prevents a command or script from a remediation action. For more information, see Automation Exclusion Center.

Permission
Description
Roles Example

None

Cannot access the Automation Exclusion Center, view any exclusion policies, or view excluded assets.

SOC Tier 1: Do not need to view exclusion policies or excluded assets.

View

Can access the Automation Exclusion Center (read-only), view exclusion policies, excluded assets and counts, and view policy compliance status.

SOC Tier 2 and 3 Analysts and Threat Hunters: Need View access to help understand automation behavior.

View/Edit

All View capabilities, plus create new exclusion policies, edit existing policies, delete policies, manage asset exclusions, and update policy rules.

Security Engineers: Need to configure automation behavior and permissions.

Required and recommended permissions

Consider adding the following permissions:

Permission
Permission Level
Reason

Playbooks

Enabled

Strongly recommended to understand which playbooks are impacted by exclusions.

Scripts

Enabled

Strongly recommended for Playbooks; exclusions may reference scripts.

Cases & Issues

View or View/Edit

Exclusions applied to cases (need context). View/Edit Recommended to trigger playbooks. Helps manage exclusions effectively. Strongly recommended.

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