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# Threat Intelligence permission - API configuration
Controls access to the configuration page for external threat intelligence API keys (Virus Total) on Settings → Configurations → Integrations → Threat Intelligence. This configuration enables the enrichment of indicators within the tenant using Virus Total.
| Permission | Description | Role Example |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| None | The user cannot access or view the Threat Intelligence configuration page. | SOC Tier-1 Analyst: Uses TI data but doesn't configure. |
| View | Users can see if a VirusTotal API key is configured but cannot add, edit, or test the key. | SOC Tier-2 and 3 Analysts: May need to review TI configurations. |
| View/Edit | Full access to add, edit, test, and save VirusTotal API key configurations. | - Threat Hunter: Configure and use TI feeds
- Security Engineer: Configure TI feed integrations.
|
#### Required and recommended permissions
Managing threat intelligence effectively requires access to the modules that consume this data. Consider adding the following permissions:
| Permission | Permission Level | Reason |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Threat Intelligence | View/Edit | Strongly recommended to access the Threat Intel module to manage indicators and IOCs that consume TI data. |
| Detection Rules | View/Edit | Strongly recommended to manage IOC and BIOC detection rules that leverage threat intelligence feeds. |
| Integrations | View | Recommended to view integration instances that ingest threat intelligence data. |
| Credentials | View | Recommended to view credentials used by TI feed integrations. |
| Query Center | View | Recommended to query threat intelligence data via XQL for hunting and analysis. |
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