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Cortex XSIAM

Threat Intelligence permission - API configuration

Manage access to Cortex XSIAM Threat Intelligence 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.

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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