Jupyter and Observability apps permissions

Configure permissions to use Jupyter and Observability applications.

The following permissions enable users to use Jupyter and Observability applications.

Caution

Usage and management: The permissions allow users to use and access existing application instances. If a user needs to manage, install, configure, or delete application instances, they must be granted the separate Apps permission under the Configurations menu. For more information, see Apps - Instance permissions.

Jupyter Notebook permissions

An interactive notebook environment for creating and running Python-based analyses and automations. Jupyter Notebooks let you explore security data, build custom analytics, and prototype detections.

Caution

Jupyter Data Access (SBAC): Granting access to Jupyter does not bypass dataset restrictions. Users must have the appropriate Scope-Based Access Control (SBAC) dataset permissions to query specific data via the Cortex SDK within their notebooks.

For more information, see Notebooks.

Component	Description	Roles Example
None	No access to Jupyter Notebooks.	SOC Analyst Tier-1: Focus on issue triage. SOC Analyst Tier-2: Standard investigation tools are sufficient. Consider View/Edit if the team performs advanced analysis.
View/Edit	Full access to Jupyter Notebooks, including installing, creating, editing, saving, and exporting notebooks. You can also execute Python code and access datasets.	SOC Analyst Tier-3: Advanced investigations often require custom analysis, data exploration, and ad-hoc queries. Threat Hunter: Critical - Notebooks are essential for hypothesis-driven hunting, custom analytics, and data exploration. Security Engineer: Develops custom detection logic, automation scripts, and analysis tools.

Jupyter Notebook - required and recommended permissions

Consider adding the following permissions:

Permission	Permission Level	Reason
Query Center	View or View/Edit	View: Required to run XQL queries from notebooks via Cortex SDK. View/Edit: Strongly recommended to save and manage queries created in notebooks.
Dataset Permissions	N/a	Various. Control which datasets are queryable from notebooks.
Query Library	Enabled	Strongly recommended to access and save queries.
Cases & Issues	View or View/Edit	View: Strongly recommended to view cases and issues data for correlation in notebooks. View/Edit: Recommended to create/update cases from notebook analysis.
Threat Intel	View	Strongly recommended to enrich data with threat intelligence in notebooks.
Playbooks	Enabled with checkboxes selected	Enabled with Playbooks and Create Playbooks selected. Recommended to reference and develop playbooks from notebooks.
Scripts	Enabled with checkboxes selected	Enabled with Scripts and Create Scripts selected. Recommended to reference and develop scripts alongside notebooks.
Detection Rules	View/Edit	Recommended to view and create detection rules for analysis.
Forensics	View/Edit	Recommended to access the forensics data for analysis and initiate forensic action.
Action Center	View/Edit	Recommended to view and execute response actions.

Observability

Observability provides infrastructure and application monitoring capabilities within Cortex XSIAM, leveraging Prometheus-based metrics collection, alerting, and visualization through Grafana integration.

Note

Observability is a Beta feature and is still subject to changes. To enable the feature in your tenant, contact your Customer Support Team.

Component	Description	Roles Example
None	No access to Observability.	SOC Analyst Tier-1, 2, and 3, and Threat Hunters who do not need tool development.
View/Edit	Full access to Observability, including access to the Observability interface, View Prometheus UI, and Alert Manager.	Security Engineers: Require full access for tool development and configuration.

Observability - required and recommended permissions

Consider adding the following permissions:

Permission	Permission Level	Reason
Broker VM	View or View/Edit	Strongly recommended to view Broker VMs hosting Observability collectors and configure Observability collectors on Broker VMs.
Alert Notifications	View/Edit	Recommended to configure alert notifications from Observability alerts.
Data Sources	View/Edit	Recommended to manage data sources that feed into Observability.
Cases & Issues	View/Edit	Recommended to correlate Observability alerts with security cases and create cases from Observability findings.
Audit	View	Recommended to review audit logs for Observability configuration changes.