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# Indicator Ingestion

The following table shows methods by which indicators are detected and ingested in Cortex XSOAR.

| Method                                                                                                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Classification and Mapping                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Integration                                                                                                              | <ul><li>Feed integrations: Fetch indicators from a feed, for example TAXII, Office 365, and FeedUnit42v2.</li><li>Enrichment integrations: Enhance the indicator, giving it more context and information, for example, VirusTotal and Ipinfo.</li></ul> | Indicator classification and mapping is done in the [Feed Integration](https://xsoar.pan.dev/docs/integrations/feeds) code and not in the Cortex XSOAR Settings > OBJECTS SETUP > Indicators > Classification & Mapping tab. For example, see the [FeedUnit42v2](https://github.com/demisto/content/tree/master/Packs/FeedUnit42v2/Integrations/FeedUnit42v2) integration. |
| [Indicator Extraction](/cortex-xsoar-6-threat-intel-management-guides/6.14/configure-indicators/indicator-extraction.md) | Indicators are extracted from selected incidents that flow into Cortex XSOAR, for example from a SIEM integration.                                                                                                                                      | Only the value of an indicator is extracted, so no classification or mapping is needed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Manual                                                                                                                   | <ul><li>Command line</li><li>Mark: User marks a piece of data as an indicator.</li><li>STIX file: Manually upload a STIX file on the Threat Intel (Indicators) page.</li></ul>                                                                          | <p>Data is inserted manually via the UI so no classification or mapping is needed.</p><p>If importing a STIX file, mapping is done via the STIX parser code.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                           |


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