ThreatQ Investigations Action
The web format of this guide reflects the most current release. Guides for older iterations are available in PDF format.
Integration Details
ThreatQuotient provides the following details for this integration:
Current Integration Version | 1.0.0 |
Compatible with ThreatQ Versions | >= 5.12.1 |
ThreatQ TQO License Required | Yes |
Support Tier | ThreatQ Supported |
Introduction
The ThreatQ Investigations Action integration allows managers to automatically create and assign investigations to users for incoming data.
The integration provides the following action:
- ThreatQ - Create Investigations - automatically creates investigations for incoming intelligence objects.
The action is compatible with the following system object types:
- Adversaries
- Assets
- Attack Patterns
- Campaigns
- Courses of Action
- Events
- Exploit Targets
- Identities
- Incidents
- Intrusion Sets
- Malware
- Reports
- Tools
- TTPs
- Vulnerabilities
This action is intended for use with ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator (TQO). An active TQO license is required for this feature.
Prerequisites
- An active ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator (TQO) license.
- A data collection containing at least one of the following object types:
- Adversaries
- Assets
- Attack Patterns
- Campaigns
- Courses of Action
- Events
- Exploit Targets
- Identities
- Incidents
- Intrusion Sets
- Malware
- Reports
- Tools
- TTPs
- Vulnerabilities
Installation
Perform the following steps to install the integration:
The same steps can be used to upgrade the integration to a new version.
- Log into https://marketplace.threatq.com/.
- Locate and download the action zip file.
- Navigate to the integrations management page on your ThreatQ instance.
- Click on the Add New Integration button.
- Upload the action zip file using one of the following methods:
- Drag and drop the zip file into the dialog box
- Select Click to Browse to locate the zip file on your local machine
ThreatQ will inform you if the action already exists on the platform and will require user confirmation before proceeding. ThreatQ will also inform you if the new version of the action contains changes to the user configuration. The new user configurations will overwrite the existing ones for the action and will require user confirmation before proceeding.
You will still need to configure the action.
Configuration
ThreatQuotient does not issue API keys for third-party vendors. Contact the specific vendor to obtain API keys and other integration-related credentials.
To configure the integration:
- Navigate to your integrations management page in ThreatQ.
- Select the Actions option from the Category dropdown (optional).
- Click on the action entry to open its details page.
- Enter the following parameters under the Configuration tab:
The configurations set on this page will be used as the default settings when inserting this action into a new workflow. Updating the configurations on this page will not update any instances of this action that have already been deployed to a workflow. In that scenario, you must update the action’s configurations within the workflow itself.
Parameter Description Investigation Name Enter a name for the investigation. You can use
%object
as a placeholder for the corresponding object name.Investigation Priority Select a priority to assign to investigations created by this action. Options include: - Normal (default)
- Escalated
Owner Select the user that will be the assigned owner of the investigation. Options include: - Specific User (default)
- Least Assigned User
Owner User Enter the username or email of the user that will be assigned as the owner of the investigation. The assignee will receive an alert for each investigation created. This parameter does not support display names. This field is only accessible when the Owner parameter is set to
Specific User
.Owner Pool Enter a line-separated list of usernames or emails corresponding to users that will be considered for assignment. Assignees will receive an alert for each investigation created. This field does not support display names. This parameter is only accessible when the
Owner
parameter is set toLeast Assigned
.Master Viewer Optional - Enter the username or email of the user that can oversee (view) all investigations created by this action. The viewer will receive an alert for each investigation created. Allow Everyone to View Investigations Enable this parameter to allow all users the ability to view the investigations created by this action. All users will receive an alert for each investigation created. Allow Manual Execution Enable this parameter to be able to run this action manually. When running manually, the entire data collection will be processed. This parameter is disabled by default to prevent creating duplicate investigations en masse. Objects Per Run Enter the number of objects to process per run. This is used to limit the number of investigations created in a single run.
- Review any additional settings, make any changes if needed, and click on Save.
Actions
The following action is available:
Action | Description | Object Type | Object Subtype |
---|---|---|---|
ThreatQ - Create Investigations | Creates a new investigation for each object in a data collection. | Adversaries, Assets, Attack Patterns, Campaigns, Courses of Action, Events, Exploit Targets, Identities, Incidents, Intrusion Sets, Malware, Reports, Tools, TTPs, Vulnerabilities | N/A |
ThreatQ - Create Investigations
The ThreatQ - Create Investigations action will take a data collection and create an investigation for each object in the collection. The investigation's owner will be set to the user specified in the configuration.
There is no mapping for this action. The ingested data is based on inputs and user configurations.
Change Log
- Version 1.0.0
- Initial release
PDF Guides
Document | ThreatQ Version |
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ThreatQ Investigations Action Guide v1.0.0 | 5.12.1 or Greater |