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Courses of Action

THREATQ REQUIRED PERMISSIONS

Default ThreatQ Role: Administrative, Maintenance, or Primary Contributor
Custom Role - Action Permissions: Objects & Context - Objects, Individual Object Context & Actions

Note: If a user has View Only permission for Sources, system object creation modals default to the user’s login as the object source.

Courses of Actions are a combination of risk response measures taken to address or prevent malicious attacks. 

Use the steps below to create, edit and delete a Course of Action.  

Adding a Course of Action

  1. Go to Create > Course of Action.
    The Add Course of Action window is displayed.
    Add Courses of Action dialog box
  2. Populate the following fields:
    Field  Description
    Name Add the course of action's name.
    Description Enter a brief description of the course of action.

    Any description you add during object creation defaults to a Source value of ThreatQ System.
    Status Optional field.  Click the Status field to assign a status to the course of action. 

    Course of action statuses are configured in the Object Statuses tab in the  Object Management page.  If none are configured, this field is not displayed.
    Point of Contact Optional field. Click the field to select the ThreatQ display name of the point of contact for the course of action.
    Source Select a Source from the dropdown list provided.
    You can also click the Add a New Source option if the desired source is not listed in the drop-down list. If administrators have enabled TLP view settings, you can select a TLP label for the new source in the dropdown list provided. See the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) topic for more information on TLP schema.
  3. Select any Related Objects you need to link to the Course of Action. This field is optional.
  4. Click Add Course of Action.

Adding Context

See the About Object Details section and its topics for details on adding context to an object such as adding sources, attributes, and related objects.

Editing a Course of Action

  1. Locate and click on the Course of Action.

    The Course of Action's detail page opens.
    Course of Action details page

  2. Click on Edit next to the Course of Action's name.

    The Edit Course of Action dialog box opens.
    Edit Course of Action dialog box

  3. Make the desired change to the Course of Action's name and click Save Course of Action.

Changing the Point of Contact

THREATQ REQUIRED PERMISSIONS

Default ThreatQ Role: Administrative, Maintenance, or Primary Contributor
Custom Role - Action Permissions: Objects & Context - Objects, Individual Object Context & Actions - Point of Contact

  1. Locate and click the system object.
  2. From the object details page, click the Point of Contact field.
  3. Use the field's scroll or search option to locate and select a new user as the object's point of contact or to change the point of contact to Unassigned.

Deleting a Course of Action

  1. Locate and click on the Course of Action.

    The Course of Action's details page opens.
    Course of Action details page

  2. Click on the Actions menu and select Delete Course of Action.

    A confirmation dialog box appears.
    Deletion Confirmation window

  3. Click on Delete Course of Action.