Use a built-in or custom control - Add a built-in control to a custom standard, create a custom control for a custom standard, or edit a custom control for a custom standard. - Administrator Guide - Cortex CLOUD

Cortex Cloud Posture Management Documentation

Product
Cortex Cloud Application Security > Cortex CLOUD
License
Cloud Posture Management
Creation date
2025-01-22
Last date published
2026-06-10
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Add a built-in control to a custom standard, create a custom control for a custom standard, or edit a custom control for a custom standard.

You can use a built-in control, create a custom control, or edit a custom control in a custom standard.

Cortex Cloud provides built-in controls that cannot be edited or deleted. When you edit or create a custom standard you can add the built-in control.

You can create a new control that is tailored to your own business needs, standards, and organizational policies to use in a custom standard.

  1. In the Controls catalog, click + Create Control.

  2. Define control metadata, including:

    • Control name

    • Description (optional)

    • Category

    • Sub category (optional)

    • One or more custom standards to associate the control with

  3. Click Create.

  4. Assign a custom detection rule to the control as follows.

You can edit a copy of a built-in control or edit an existing custom control. You can also delete a custom control.

  1. In the Controls catalog, click cortex-cloud-compliance-three-dots.png on the built-in control you want to edit and click Save as new.

    To edit a custom control, click cortex-cloud-compliance-three-dots.png on the custom control and click Edit.

  2. Click Next.

  3. Define control metadata, including:

    • Control name

    • Description

    • Category

    • Sub category

    • Select one or more custom standards to associate the control with

  4. Click Save.

  5. If the control does not already contain a rule, assign a custom detection rule to the control.