Roles and permissions - Administrator Guide - Cortex Cloud Posture Management - Cortex CLOUD

Cortex Cloud Application Security

Product
Cortex Cloud Posture Management
Cortex Cloud Application Security > Cortex CLOUD
Creation date
2025-01-22
Last date published
2026-05-31
Category
Administrator Guide

Access to AppSec rules is controlled by the permission level assigned to each role. When configuring a role, select one of the following permission levels for AppSec Rules:

Permission level

Description

None

No access to AppSec rules. The AppSec Rules page is not visible

View

Read-only access. View detection rules, rule details, rule labels, and related issues. Filter and sort the rules table. Cannot create, modify, clone, delete, or enable/disable rules

View/Edit

Full access. View, create, modify, clone, delete, and enable or disable detection rules. Modify labels on both OOTB and custom rules. Access the AppSec Rules Wizard to author custom rule definitions

The following out-of-the-box roles include AppSec Rules permissions:

Role

Permission level

Description

AppSec Admin

View/Edit

Full access to create, modify, clone, delete, and enable or disable detection rules

Developer

View

Read-only access to view detection rules and rule details. Cannot create, modify, or delete rules

Custom roles: To grant AppSec Rules access to a custom role, navigate to SettingsRoles and select the appropriate permission level.

Note

  • Custom roles can be configured with either View or View/Edit permissions for AppSec rules

  • API keys inherit the permissions of the role assigned during key generation. To perform write operations (create, modify, delete) through the AppSec rules API, the API key must have a role that includes View/Edit permissions