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Cortex XDR 3.x Documentation

Product
Cortex XDR
License
Prevent
Pro
Creation date
2024-03-06
Last date published
2026-05-18
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Learn more about the Cortex XDR predefined user role called Security Admin.

Can triage and investigate incidents and alerts, respond (excluding Live Terminal), and edit profiles and policies. A comprehensive security role with response actions (excluding Live Terminal), rule editing, policy/profile editing, agent management, and configuration access.

A Security Admin maintains integrations, log flow, and system health.

Tip

Assign to security engineers or SOC managers who need to manage the security posture end-to-end, configuring detection/prevention rules, managing endpoint policies and profiles, setting up data sources and integrations, and responding to incidents with basic containment actions.

To quickly see exactly which pages and actions a role allows, click on the role name, which opens a read-only view of all checked permissions. For more information about the permissions, see Role permissions by components.