Cloud Security permissions - Configure Cloud Security policies and rule permissions, which appear under CLOUDSEC. - Administrator Guide - Cortex XSIAM - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XSIAM 3.x Documentation

Product
Cortex XSIAM
Creation date
2025-07-15
Last date published
2026-06-11
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Configure Cloud Security policies and rule permissions, which appear under CLOUDSEC.

You can edit Cloud Security policies and rules permissions by selecting CLOUDSEC when creating or editing a role.

Users manage Cloud Security Policies and Rules by going to Posture ManagementRules & Policies and then selecting Cloud Security either under Policies or Rules.

Notice

Requires Cloud Posture Security, Cloud Runtime Security, or Cortex XSIAM Premium license.

Rules

Control Cloud Security Rules, which are individual security detection rules that Cloud Security Policies reference. They define specific configuration checks and compliance requirements, such as checking specific cloud resource settings, mapping specific compliance requirements, and pre-defined security best practice rules.

For more information, see Cloud Security Rules.Cloud Security Rules

Permission

Description

Roles Example

None

No access to Cloud Security Rules.

SOC Tier-1 Analyst: Focus on issue triage, not policy management.

View

Read-only access to Cloud Security Rules, but can't take any action.

  • SOC Tier 2 and 3 Analysts: Reference policy configurations during investigations/deep analysis of policy effectiveness.

  • Threat Hunter: Understand policy coverage for threat hunting.

View/Edit

Full edit access, including creating, editing, and deleting, copying, and enabling or disabling Cloud Security Rules.

Security Engineer: Create and maintain cloud security rules.

Policies

Cloud Security Policies allow administrators to define and manage configuration and compliance policies for cloud infrastructure, such as checking cloud resource configurations, mapping compliance frameworks, and identifying security misconfigurations.

For more information, see Cloud Security Policies.Cloud Security Policies

Permission

Description

Roles Example

None

No access to Cloud Security Policies.

SOC Tier-1 Analyst: Focus on issue triage, not policy management.

View

Users can access Cloud Security Policies, but can't take any action.

  • SOC Tier 2 and 3 Analysts: Reference policy configurations during investigations/deep analysis of policy effectiveness.

  • Threat Hunter: Understand policy coverage for threat hunting.

View/Edit

Full edit access, including creating, editing, and deleting Cloud Security Policies.

Security Engineer: Create and maintain cloud security rules.