Viewing Identity Details

Summary

Summaries contain high-level information, such as the Identity title, the user who created the Identity, publication status, publication date, and TLP setting.

Actions

  • Edit: Edit Identity details. For more information, see Editing Identities .
  • Assign User: Assign the Identity to a user in your organization for further work on the entity.

  • Publication workflow: Move the Identity through the publication review workflow. Possible actions include Assign User, Request Review, Complete Review, and Publish.

    For more information, see Reviewing Threat Model Entities for Publication.

    Note: Identities can only be assigned the visibility setting My Organization upon publication.

  • Add to Investigation: Add the Identity to a new or existing investigation. When adding an Identity to an investigation, you can additionally add observables associated with the Identity to the investigation. See Managing Investigation Entities for more information.
  • Anonymize: Change the user and organization information anonymization setting. If enabled, users outside of your organization with access to the data will see "Analyst" in all fields that would otherwise display an organization or user name.
  • Delete: Delete the Identity. See Deleting Threat Model Entities for more information.
  • Clone: Create a private copy of the Identity . For more information, see Cloning Threat Model Entities
  • Export IOCs to CSV: Export observables associated with the Identity in CSV format. You can select specific Fields to Export. You can export up to 1000 associated observables.
  • Export to PDF: Export the Identity in PDF format. See Exporting Threat Model Entities in PDF Format for more information.
  • Create Report: Generate a PDF using a template for sharing threat model entities outside of ThreatStream. See Creating PDF Reports for more information.

Attributes

Attributes may include Tags, Intelligence Initiative, Feed, Source Created, Source Modified, Source Locations, Target Locations, Target Industry, Identity Class, Sectors, Roles, and Contact Information.

For a complete list of fields and definitions, see Editing Identities .

To assign an intelligence initiative to an Identity entity:

  1. Click Add Intelligence Initiative.

  2. Select the intelligence initiatives with which you want to associate the Identity entity.

  3. Click Add.

Description

Full text description of the Identity.

Associations

Associated Observables, Threat Model entities, Import Sessions, and Sandbox Reports.

MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE heat map displaying all attack patterns or TTPs associated with the Identity. See Using MITRE ATT&CK Frameworks in Threat Models for details.

Investigations

Investigations in which the threat model entity appear. Click the Investigation Name to drill down on the investigation. For information on adding threat model entities to investigations, see Managing Investigation Entities.

Notes:

  • Investigations do not appear in this list until they are saved.

  • If a user has created an analyst note for a specific threat model entity inside of an investigation, the analyst icon is displayed in the Investigations tab for that threat model entity.

Attachments

External references relating to the Identity.

Notes

STIX 2.1 notes associated with the Identity.

History

When a change is made to an Identity, a log entry of the change is created in this section for future reference. If the change is made by the owner of the Identity, the organization name is shown in the log entry; all other organization names are hidden.

Comments

View and add comments to the threat model entity. Posted comments are displayed in reverse chronological order based on the timestamp in the created_ts field, with the most recently added comments appearing first and the oldest comments appearing last.To add private comments visible to your organization only, assign the Private red color to them. Comments with the Public white color assigned to them are visible to any user with access to the threat model entity. If the Public white color is not available, your Organization Administrator has enabled the Restrict Public Comments setting to restrict users in your organization from posting public comments. This is done to prevent your organization’s comments from being shared publicly. 

Intelligence Actions

  • Watch: Receive notifications when the intelligence is updated.

  • Star: Bookmark the intelligence.

  • Views: Total view count of the intelligence by organization users. Additionally, you can track views of threat model entities for your organization by adding the standard Most Viewed Threat Models by my Org widget to a custom dashboard. To learn how to add standard widgets to a custom dashboard, see Adding Standard Widgets to Custom Dashboards.

  • Like: Tell the Anomali community if you like or dislike the intelligence.

  • Share: Send the intelligence to another ThreatStream user. Users receive in-app notifications when intelligence is shared with them. For more on in-app notifications, see Receiving In-App Notifications From ThreatStream.

Export

  • Create Report (PDF): Generate a PDF using a template for sharing threat model entities outside of ThreatStream. See Creating PDF Reports for more information.
  • Share via Email: Share the identity with ThreatStream users (within or outside your organization) or non-ThreatStream users through email. See Sharing Threat Model Entities via Email for more information.
  • Export IOCs to CSV: Export observables associated with the identity in CSV format. You can select specific Fields to Export. You can export up to 1000 associated observables.
  • Export to STIX: Export the identity in STIX format. See Exporting Threat Model Entities in STIX Format for more information.