Course of Action#

Tip

This entity is analogous to these STIX objects:

A course of action details a set of clear, specific recommendations and measures to mitigate an incident, address affected exploit targets, and effectively respond to a cyber threat.

The goal of a course of action can be preventing the potential occurrence of an incident, correcting a vulnerability so that it cannot be exploited, mitigating the consequences of an attack, or defeating an adversary.

Regardless of the goal, a course of action suggests the recommended actions to take in order to achieve the intended effect.

Create a course of action by selecting:

  • In the side navigation bar + Create > Course of action.

Or:

Then, Configure this entity.

Configure#

The following sections the fields and options available.

Note

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

General#

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Title*

data.title

Descriptive title for this entity. See Titles and aliases.

Analysis

data.description

Long description of course of action.

Confidence

data.confidence

See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Characteristics#

Characteristics are properties on an entity that provide context for the intelligence indicated by this object.

The following are characteristics available for courses of action:

Characteristics: Type#

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Type

data.coa_type

Type of course of action. Analogous to CourseOfActionTypeVocab-1.0

Available options:

  • Perimeter Blocking

  • Internal Blocking

  • Redirection

  • Redirection (Honey Pot)

  • Hardening

  • Patching

  • Eradication

  • Rebuilding

  • Training

  • Monitoring

  • Physical Access Restrictions

  • Logical Access Restrictions

  • Public Disclosure

  • Diplomatic Actions

  • Policy Actions

  • Other

Characteristics: Stage#

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Stage

data.stage

Stage of course of action. Analogous to COAStageVocab-1.0

Available options:

  • Remedy

  • Response

Characteristics: Objective#

Describes the objective of this course of action. Analogous to ObjectiveType

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Description

data.objective.description

Describes objective.

Applicability confidence

data.objective.applicability_confidence

A confidence value. See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Characteristics: Impact#

Describes the impact of this course of action.

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Impact value*

data.impact.value

See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Confidence

data.impact.confidence.value

A confidence value. See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Description

data.impact.description

Description of impact.

Characteristics: Cost#

Describes the cost of this course of action.

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Cost value*

data.cost.value

See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Confidence

data.cost.confidence.value

A confidence value. See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Description

data.cost.description

Description of cost.

Characteristics: Efficacy#

Describes the efficacy of this course of action.

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Efficacy value*

data.efficacy.value

See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Confidence

data.efficacy.confidence.value

A confidence value. See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Description

data.efficacy.description

Description of efficacy.

Observables#

You can create one or more new observables and link it to the currently open entity by selecting + Observable under the Observables section.

Note

If an observable you create here matches an observable rule with an ignore action, it does not appear when the you publish the entity.

In the Add observable view that appears, fill out these fields:

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Type*

extracts[].kind

See Observable types

Link name*

See Observable link types

See Observable link types

Values(s)*

extracts[].value

Enter one or more values. One observable is created per value.

Values must be comma-separated, or newline-separated, but not both.

Maliciousness*

See Observable maliciousness

See Observable maliciousness

Relationships#

Add relationships to this entity by selecting + Add relationship.

See Relationships.

Meta#

The Meta section contains configuration options that allow you to attach descriptive data to the entity.

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Estimated threat start time

meta.estimated_threat_start_time

Estimated start of threat. See Time values.

Estimated threat end time

meta.estimated_threat_end_time

Estimated end of threat. See Time values.

Estimated observed time

meta.estimated_observed_time

Estimated time threat was observed. See Time values.

Half-life

meta.half_life

See Half-life.

Select one of these options:

  • Use default value: When selected, half-life for this entity is set to 720 days.

  • Override value: Set a custom value for half-life, in number of days.

Tags

meta.tags[] and meta.taxonomy_paths[]

See tags and taxonomies.

Source*

sources[]

Select one source.

Source reliability

meta.source_reliability

See source reliability.

Options:

  • Inherit from source: This entity inherits source reliability from Source.

  • Custom override: Set a source reliability value for just this entity.

Information source#

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

Description

data.information_source.description

Description of information source.

Identity

data.information_source.identity

Name of this information source

Roles

data.information_source.roles[]

One or more information source roles. Possible values:

  • Initial Author

  • Content Enhancer/Refiner

  • Aggregator

  • Transformer/Translator

References

data.information_source.references[]

One or more URLs.

Data marking#

Descriptive metadata for entity.

Field

EIQ JSON field

Description

TLP

meta.tlp_color

Set a TLP color for this entity.

Terms of use

data.handling[].marking_structures[]

Free text field allowing you to attach terms of use to an entity. Analogous to TermsOfUseMarkingStructureType.

Simple

data.handling[].marking_structures[]

Free text field for attaching any text to an entity. Analogous to SimpleMarkingStructureType.

Workflow#

Use options here to apply workflow options to this entity.

Field

Description

Add to dataset

Select this option to add this entity to one or more datasets on Publish.

Manually enrich

Run one or more enrichers on this entity on Publish.

Save and publish#

Tip

For more information, see Draft and published entities.

Select Publish to create this entity, and make it available under + Create > Production > Published.

For more publishing options, select More Drop-down menu arrow and then one of these options:

  • Publish and new: Publish this entity, and start creating a new entity.

  • Publish and duplicate: Publish this entity, and start creating a new entity using all the values set for this entity.

Select Save draft to save this entity as a draft, and make it available under + Create > Production > Drafts. You must publish an entity to use it elsewhere on EclecticIQ Intelligence Center.

For more options while saving as a draft, select More Drop-down menu arrow and then one of these options:

  • Publish and new: Save this entity as a draft, and start creating a new entity.

  • Publish and duplicate: Save this entity as a draft, and start creating a new entity using all the values set for this draft entity.