Identity#
Tip
This entity is analogous to these STIX objects:
Compatibility:
Not ingested by EclecticIQ Intelligence Center 2.14.
Not compatible with STIX 1.2.
Create an Identity entity by selecting:
In the side navigation bar + Create > Identity.
Or:
(Requires EclecticIQ Labs: Intelligence creation on the graph)
In the top navigation bar of a graph, select + and then select one of the following to create a draft entity:
Identity individual: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to Individual.
Identity group: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to Group.
Identity system: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to System.
Identity organization: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to Organization.
Identity individual: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to Individual.
Identity class: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to Class.
Identity generic: Creates an Identity entity with its Identity class set to Generic.
Double-click to open the newly created draft entity to edit it.
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 |
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Title* |
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Descriptive title for this entity. See Titles and aliases. |
Analysis |
|
Long description. |
Identity class* |
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Roles |
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Free-form text. From STIX 2.1 §4.5 Identity SDO :
|
Sectors |
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Confidence |
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Characteristics: Specification#
Add one or more items to Specification
to flesh out the identity being described.
Content here is used to construct the XML
content in the data.identity_specification.specification_xml
field in EIQ JSON.
Based on
STIXCIQIdentity3.0Type
as used in
CIQIdentity3.0InstanceType/
CIQ 3.0 Specifications.
When exported as a STIX 2.1 Identity SDO,
this XML is exported as the contents of the
contact_information
field.
Field |
Description |
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Account |
Describes a bank account or similar. Available fields:
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Person |
Add one or more properties describing a person.
|
Organization |
Add one or more properties describing an organization.
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Electronic address |
Add one or more electronic addresses for this targeted victim.
|
Each item added to the Specification section creates an observable with the corresponding type:
Specification field |
Resulting observable type(s) |
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Account |
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Person |
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Organization |
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Electronic address |
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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* |
|
See Observable types |
Link name* |
||
Values(s)* |
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Enter one or more values. One observable is created per value. Values must be comma-separated, or newline-separated, but not both. |
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 |
|
Estimated start of threat. See Time values. |
Estimated threat end time |
|
Estimated end of threat. See Time values. |
Estimated observed time |
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Estimated time threat was observed. See Time values. |
Half-life |
|
See Half-life. Select one of these options:
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Tags |
|
See tags and taxonomies. |
Source* |
|
Select one source. |
Source reliability |
|
See source reliability. Options:
|
Information source#
Field |
EIQ JSON field |
Description |
---|---|---|
Description |
|
Description of information source. |
Identity |
|
Name of this information source |
Roles |
|
One or more information source roles. Possible values:
|
References |
|
One or more URLs. |
Data marking#
Descriptive metadata for entity.
Field |
EIQ JSON field |
Description |
---|---|---|
TLP |
|
Set a TLP color for this entity. |
Terms of use |
|
Free text field allowing you to attach terms of use to an entity. Analogous to TermsOfUseMarkingStructureType. |
Simple |
|
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 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 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.