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Cyware Threat Intelligence eXchange

Fill Identity Details

Identities can represent actual individuals, organizations, or groups (e.g., ACME, Inc.) as well as classes of individuals, organizations, or groups (e.g., the finance sector). The Identity threat data object can capture basic identifying information, contact information, and the sectors that the identity belongs to. Identity is used in STIX to represent targets of attacks, information sources, object creators, and threat actor identities.

Add the following details for identity:

  • Basic Details

  • Common Fields

  • Custom Attributes

  • External References

Basic Details

Field Name

Required

Description

Name

Mandatory

Specify the name of the identity.

Description

Optional

Specify the additional information such as purpose and key characteristics about the identity.

Roles

Optional

Specify the list of roles an identity can perform, such as CEO, Domain Administrator, Doctor, and more.

Identity Class

Optional

Specify the type of entity that this identity describes, such as an individual or organization.

Sectors

Mandatory

Specify the list of industry sectors to which the identity belongs, such as education, agriculture, aerospace, network security, and more.

Contact Information

Optional

Specify the contact details, such as email address, phone number, and more for the identity.

Common Fields

Field Name

Description

Tags

Specify the tags for the identity.

TLP

Specify the TLP of the identity, such as RED, AMBER, GREEN, WHITE, and NONE.

Created by Reference

Specify the entity that created the CTIX object.

Revoked

Select this option to mark the component as revoked or invalid.

Custom Attributes

Field Name

Description

Add Custom Attributes

Specify the additional information that helps in improving the threat intelligence details. CTIX displays custom attributes created in Administration > Custom Entities Management. You can create multiple custom attributes for the identity.

External References

Use external references to include any non-STIX information that you may want to associate with this object.

Field Name

Description

Source Name

Enter a source name.

Description

Enter a description.

External ID

Enter an external ID.

URL

Enter the URL of the external reference.

Hash Type

Select the hash type.

Hash Value

Enter the hash value.