Update incident

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Update the properties of an incident object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) SecurityIncident.ReadWrite.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application SecurityIncident.ReadWrite.All Not available.

HTTP request

PATCH /security/incidents/{incidentId}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties to update. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property Type Description
assignedTo String Owner of the incident, or null if no owner is assigned. Free editable text.
classification microsoft.graph.security.alertClassification The specification for the incident. Possible values are: unknown, falsePositive, truePositive, informationalExpectedActivity, unknownFutureValue.
customTags String collection Array of custom tags associated with an incident.
determination microsoft.graph.security.alertDetermination Specifies the determination of the incident. Possible values are: unknown, apt, malware, securityPersonnel, securityTesting, unwantedSoftware, other, multiStagedAttack, compromisedAccount, phishing, maliciousUserActivity, notMalicious, notEnoughDataToValidate, confirmedUserActivity, lineOfBusinessApplication, unknownFutureValue.
status microsoft.graph.security.incidentStatus The status of the incident. Possible values are: active, resolved, redirected, unknownFutureValue.
summary String The overview of an attack. When applicable, the summary contains details of what occurred, impacted assets, and the type of attack.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated incident object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/security/incidents/2972395
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "classification": "TruePositive",
    "determination": "MultiStagedAttack",
    "customTags": [
      "Demo"
    ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.incident",
    "id": "2972395",
    "incidentWebUrl": "https://security.microsoft.com/incidents/2972395?tid=12f988bf-16f1-11af-11ab-1d7cd011db47",
    "redirectIncidentId": null,
    "displayName": "Multi-stage incident involving Initial access & Command and control on multiple endpoints reported by multiple sources",
    "tenantId": "b3c1b5fc-828c-45fa-a1e1-10d74f6d6e9c",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-08-13T08:43:35.5533333Z",
    "lastUpdateDateTime": "2021-09-30T09:35:45.1133333Z",
    "assignedTo": "[email protected]",
    "classification": "TruePositive",
    "determination": "MultiStagedAttack",
    "status": "Active",
    "severity": "Medium",
    "customTags": [
        "Demo"
    ],
    "comments": [
        {
            "comment": "Demo incident",
            "createdBy": "[email protected]",
            "createdTime": "2021-09-30T12:07:37.2756993Z"
        }
    ],
    "systemTags": [
        "Defender Experts"
    ],
    "description": "Microsoft observed Raspberry Robin worm activity spreading through infected USB on multiple devices in your environment. From available intel, these infections could be a potential precursor activity to ransomware deployment. ...",
    "summary": "Defender Experts has identified some malicious activity. This incident has been raised for your awareness and should be investigated as normal."
}