Update incident

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Update the properties of an incident object.

This API is supported in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	SecurityIncident.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	SecurityIncident.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

PATCH /security/incidents/{incidentId}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintains their previous values or be 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.
determination	microsoft.graph.security.alertDetermination	Specifies the determination of the incident. Possible values are: unknown, apt, malware, securityPersonnel, securityTesting, unwantedSoftware, other, multiStagedAttack, compromisedUser, phishing, maliciousUserActivity, notMalicious, notEnoughDataToValidate, confirmedUserActivity, lineOfBusinessApplication, unknownFutureValue.
status	microsoft.graph.security.incidentStatus	The status of the incident. Possible values are: active, resolved, redirected, unknownFutureValue.
customTags	String collection	Array of custom tags associated with an incident.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following is an example of a request.

HTTP

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

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

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new Microsoft.Graph.Models.Security.Incident
{
	Classification = Microsoft.Graph.Models.Security.AlertClassification.TruePositive,
	Determination = Microsoft.Graph.Models.Security.AlertDetermination.MultiStagedAttack,
	CustomTags = new List<string>
	{
		"Demo",
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Security.Incidents["{incident-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc security incidents patch --incident-id {incident-id} --body '{\
    "classification": "TruePositive",\
    "determination": "MultiStagedAttack",\
    "customTags": [\
      "Demo"\
    ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodelssecurity "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models/security"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodelssecurity.NewIncident()
classification := graphmodels.TRUEPOSITIVE_ALERTCLASSIFICATION 
requestBody.SetClassification(&classification) 
determination := graphmodels.MULTISTAGEDATTACK_ALERTDETERMINATION 
requestBody.SetDetermination(&determination) 
customTags := []string {
	"Demo",
}
requestBody.SetCustomTags(customTags)

incidents, err := graphClient.Security().Incidents().ByIncidentId("incident-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

Incident incident = new Incident();
incident.classification = AlertClassification.TRUE_POSITIVE;
incident.determination = AlertDetermination.MULTI_STAGED_ATTACK;
LinkedList<String> customTagsList = new LinkedList<String>();
customTagsList.add("Demo");
incident.customTags = customTagsList;

graphClient.security().incidents("2972395")
	.buildRequest()
	.patch(incident);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const incident = {
    classification: 'TruePositive',
    determination: 'MultiStagedAttack',
    customTags: [
      'Demo'
    ]
};

await client.api('/security/incidents/2972395')
	.update(incident);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Incident();
$requestBody->setClassification(new AlertClassification('truePositive'));
$requestBody->setDetermination(new AlertDetermination('multiStagedAttack'));
$requestBody->setCustomTags(['Demo', 	]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->security()->incidents()->byIncidentId('incident-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Security

$params = @{
	classification = "TruePositive"
	determination = "MultiStagedAttack"
	customTags = @(
		"Demo"
	)
}

Update-MgSecurityIncident -IncidentId $incidentId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = Incident(
	classification = AlertClassification.TruePositive,
	determination = AlertDetermination.MultiStagedAttack,
	custom_tags = [
		"Demo",
	]
)

result = await graph_client.security.incidents.by_incident_id('incident-id').patch(body = request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of 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": "KaiC@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
    "classification": "TruePositive",
    "determination": "MultiStagedAttack",
    "status": "Active",
    "severity": "Medium",
    "customTags": [
      "Demo"
    ],
    "comments": [
      {
		"comment": "Demo incident",
		"createdBy": "DavidS@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
		"createdTime": "2021-09-30T12:07:37.2756993Z"
      }
    ]
}