Update incident

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

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 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 example shows a request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models.Security;

var requestBody = new Incident
{
	Classification = AlertClassification.TruePositive,
	Determination = AlertDetermination.MultiStagedAttack,
	CustomTags = new List<string>
	{
		"Demo",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Security.Incidents["{incident-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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-beta security incidents patch --incident-id {incident-id} --body '{\
    "classification": "TruePositive",\
    "determination": "MultiStagedAttack",\
    "customTags": [\
      "Demo"\
    ]\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodelssecurity "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-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)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.Incident incident = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.Incident();
incident.setClassification(com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.AlertClassification.TruePositive);
incident.setDetermination(com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.AlertDetermination.MultiStagedAttack);
LinkedList<String> customTags = new LinkedList<String>();
customTags.add("Demo");
incident.setCustomTags(customTags);
com.microsoft.graph.models.security.Incident result = graphClient.security().incidents().byIncidentId("{incident-id}").patch(incident);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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')
	.version('beta')
	.update(incident);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Incident;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($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();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.Beta.Security

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

Update-MgBetaSecurityIncident -IncidentId $incidentId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.incident import Incident

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

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

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

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

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": "KaiC@contoso.com",
    "classification": "TruePositive",
    "determination": "MultiStagedAttack",
    "status": "Active",
    "severity": "Medium",
    "customTags": [
      "Demo"
    ],
    "comments": [
      {
		"comment": "Demo incident",
		"createdBy": "DavidS@contoso.com",
		"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. ...",
    "recommendedActions" : "Immediate Recommendations:  1.    Block untrusted and unsigned processes that run from USB (ASR Rule) 2.    Verify if the ASR rule is turned on for the devices and evaluate whether the ASR . ...",
    "recommendedHuntingQueries" : [
        {
             "kqlText" : "//Run this query to identify the devices having Raspberry Robin worm alerts  AlertInfo   | where Timestamp >= datetime(2022-10-20 06:00:52.9644915)   | where Title == 'Potential Raspberry Robin worm command'   | join AlertEvidence on AlertId   | distinct DeviceId"
        }
    ]
}