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.
description	String	Description of the 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.
displayName	String	The incident name.
severity	microsoft.graph.security.alertSeverity	Indicates the possible impact on assets. The higher the severity, the bigger the impact. Typically, higher severity items require the most immediate attention. Possible values are: unknown, informational, low, medium, high, unknownFutureValue.
resolvingComment	string	User input that explains the resolution of the incident and the classification choice. It contains free editable text.
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 microsoft.graph.security.incident object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows 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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.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);

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

CLI

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

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

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

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
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

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.models.security.Incident incident = new com.microsoft.graph.models.security.Incident();
incident.setClassification(com.microsoft.graph.models.security.AlertClassification.TruePositive);
incident.setDetermination(com.microsoft.graph.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);

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
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Security\Incident;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Security\AlertClassification;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Security\AlertDetermination;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($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

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.security.incident import Incident
from msgraph.generated.models.alert_classification import AlertClassification
from msgraph.generated.models.alert_determination import AlertDetermination
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
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)

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. ...",
    "summary": "Defender Experts has identified some malicious activity. This incident has been raised for your awareness and should be investigated as normal."
}