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Cisco XDR Actor API

Actor operations

Cisco XDR Actor API is one of 83 APIs that Cisco XDR publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Actor, Security, XDR, and Threat Detection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 11 operations across 8 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 4178275a824512c2fd3a2acdb0e8277233919054 v2.71.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /.

11 operations 8 paths 10 schemas 2 DELETE7 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
4178275a824512c2fd3a2acdb0e8277233919054 v2.71.0
Base URL
https://private.intel.amp.cisco.com
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
License
All Rights Reserved
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Cisco XDR Actor API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (JWT). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 6 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • JWT — Ex: Bearer \

Paths & Operations 11

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 7 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Actor 11

Actor operations

POST
/ctia/actor
Adds a new Actor
1 param body → 201
PUT
/ctia/actor/{id}
Update an existing Actor
2 params body → 200
GET
/ctia/actor/{id}
Get one Actor by ID
2 params → 200
DELETE
/ctia/actor/{id}
Delete one Actor
2 params → 204
GET
/ctia/actor/external_id/{external_id}
List Actor by external id
7 params → 200
GET
/ctia/actor/search
Search for Actor entities using a ES query syntax and field filters
21 params → 200
DELETE
/ctia/actor/search
Delete Actor entities matching given Lucene/ES query string or/and field filters
17 params → 200
GET
/ctia/actor/search/count
Count Actor matching a Lucene/ES query string and field filters
15 params → 200
GET
/ctia/actor/metric/histogram
Histogram for some Actor field
19 params → 200
GET
/ctia/actor/metric/topn
Topn for some Actor field
19 params → 200
GET
/ctia/actor/metric/cardinality
Cardinality for some Actor field
16 params → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PartialActor (30 properties), NewActor (30 properties), Actor (23 properties), ExternalReference (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MetricResultFilters
object
2 properties 2 required
Actor
object
Describes malicious actors or adversaries related to a cyber attack.
23 properties
PartialActor
object
Describes malicious actors or adversaries related to a cyber attack.
30 properties
ValidTime
object
Period of time when a cyber observation is valid.
2 properties
ExternalReference
object
External references are used to describe pointers to information represented outside of CTIM. For example, a Malware object could use an external reference to…
5 properties 1 required
NewActor
object
a new Actor
30 properties 4 required
RelatedIdentity
object
Describes a related Identity
4 properties
MetricResultData
object
MetricResult
object
3 properties 3 required
Identity
object
Can contain information such as the name of the attacker, the group or organization they belong to, or any other identifier that can help in the attribution pr…
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cisco-xdr-actor-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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