Automation Exclusion Center permissions

Controls access to the Automation Exclusion Center (SettingsConfigurationsAutomationAutomation Exclusion Center), which prevents a command or script from a remediation action. For more information, see Automation Exclusion Center.

Permission Description Roles Example
None Cannot access the Automation Exclusion Center, view any exclusion policies, or view excluded assets. SOC Tier 1: Do not need to view exclusion policies or excluded assets.
View Can access the Automation Exclusion Center (read-only), view exclusion policies, excluded assets and counts, and view policy compliance status. SOC Tier 2 and 3 Analysts and Threat Hunters: Need View access to help understand automation behavior.
View/Edit All View capabilities, plus create new exclusion policies, edit existing policies, delete policies, manage asset exclusions, and update policy rules. Security Engineers: Need to configure automation behavior and permissions.

Required and recommended permissions

Consider adding the following permissions:

Permission Permission Level Reason
Playbooks Enabled Strongly recommended to understand which playbooks are impacted by exclusions.
Scripts Enabled Strongly recommended for Playbooks; exclusions may reference scripts.
Cases & Issues View or View/Edit Exclusions applied to cases (need context). View/Edit Recommended to trigger playbooks. Helps manage exclusions effectively. Strongly recommended.