CSPM privilege requirements

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This page lists required privileges for Elastic Security’s CSPM features. There are three access levels: read, write, and manage. Each access level and its requirements are described below.

Read

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Users with these minimum permissions can view data on the Findings page and the Cloud Posture dashboard.

Elasticsearch index privileges
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Read privileges for the following Elasticsearch indices:

  • logs-cloud_security_posture.findings_latest-*
  • logs-cloud_security_posture.scores-*
Kibana privileges
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  • Security: Read

Write

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Users with these minimum permissions can view data on the Findings page and the Cloud Posture dashboard, create detection rules from the findings details flyout, and enable or disable benchmark rules.

Elasticsearch index privileges
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Read privileges for the following Elasticsearch indices:

  • logs-cloud_security_posture.findings_latest-*
  • logs-cloud_security_posture.scores-*
Kibana privileges
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  • Security: All

Manage

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Users with these minimum permissions can view data on the Findings page and the Cloud Posture dashboard, create detection rules from the findings details flyout, enable or disable benchmark rules, and install, update, or uninstall CSPM integrations and assets.

Elasticsearch index privileges
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Read privileges for the following Elasticsearch indices:

  • logs-cloud_security_posture.findings_latest-*
  • logs-cloud_security_posture.scores-*
Kibana privileges
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  • Security: All
  • Spaces: All
  • Fleet: All
  • Integrations: All