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/AWS1/CL_SHB=>BATCHUPDATEFINDINGS()

About BatchUpdateFindings

Used by Security Hub customers to update information about their investigation into a finding. Requested by administrator accounts or member accounts. Administrator accounts can update findings for their account and their member accounts. Member accounts can update findings for their account.

Updates from BatchUpdateFindings do not affect the value of UpdatedAt for a finding.

Administrator and member accounts can use BatchUpdateFindings to update the following finding fields and objects.

  • Confidence

  • Criticality

  • Note

  • RelatedFindings

  • Severity

  • Types

  • UserDefinedFields

  • VerificationState

  • Workflow

You can configure IAM policies to restrict access to fields and field values. For example, you might not want member accounts to be able to suppress findings or change the finding severity. See Configuring access to BatchUpdateFindings in the Security Hub User Guide.

Method Signature

IMPORTING

Required arguments:

IT_FINDINGIDENTIFIERS TYPE /AWS1/CL_SHBAWSSECFINDINGID=>TT_AWSSECURITYFINDINGIDLIST TT_AWSSECURITYFINDINGIDLIST

The list of findings to update. BatchUpdateFindings can be used to update up to 100 findings at a time.

For each finding, the list provides the finding identifier and the ARN of the finding provider.

Optional arguments:

IO_NOTE TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_SHBNOTEUPDATE /AWS1/CL_SHBNOTEUPDATE

Note

IO_SEVERITY TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_SHBSEVERITYUPDATE /AWS1/CL_SHBSEVERITYUPDATE

Used to update the finding severity.

IV_VERIFICATIONSTATE TYPE /AWS1/SHBVERIFICATIONSTATE /AWS1/SHBVERIFICATIONSTATE

Indicates the veracity of a finding.

The available values for VerificationState are as follows.

  • UNKNOWN – The default disposition of a security finding

  • TRUE_POSITIVE – The security finding is confirmed

  • FALSE_POSITIVE – The security finding was determined to be a false alarm

  • BENIGN_POSITIVE – A special case of TRUE_POSITIVE where the finding doesn't pose any threat, is expected, or both

IV_CONFIDENCE TYPE /AWS1/SHBRATIOSCALE /AWS1/SHBRATIOSCALE

The updated value for the finding confidence. Confidence is defined as the likelihood that a finding accurately identifies the behavior or issue that it was intended to identify.

Confidence is scored on a 0-100 basis using a ratio scale, where 0 means zero percent confidence and 100 means 100 percent confidence.

IV_CRITICALITY TYPE /AWS1/SHBRATIOSCALE /AWS1/SHBRATIOSCALE

The updated value for the level of importance assigned to the resources associated with the findings.

A score of 0 means that the underlying resources have no criticality, and a score of 100 is reserved for the most critical resources.

IT_TYPES TYPE /AWS1/CL_SHBTYPELIST_W=>TT_TYPELIST TT_TYPELIST

One or more finding types in the format of namespace/category/classifier that classify a finding.

Valid namespace values are as follows.

  • Software and Configuration Checks

  • TTPs

  • Effects

  • Unusual Behaviors

  • Sensitive Data Identifications

IT_USERDEFINEDFIELDS TYPE /AWS1/CL_SHBFIELDMAP_W=>TT_FIELDMAP TT_FIELDMAP

A list of name/value string pairs associated with the finding. These are custom, user-defined fields added to a finding.

IO_WORKFLOW TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_SHBWORKFLOWUPDATE /AWS1/CL_SHBWORKFLOWUPDATE

Used to update the workflow status of a finding.

The workflow status indicates the progress of the investigation into the finding.

IT_RELATEDFINDINGS TYPE /AWS1/CL_SHBRELATEDFINDING=>TT_RELATEDFINDINGLIST TT_RELATEDFINDINGLIST

A list of findings that are related to the updated findings.

RETURNING

OO_OUTPUT TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_SHBBATCHUPDFNDGSRSP /AWS1/CL_SHBBATCHUPDFNDGSRSP