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title: Define identities
description: Define identities who represent actual individuals, organizations, or groups.
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# Define identities

Define identities who represent actual individuals, organizations, or groups.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_ti.admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Threat Intelligence** > **IoC Repository** > **Identities**.

2.  Click **New**.

3.  Complete the fields in the form as appropriate.

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Field

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Description

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**Name**

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Enter a descriptive name for this identity.When referring to a specific entity \(an individual or organization\), this property must contain the canonical name of the specific entity.

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**Identity Class**

</td><td>

The type of entity that this identity describes. For example, individual or organization.

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**Source**

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Specifies the threat source from which this record is created.

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**Description**

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A description that provides more details and context about the identity, potentially including its purpose and its key characteristics.

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**Source ID**

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Unique identifier for this object in the threat source.

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**Created Time in Source**

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Specifies the time the object is created in the source.

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**Modified Time in Source**

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Specifies the time the object is modified in the source.

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</table>4.  Click **Submit**.


## What to do next

Click any of the following related lists to view additional information about objects associated the identity.

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Related Links and Related Lists

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Description

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Show Relationships

</td><td>

Opens the STIX Visualizer where you can view the relationship of the STIX object.Show Relationships appears only when the object has an associated object.

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External References

</td><td>

Lists external references which refer to non-STIX information. This property is used to provide one or more external object identifiers.

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Attack Patterns

</td><td>

Lists the attack patterns that help categorize attacks that are associated with this object.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Campaigns

</td><td>

Lists campaigns associated with this object.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Intrusion Set

</td><td>

Lists a set of adversarial behaviors and resources with common properties associated with this object.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Locations

</td><td>

Lists locations that provide geographic context to this object.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Malware

</td><td>

Lists malicious code associated with this object.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Threat Actors

</td><td>

Lists individuals, groups, or organizations who act with malicious intent associated with this object.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Tools

</td><td>

Lists legitimate software that is used by threat actors to perform attacks associated with this object.

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Identities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/threat-intelligence-identities.md)