Creating a New Investigation

Role Availability	Read-Only	Investigator	Analyst	Manager

USM Anywhere enables you to create and manage your own investigations.

To create a new investigation

1. Go to Investigations.

2. In the upper-right of the page, click New Investigation.

   

3. Enter the information in each field.

   Fields in the New Investigation Dialog box

   Field	Meaning
   Title	Name identifying the investigation.
   Assignee	User the investigation is assigned to. By default, USM Anywhere automatically assigns every new investigation to the user who creates the investigation.
   Intent	Classify your investigation as Delivery & Attack, Environmental Awareness, Exploitation & Installation, Reconnaissance & Probing, or System Compromise. See Intent for more information.
   Severity	Severity of the investigation. Values are Low, Medium, High, and Critical.
   Status	Status applied to the investigation. By default, it is Open and can not be changed. You can change it later to In Review or Closed. See Viewing Investigations Details to learn more about changing the default Status setting.
   Description	(Optional.) Enter an investigation description.

4. Click Save.