Cortex · Governance
Roles and visibility in Cortex
How roles, visibility, teams, and departments control what a person can do and see in Cortex.
- RoleControls administrative actions
- VisibilityControls whose data is visible
- OrganizationGroups people into teams and departments
Role and visibility are independent
RoleWhat can I manage?
MemberAdmin
Administrative actions
VisibilityWhose data can I see?
SelfTeamOrganization
Data scope
An Admin with Self visibility manages settings while viewing their own scoped data.
Cortex shows synced activity according to three settings:
- Role controls which administrative actions a person can take.
- Visibility controls whose data that person can see.
- Organization structure groups people into teams and departments.
Changing one does not change the others. An Admin can have Self visibility, and department membership does not grant access to other people in that department.
Before using Cortex, verify that Cortex Defender synced a prompt.
Roles
| Role | What it allows |
|---|---|
| Member | Uses Cortex with the assigned visibility. Cannot manage organization capture policy or user access. |
| Admin | Manages organization settings and capture policy with the assigned visibility. |
Visibility
| Visibility | Data included |
|---|---|
| Self | The person's own scoped data only. |
| Team | The person's data and data from active Members of any team they belong to. |
| Organization | Organization-wide data on Cortex pages that support it. |
Teams and departments
Teams
- Team membership determines the additional people included by Team visibility.
- A person can belong to multiple teams.
- A person's primary team is used for team-level reporting.
- Team visibility includes active Members who share at least one team.
Departments
- Departments organize teams and people for reporting and organizational context.
- Department membership does not grant Team visibility.
- Moving a person or team to another department does not change that person's role or visibility.
Get help
Contact the Chaos Labs team for role, visibility, team, or department changes. Include the person's work email and what they need to see or manage.
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