This menu contains all of the main functions of the site as a series of dropdown menus. These contains all (from the current simple user's perspective) accessible functions sorted into several groups.
***Home button:** This button will return you to the start screen of the application, which is the event index page (more about this later).
***Event Actions:** All the malware data entered into MISP is made up of an event object that is described by its connected attributes. The Event actions menu gives access to all the functionality that has to do with the creation, modification, deletion, publishing, searching and listing of events and attributes.
***Input Filters:** Input filters alter what and how data can be entered into this instance. Apart from the basic validation of attribute entry by type, it is possible for the site administrators to define regular expression replacements and blacklists for certain values in addition to blocking certain values from being exportable. Users can view these replacement and blacklist rules here whilst administrator can alter them.
***Global Actions:** This menu gives you access to information about MISP and this instance. You can view and edit your own profile, view the manual, read the news or the terms of use again, see a list of the active organizations on this instance and a histogram of their contributions by attribute type.
***Home button:** idem as user.
***Event Actions:** ibidem
***Input Filters:** Ibidem
***Global Actions:** Ibidem
***Sync Actions:** With administrator access rights, shows a list of the connected instances and allows the initiation of a push and a pull (more about the synchronization mechanisms later).
***Administration:** Administrators can add, edit or remove user accounts and user roles. Roles define the access rights to certain features such as publishing of events, usage of the REST interface or synchronization of any user belonging to the given role. Site administrators can also access a contact form, through which it is possible to reset the passwords of users, or to just get in touch with them via encrypted e-mails.
***Audit:** If you have audit permissions, you can view the logs for your organization (or for site admins for the entire system) here or even search the logs if you are interested in something specific.
***Proposal Notifications:** This shows how many proposals your organization has received and across how many events they are spread out. Clicking this will take you to the list of proposals.
***List Events:** Lists all the events in the system that are not private or belong to your organisation. You can add, modify, delete, publish or view individual events from this view.
***List Attributes:** Lists all the attributes in the system that are not private or belong to your organisation. You can modify, delete or view each individual attribute from this view.
***Import Regexp:** You can view the Regular Expression rules, which modify the data that can be entered into the system. This can and should be used to help filter out personal information from automatic imports (such as removing the username from windows file paths), having unified representation for certain common values for easier correlation or simply standardizing certain input. It is also possible to block certain values from being inserted. As a site administrator or a user with regex permission, you can also edit these rules.
***Signature Whitelist:** You can view the whitelist rules, which contains the values that are blocked from being used for exports and automation on this instance. Site administrators have access to editing this list.
***List Warninglists:**
MISP warninglists are lists of well-known indicators that can be associated to potential false positives, errors or mistakes. The warning lists are integrated in MISP to display an info/warning box at the event and attribute level.
***Dashboard:** allow you to see your Notifications of Proposals, Events with proposals and Delegation request. Your can see the last changes since your last visit, as Events updates and Events publications.
***Members List:** View the number of users per organization and get some statistics about the currently stored attributes.
***Organizations:** View the organizations having a presence on this instance, with some useful informations as contact's name.
The system will automatically generate a message for you, but it is also possible to write a custom message if you tick the check-box, but don't worry about assigning a temporary password manually, the system will do that for you, right after your custom message.
***List Organizations:** View the organizations having a presence on this instance, with some useful informations.
***Add Role:** Create a new role group for the users of this instance, controlling their privileges to create, modify, delete and to publish events and to access certain features such as the logs or automation.
***Administrative Tools:** Various tools, upgrade scripts that can help a site-admin run the instance.
***Server Settings:** Set up and diagnose your MISP installation.
