Selecting the Advanced plan

To enable access to the Advanced plan, an administrator must select the plan.

About this task

The Standard or Advanced plan is available to customers with QRadar Suite, QRadar SOAR, QRadar SIEM, QRadar NDR, or the Threat Intelligence Insights application.

The Advanced plan gives you access to everything in the Standard plan, with the following extra benefits.
  • Automated scanning of Threats.
  • Reports
    • Unlimited Threat activity
    • Malware analysis
    • DNS early warning
    • Threat groups
    • Industry analysis

Threat intelligence availability varies by region. To learn more, contact your IBM Sales representative.

You must generate your API key in X-Force Exchange. Follow the procedure to generate and activate your API key to complete your selection of the Advanced plan for Threat Intelligence Insights.

QRadar® XDR Connect on-premise customers who are currently using a free trial of Threat Intelligence Insights Advanced must follow the same procedure after the free trial expires.

Procedure

  1. Go to IBM X-Force Exchange (https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/settings/api).
  2. Enter a name for your API key and click Generate.
  3. Copy the API key and API password.
  4. Go to Menu > General settings > Connections > Threat intelligence sources.
  5. Click Get Advanced access.
  6. Enter in the API key and API password.
  7. Click Activate API key.

What to do next

If your API key and password are invalid, contact IBM Support to get help.