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# Cortex XSOAR (formerly Demisto) Integration
Feed Cortex XSOAR alerts into ilert to centralize incident management, trigger escalation workflows, and align SecOps response efficiently.
[Cortex XSOAR](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/xsoar) is the industry's only extended security orchestration, automation and response platform that unifies case management, automation, real-time collaboration and threat intelligence management to transform every stage of the alert lifecycle. Teams can manage alerts across all sources, standardize processes with playbooks, take action on threat intelligence and automate response for any security use case, resulting in significantly faster responses that require less manual review.
## In ilert: Create a Cortex XSOAR alert source
1. Go to **Alerting** → **Alert sources** and click **Create new alert source**.
2. Search for **Cortex XSOAR**, click its tile, and click **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams, and click **Next**.
4. Choose who gets notified: select **Use existing escalation policy** and pick a policy, or **Generate new escalation policy** to start with a basic one that notifies you first. Click **Next**.
Pick an existing escalation policy, or generate a basic one without leaving the wizard.
5. Select **Default grouping** and click **Continue setup**. It groups events by the alert key the integration sets; the other [grouping options](/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources.md#event-grouping) are easier to judge once events are arriving.
6. The next page shows more settings, such as notification priority and alert templates. Click **Finish setup** for now; you can change them later.
7. On the final page, ilert shows the integration key and URL for this alert source. You will need them later in this guide.
## In Cortex XSOAR Server: Add Integration
1. Go to Cortex XSOAR, then to **Settings -> Integrations**, search for **iLert** integration and click on the **Add instance** button
2. On the modal window, name the instance, paste the ilert **API Key** that that you generated in ilert and click on the **Save & exit** button
3. Type some available ilert command to test the integration, e.g.
```bash
!iLert-submit-event summary="Test alert"
```
## FAQ
**Can I connect Cortex XSOAR with multiple alert sources from ilert?**
Yes, simply add more integration instances in Cortex XSOAR.
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