Approver roles required for Security Exposure Management Workspace

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title: Approver roles required for Security Exposure Management Workspace
description: You can see the required roles for the approvers in the Security Exposure Management Workspace.
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# Approver roles required for Security Exposure Management Workspace

You can see the required roles for the approvers in the Security Exposure Management Workspace.

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Approval type

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Approver roles

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False positive approvals

</td><td>

sn\_vul.false\_positive\_approver -   sn\_vul.vulnerability\_admin
-   sn\_vul.vulnerability\_analyst

Approvers are required to be in the False Positive Approver user group.

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Exception approvals \(deferrals\)

</td><td>

-   sn\_sec\_exception.admin
-   sn\_sec\_exception.read
-   sn\_sec\_exception.approver

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Unassign approvals

</td><td>

sn\_vul.unassign\_approver

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Risk reduction approvals

</td><td>

sn\_vul.exception\_approver

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Exception rule approvals

</td><td>

-   sn\_sec\_exception.admin
-   sn\_sec\_exception.approver

 Approvers review and approve or reject exception rules that automatically apply exceptions to matching findings.

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