---
title: "Get Entity Risk Score"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/security-entities/risk-scores/{entity_id}"
tags: ["Entity Risk Scores"]
---

# Get Entity Risk Score

`GET /api/v2/security-entities/risk-scores/{entity_id}`

Get the risk score for a specific entity by its ID. Returns security risk assessment including risk score, severity, detected signals, misconfigurations, and identity risks.

## Path parameters

- `entity_id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- SecurityEntityRiskScoreResponse — Response containing a single entity risk score
  - `data` SecurityEntityRiskScore, required — An entity risk score containing security risk assessment information
    - `attributes` SecurityEntityRiskScoreAttributes, required — Attributes of an entity risk score.
      - `accountIds` string[], required — Cloud account IDs associated with the entity.
      - `configRisks` SecurityEntityConfigRisks, required — Configuration risks associated with the entity
        - `hasIdentityRisk` boolean, required — Whether the entity has identity risks
        - `hasMisconfiguration` boolean, required — Whether the entity has misconfigurations
        - `hasPrivilegedRole` boolean, required — Whether the entity has privileged roles
        - `isPrivileged` boolean, required — Whether the entity has privileged access
        - `isProduction` boolean, required — Whether the entity is in a production environment
        - `isPubliclyAccessible` boolean, required — Whether the entity is publicly accessible
      - `entityMetadata` SecurityEntityMetadata, required — Metadata about the entity from cloud providers
        - `accountID` string — Cloud account ID (AWS)
        - `environments` string[], required — Environment tags associated with the entity
        - `mitreTactics` string[], required — MITRE ATT&CK tactics detected
        - `mitreTechniques` string[], required — MITRE ATT&CK techniques detected
        - `projectID` string — Cloud project ID (GCP)
        - `services` string[], required — Services associated with the entity
        - `sources` string[], required — Data sources that detected this entity
        - `subscriptionID` string — Cloud subscription ID (Azure)
      - `entityName` string — Human-readable name of the entity.
      - `entityProviders` string[], required — Cloud providers associated with the entity.
      - `entityRoles` string[] — Roles associated with the entity.
      - `entitySubTypes` string[], required — Sub-types associated with the entity.
      - `entityType` string — Type of the entity (for example, aws_iam_user, aws_ec2_instance).
      - `entityTypes` string[] — All types associated with the entity.
      - `firstDetected` integer, required — Timestamp when the entity was first detected (Unix milliseconds).
      - `lastActivityTitle` string, required — Title of the most recent signal detected for this entity.
      - `lastDetected` integer, required — Timestamp when the entity was last detected (Unix milliseconds).
      - `riskScore` integer, required — Current risk score for the entity.
      - `riskScoreEvolution` integer, required — Change in risk score compared to previous period.
      - `severity` 'critical' | 'high' | 'medium' | 'low' | 'info', required — Severity level based on risk score
      - `signalsDetected` integer, required — Number of security signals detected for this entity.
    - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the entity
    - `type` 'SecurityEntityRiskScore', required — Resource type.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `429` — Too many requests

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