How to Configure the RSS Feed Collector

The RSS Feed in DigitalStakeout XTI enables ingestion of RSS or Atom feeds into your intelligence workflow. It’s an efficient way to consolidate content updates from blogs, alerts, government bulletins, industry pages, or custom media feeds.

Use Cases

• 📡 News Aggregation — Track updates from relevant media sources or threat feeds
• 🔎 Research Monitoring — Follow academic, industry, or activist blog posts
• 🔔 Alert Ingestion — Ingest third-party vendor alerts or compliance notifications
• 🧠 Trend Discovery — Monitor high-volume websites for shifting narratives or topics

How It Works

• You subscribe to external RSS or Atom feed URLs
• Each item is ingested into XTI as a new event
• Results are searchable, tagged, and analyzed like any other feed data

Use the Website Search Engine to identify websites with valid feed URLs.

Setting Up an RSS Feed Monitor

1. Access Setup

• Go to XTI → Setup → Collectors
• Click Add Monitor
• Choose RSS Feed Monitor

2. Configure the Monitor

Example:
https://www.cisa.gov/news/rss.xml
https://example.com/feed/

Reviewing Results

All new posts from the feed source will:

• Be stored in your console
• Include metadata (title, timestamp, URL, description)
• Be tagged automatically with the monitor name and configured tags
• Support filtering by keyword or source

Best Practices

• ✅ Monitor only authorized or public sources with published feeds
• 🔁 Review for dead feeds or 404 errors regularly
• 🏷 Use clear monitor names and tags for source attribution
• 🔄 Combine with Keyword Feed to cross-check RSS content against tracked terms
• 📁 Segment monitors by topic (e.g., cyber_policy_rss, vendor_notices)

Legal and Ethical Use

⚖️

You are responsible for ensuring use of RSS feeds complies with all terms of service and copyright restrictions of the source.

• Do not ingest restricted or gated content
• Always respect source licensing and attribution requirements
• DigitalStakeout disclaims liability for third-party data collection disputes

Example Scenarios

• Monitor all alerts published on CISA.gov
• Track posts from a blog known to leak breach data
• Collect industry security announcements from vendor advisories
• Stay informed on regulatory updates from state, federal, or EU institutions

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For an overview of supported integrations and feed limits,
visit the RSS Feed product page.