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slug: /cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists
title: Match Lists and Suppressed Lists
description: Learn about creating a match list and their usage in rules.
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists/
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This guide has information about Cloud SIEM match lists, including how they are used in Cloud SIEM and how to create them.

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In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists/create-match-list')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/matching-list.png')} alt="List icon" width="40"/><h4>Create a Match List</h4></a>
  <p>Learn about match lists, their purpose, usage, and how to create them. </p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists/custom-match-list-columns')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/matching-list.png')} alt="List icon" width="40"/><h4>Custom Match List Columns</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to define custom columns for use in match lists.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists/match-fields-reference')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/matching-list.png')} alt="List icon" width="40"/><h4>Match Fields Reference</h4></a>
  <p>Learn what record fields a match list with a given target column will be compared to.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists/standard-match-lists')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/matching-list.png')} alt="List icon" width="40"/><h4>Entity Tags and Standard Match Lists</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to identify specific entities that should be treated differently during Cloud SIEM rule processing.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/cse/match-lists-suppressed-lists/suppressed-lists')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/matching-list.png')} alt="List icon" width="40"/><h4>Suppressed Lists</h4></a>
  <p>Learn to suppress signals that contain a particular indicator value in any of the signal's records.</p>
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