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Updated on 2026-02-06 GMT+08:00

Automatic Closing of Repeated Alerts (Automatic closing of repeated alerts)

Playbook Overview

If new alerts reported to SecMaster contain the same parameters as historical alerts, the Automatic Closing of Repeated Alerts playbook automatically closes the historical alerts, retains the latest, and automatically associates the new alerts with the closed historical alerts. Alerts with identical values for the following parameters are considered repeated alerts.

  • Alert Name
  • Alert Type
  • Alert Severity
  • Affected Assets
  • Attacker
  • Victim
  • Data Source
  • Model Name

This playbook is applied to alerts only. Attacks cannot trigger it. For details about the differences between alerts and attacks, see Overview.

This playbook is enabled by default. There is no need to manually configure or enable it.

Prerequisites

Your SecMaster professional edition is available.

Implementation Effect

You can view the associated alerts on the alert details page of the new repeated alerts, and the Status of the associated alerts is AutoClosed.
  1. For details about how to view alerts, see Viewing Alert Details. In the navigation pane on the left in a specific workspace, choose Threats > Alerts to go to the Alerts page.
  2. On the Alerts page, click the alert name to go to the Alert Details page.
  3. On the alert details page, click Associated Alerts to go to the associated alert page and view details about associated alerts. The status of the associated alerts is Closed.
    Figure 1 Alerts associated with a new alert
  4. For a closed historical repeated alert, if the alert status is AutoClosed on the Threats > Alerts page, the alert is closed by the playbook.
    Figure 2 Automatic closing of repeated alerts