Adding or Editing an Alert

Scenario

This section describes how to add or edit an alert.

Adding an Alert

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper part of the page and choose Security > SecMaster.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Workspaces > Management. In the workspace list, click the name of the target workspace.
   Figure 1 Workspace management page
   

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Threat Operations > Alerts.
   Figure 2 Alerts
   

5. On the Alerts page, click Add. On the Add page displayed on the right, set parameters as described in Table 1.

   Table 1 Alert parameters

   Parameter		Description
   Basic information	Alert Name	User-defined alert name. The value must contain: Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and the special characters: -_ () A maximum of 255 characters
   	Alert Type	Alert type
   	Alert Severity	Alert severity. The options are Tips, Low, Medium, High, and Fatal.
   	Status	Alert status. The options are Open, Blocked, and Closed.
   	(Optional) Owner	Primary owner of the alert.
   	Data Source Product Name	Data source name
   	Data Source Type	Type of the data source.
   Timeline	First Occurrence Time	Time when an alert is generated for the first time.
   	(Optional) Last Occurrence Time	Last time when an alert was generated
   	(Optional) Planned Closure Time	Time when the alert plan is disabled.
   Other	(Optional) Labels	Alert labels.
   	(Optional) Debugging data	Whether to enable simulated debugging.
   	(Optional) Verification Status	Verification status of the alert to identify the accuracy of the alert. The options are Unknown, Positive, and False positive.
   	(Optional) Stage	Alert phase. Preparation: Prepare resources to process alert. Detection and analysis: Detect and analyze the cause of an alert. Contain, extradition, and recovery: Handle an alert. Post Incident Activity: Follow-up activities.
   	Description	Alert description. The value can contain: Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and the special characters: -_ () A maximum of 1,024 characters.

6. Click OK.

Editing an Alert

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper part of the page and choose Security > SecMaster.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Workspaces > Management. In the workspace list, click the name of the target workspace.
   Figure 3 Workspace management page
   

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Threat Operations > Alerts.
   Figure 4 Alerts
   

5. In the alert list, locate the row that contains the target alert and click More > Edit in the Operation column.
6. On the Edit slide-out that is displayed, modify alert parameters. For details about the parameters, see Table 2.

   Table 2 Alert parameters

   Parameter		Description
   Basic Information	Alert Name	User-defined alert name. The value must contain: Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and the special characters: -_ () A maximum of 255 characters
   	Alert Type	Alert type
   	Alert Severity	Alert severity. The options are Tips, Low, Medium, High, and Fatal.
   	Status	Alert status. The options are Open, Blocked, and Closed.
   	(Optional) Owner	Primary owner of the alert.
   	Data Source Product Name	Name of the data source, which cannot be changed
   	Data Source Type	Type of the data source, which cannot be changed
   Timeline	First Occurrence Time	Time when an alert is generated for the first time.
   	Last Occurrence Time	Last time when an alert was generated
   	Planned Closure Time	Time when the alert plan is disabled.
   Other	Labels	Alert labels.
   	Debugging data	Whether to enable simulated debugging. This parameter cannot be modified once configured.
   	Verification Status	Verification status of the alert to identify the accuracy of the alert. The options are Unknown, Positive, and False positive.
   	Stage	Alert phase. Preparation: Prepare resources to process alert. Detection and analysis: Detect and analyze the cause of an alert. Contain, extradition, and recovery: Handle an alert. Post Incident Activity: Follow-up activities.
   	Description	Alert description. The value can contain: Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and the special characters: -_ () A maximum of 1,024 characters.

7. Click OK.