Alerting Glossary

Browse 3 alerting terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Alerting Terms

Auto-Escalation
A mechanism that automatically raises the urgency, routing, or visibility of an alert or incident if certain conditions are met, such as time without...
False Positive
A case where a security control incorrectly flags benign behavior, data, or software as malicious or noncompliant. Too many false positives waste analyst time...
Real-Time Alerting
The immediate generation and delivery of alerts as suspicious or important security events occur rather than through delayed batch review. Real-time alerting...

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