Auto-Escalation
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
A mechanism that automatically raises the urgency, routing, or visibility of an alert or incident if certain conditions are met, such as time without acknowledgment or severity thresholds. It is used to prevent important issues from stalling in queues.
In plain English: Automatically raising the priority or attention level of an issue.
Example: "The SOC relied on auto-escalation so high-severity detections would page the on-call analyst if triage lagged."