Defining threat levels - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
Language
English
Last updated
2024-09-13

To help your security personnel quickly respond to a threatening situation, you can define threat levels.

What you should know

CAUTION:
The system does not clear a threat level automatically. Explicitly define the actions that are triggered when the threat is cleared.

Procedure

  1. Open the System task, click the General settings view and click the Threat levels tab.
  2. At the bottom of the threat level list, click Add an item ().
  3. In the Threat level configuration dialog box, enter the Name, Description, Logical ID (optional), and Color of the threat level.
    Tip: Choose a distinctive color for each threat level. Users can easily identify the threat when the threat level is set at the system level and the Security Center background matches that color.
  4. Configure the threat level Activation actions.
    The system triggers these actions when the threat level is set, independently of the privileges and permissions of the user who set the threat level.
  5. Configure the threat level Deactivation actions.
    The system triggers these actions when the threat level is cleared or overwritten by another one, independently of the privileges and permissions of the user who cleared the threat level.
  6. Click OK.
    A new threat level () appears in the threat level list.
  7. Click Apply.

After you finish

Make sure that all users who need to set threat levels are part of the public partition, and make sure that they are assigned the Set threat level user privilege.
  • To view which threat levels and security clearance are set on each area, use the System status task.
  • To find out when threat levels were set and cleared, and who did it, use the Activity trails task.