Add an Alert

Required User Role: Organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

You can configure Tenable Security Center to send alerts for vulnerability occurrences.

For more information about the available options for alerts, see Alert Options.

To add an alert:

1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

2. In the left navigation, click Workflow > Alerts.

   The Alerts page appears.

3. Click Add.

   The Add Alert page appears.
   

4. In the Name box, type a name.

5. (Optional) In the Description box, type a description.

6. (Optional) Click the Schedule field to select the frequency of alerts, time, timezone, and whether to repeat sending alerts at the specified time.

7. (Optional) In the Behavior drop-down box, select the condition you want to trigger the alert.
   The default is Perform actions only on first trigger.

8. (Optional) In the Type drop-down box, select the data type for the condition.

9. In the Trigger drop-down box, select the trigger for the alerts.

10. (Optional) In the Query drop-down box, select the dataset to compare with the trigger condition.

11. (Optional) Click Add Filterand provide the details of the selected filter.

12. Click Add Actions to specify an action that occurs when the alert triggers. For more information, see Alert Actions.

13. Click Submit.
    Tenable Security Center creates the alert.