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Security alerting for data

Security alerting for data

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Security alerting for data

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- Alerting is a fundamental component of security monitoring and response activities. It involves generating notifications or alerts when potential security incidents or anomalies are detected. Some of the key aspects. Alerting enables real-time detection of potential security incidents, allowing us to respond promptly and mitigate risks before they escalate. Alerts can be prioritized based on severity, impact, and criticality, helping security teams focus on the most significant threats first, or semi or fully automating those with SOAR runbooks and playbooks. Alerts can trigger automated responses, such as blocking malicious IP addresses or isolating compromised systems, for example, air-gapping them to contain threats quickly. Alerts can also provide contextual information, for example, if there's a dump involved, like a memory dump. It can have information about the detected incident, the source, affected systems, and potential impact. Some prioritization factors for alerts would…

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