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Glossary: Monitoring Tools and the Identity Life Cycle

Automated alert

Also written: alerts, alert rule, alerting

A notification a tool raises by itself when data matches a rule. It is built from a data source, a rule with a condition and threshold, a severity and an action such as a phone notification.

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Related terms

ThresholdAlert fatigueSIEM (security information and event management)