Notifications

In the Home tab > Monitoring section > Notifications page, recent system and security events are displayed in a table.

For each you can see:

  • Time - The time when the event occurred.

  • Severity - Security Alert, Attention Required, or Informative Event

  • Type - What occurred. Examples of an Informative Event include "An administrator is logged in" or "Firmware upgrade is complete"

  • Message - A description of the event. For the example, "Firmware upgrade is complete", the message includes the version and build of the upgrade.

To filter the table:

Select the relevant tab:

  • All

  • IoT & Assets

  • Internet & SD-WAN

  • Remote Access VPN

  • Access

  • Security Incidents

To view the details of a security event:

Click the event row in the table and click View Details.

To configure the notification settings:

  1. Click Settings.

  2. In the Notification Settings window, for Notification language, use the down arrow in the field to select the desired language.

  3. To set the maximum number of notifications to receive within a specific time period (in minutes), select the checkbox Limit notifications by time range and use the arrows to enter the desired values. The defaults are a maximum of 3 notifications every 60 minutes.

  4. To receive aggregated notifications instead of multiple single notifications, select the checkbox Send aggregated notifications.

  5. To receive push notifications of a specific severity on your mobile device, select the checkbox Send mobile push notifications of severity [blank] and higher. Use the down arrow in the severity field to select Security Alert, Attention Required, or Informative Event.

  6. For previews of WatchTower push notifications, select the checkbox Show previews for WatchTower push notifications.

  7. Starting from R81.10.08, you can select how to receive the notifications. Select one or both of these options and use the down arrow in the field to select the severity:

    • Send email notifications of severity [blank] and higher

    • Send SMS notifications of severity [blank] and higher

    Notes:

    • To receive these notifications, an admin must define an email address or a mobile phone number.

    • If an admin did not define either a phone number or an email address, a warning appears when the admin logs in.
  8. In the list of Notifications, select the checkbox and severity for the ones you want to receive.

  9. Click Save.