Definitions[]
Computer security[]
An alert is
“ | [n]otification that a specific attack has been directed at an organization's information systems.[1] | ” |
“ | [a] formal notification that an incident has occurred which may develop into a Business Continuity Management or Crisis Management invocation.[2] | ” |
An alert is "[t]imely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits."[3]
Emergency[]
An alert "indicates that something significant has happened or may happen."[4]
General[]
An alert is
- "a [n]otification that an event has occurred or may occur."[5]
- [a] message that calls attention to a notable situation or informs users of changes in the state of a monitored situation.[6]
Search engine[]
“ | Search engines, like Google, allow you to specify words, phrases or tags that you want checked periodically, with results of those searches [alerts] returned to you by e-mail.[7] | ” |
Wireless[]
An alert is a
“ | notification[], typically in the form of a text or multimedia message, containing time-sensitive information (event details, weather, news, services updates) that are pushed to a mobile subscriber who has opted-in to receive this information.[8] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ CNSSI 4009, at 5.
- ↑ ENISA, Glossary (full-text).
- ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-150, at 59.
- ↑ Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media: Report of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, at 1.
- ↑ Information Technology Resource Management Glossary, at 5.
- ↑ Wiki.GIS.com, GIS Glossary (full-text).
- ↑ New Media and the Air Force, Glossary 1.
- ↑ Mobile Marketing Industry Glossary, at 3.