Network Discovery keeps you informed about the health and security of your networks by monitoring changes and potential risks in real time. Set up alerts to automatically notify you of newly detected devices, offline scanning agents, IP changes, and known vulnerabilities (CVEs), so you can act quickly and stay in control.

Note: Only Admin users can configure Network Discovery alerts.

Set up alerts

To set up Network Discovery alerts:

1. Go to Admin > Monitoring and automation > Network Discovery alerts.

Note: Network Discovery Alerts can also be accessed by clicking the Manage Alerts button on the Network Discovery dashboard.

The Network Discovery Alerts page appears.

2. Toggle the following alert types as needed:

• Unmonitored workstations/devices detection: Alert when unmonitored devices are detected.
• Unmonitored SNMP devices detection: Alert when unmonitored SNMP devices are detected.
• Scanning agent IP change: Alert when the IP of the device performing the scan has changed.
• Scanning agent is offline: Alert when the device performing the scan has gone offline.
• Low rating potential CVE detected: Alert when the CVSS rating is low.
• Medium rating potential CVE detected: Alert when the CVSS rating is medium.
• High rating potential CVE detected: Alert when the CVSS rating is high.
   

Note:

• Only new Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) detections will generate an alert. 
• You can deactivate an alert at any time.

3. Click the chevron icon to assign the alert type to your site(s).

Note: The default assignment is to all sites.

3. Click the chevron icon to assign the alert type to your customer(s).

Note: The default assignment is to all customers.

4. Hover over the alert severity level and click the chevron icon to select Information, Warning, or Critical.

Network Discovery alerts will appear alongside all your other alerts (e.g., in the Alerts section, Dashboard, Agent Console).

Note: Network Discovery alerts are not affected by the setting done in Admin > Alert Settings.

Filter and view alerts

You can filter alerts to view only your Network Discovery alerts. Doing so can provide a kind of 'event log' enabling viewing of changes to your networks over time.

To filter alerts:

1. From Alerts (on the sidebar), click Filters.

2. From the Category dropdown, select Network.

All Network Discovery alerts will appear.

Note: Click See network scan on any alert to open the relevant scan.