alert

verbid 551·updated May 11, 2026
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Notification that a specific attack has been directed at an organization’s information systems.

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

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alerted
presentparticiple
alerting
thirdpersonsingular
alerts
pastparticiple
alerted

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
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A notification that a specific attack has been detected or directed at an organization’s information systems.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
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To warn or give notice of potential danger, threats, or issues.
NERC CIP-006-6 (Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems) v61 senseview framework →
§1
A warning that something has changed, a threshold has been reached, or a failure has occurred.
NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →
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A warning that something has changed, a threshold has been reached, or a failure has occurred.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Notification that a specific attack has been directed at an organization’s information systems.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Notification that a specific attack has been directed at an organization’s information systems.

Outgoing relationships

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  • rememberlexicon:CognitiveLevel

Incoming relationships

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