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Acknowledging alarms
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Glossary

Acknowledging alarms

2026-01-15

You can view and acknowledge active alarms in the Alarms side panel in Security Center SaaS.

What you should know

You must have the Acknowledge alarms privilege to acknowledge an alarm.
You must have the Forcibly acknowledge alarms privilege to forcibly acknowledge an alarm.
The Active alarms icon changes from white to red when there is an active alarm.

Procedure

Click the Active alarms () icon in the notification tray.
The Alarms side panel opens, containing a list of active alarms.
Click an alarm.
Details about the alarm are displayed in the side panel.

Select an alarm command:


Button	Command	Description
	Acknowledge (Default)	Acknowledge the alarm. The alarm is no longer active, and is removed from the alarm list in the side panel.
	Acknowledge (Alternate)	Set the alarm to the alternate acknowledged state. Your company defines the reasons to use this acknowledgment type. For example, you can use the state to acknowledge a false alarm. This state can be used as a filter in alarm queries.
	Forcibly acknowledge	Force the alarm to be acknowledged. The Forcibly acknowledge setting is helpful for clearing alarms that are currently under investigation and their acknowledgment condition is not yet cleared.
	Investigate	Investigate the alarm. This action lets other users in the system know that you have seen the alarm without acknowledging it, so the alarm is not removed from the active alarm list.