Managing Notifications - Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual

Managing notifications

This chapter includes the following topics:
Managing notifications
Notifications alert administrators and computer users about potential security
problems.
Some notification types contain default values when you configure them. These
guidelines provide reasonable starting points depending on the size of your
environment, but they may need to be adjusted. Trial and error may be required
to find the right balance between too many and too few notifications for your
environment. Set the threshold to an initial limit, then wait for a few days. After
a few days, you can adjust the notifications settings.
For virus, security risk, and firewall event detection, suppose that you have fewer
than 100 computers in a network. A reasonable starting point in this network is
to configure a notification when two risk events are detected within one minute.
If you have 100 to 1000 computers, detecting five risk events within one minute
may be a more useful starting point.
You manage notifications on the Monitors page. You can use the Home page to
determine the number of unacknowledged notifications that need your attention.
Managing notifications
Establishing communication between the management server and email servers
Viewing and acknowledging notifications
Saving and deleting administrative notification filters
Setting up administrator notifications
How upgrades from another version affect notification conditions
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