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Web Security Server AdministrationUsage alerts notify administrators when Internet activity for selected categoriesor protocols reaches configured thresholds.Usage alerts can be generated for both Websense-defined and custom categoriesor protocols.Suspicious activity alerts notify administrators when threat-related events of aselected severity level reach configured threshold.Flood controlAll alerts can be sent to selected recipients via email or SNMP.TRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Alerting, page 388 Configuring general alert options, page 389There are built-in controls for usage alerts to avoid generating excessive numbers ofalert messages. Use the Maximum daily alerts per usage type setting to specify alimit for how many alerts are sent in response to user requests for particular categoriesand protocols. See Configuring general alert options, page 389, for more information.You can also set threshold limits for each category and protocol usage alert, and foreach suspicious activity alert. For example, if you set a threshold limit of 10 for acertain category, an alert is generated after 10 requests for that category (by anycombination of clients). See Configuring category usage alerts, page 392, andConfiguring protocol usage alerts, page 393, for more information.Suppose that the maximum daily alerts setting is 20, and the category alert threshold is10. Administrators are only alerted the first 20 times category requests exceed thethreshold. That means that only the first 200 occurrences result in alert messages(threshold of 10 multiplied by alert limit of 20).Configuring general alert optionsTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Alerting, page 388 Configuring system alerts, page 391 Configuring category usage alerts, page 392 Configuring protocol usage alerts, page 393 Configuring suspicious activity alerts, page 395TRITON - Web Security Help 389