Alert relevance

When you see an alert in the Attack Log, you are being shown the details pertinent to an attack attempt. One of the factors that can help you make a decision on whether or not to act is the result of the attack. Ultimately, it is the relevance of the attack that can assist you with this decision.

Alert relevance (also called relevance) is the extent to which the alert generated is relevant. It is defined numerically and calculated for signature based attacks.

Relevance is a score that is displayed in the Attack Log under a separate column labeled Relevance. Relevance is represented as a percentage of relevance of an alert to the target host and it ranges from 0% to 100%.

Note

The Relevance column is hidden by default and will need to be enabled manually.

Relevance column in Attack Log