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# Alerts

Alerts notify you when security-related events occur in your IT infrastructure.

You can also use alerts to respond automatically to system events by running custom scripts on your hosts.

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## Navigation

<i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click the **Alerts** icon ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/V7OrHgKXA0t1jankQBYf/blobs/eruadjtPJIa7w7japBVb/Enginsight-Menue%20Icon-Alarme.jpg) in the sidebar to open the Alerts menu.

The **Alerts** menu is structured as follows:

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* [Overview](/docs/manual/english/platform-usage/alerts/overview.md): Provides a list of all configured alerts. You can create, edit, and delete alerts, as well as enable or disable them.
* [Webhooks](/docs/manual/english/platform-usage/alerts/webhooks.md): Provides a list of all configured webhooks used to forward notifications to third-party software. You can create, edit, and delete webhooks.
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