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# Alert Notifications permissions

Controls access to configure notification rules, templates, and external integration forwarding.

* Configurations: Manage rules through **Settings** → **Configuration** → **General** → **Notifications**: Includes main notification rules and user notifications.
* External forwarding: Configure through **Settings** → **Configuration** → **Integrations** → **External Applications**.

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### Caution

Configuring alert notifications requires underlying infrastructure. For Slack or Email, users need access to the Integrations permissions.
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| Permission | Description                                                        | Roles Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| None       | No access to notification configuration.                           | <ul><li>SOC Tier-1 or SOC Tier-2 Analyst: Typically don't need to configure notifications or check notification forwarding destinations.</li><li>Threat Hunter: Notification configuration is not typically part of threat hunting.</li></ul> |
| View       | Read-only access to notification settings.                         | <ul><li>SOC Tier-3 Analyst: May review notification forwarding.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                     |
| View/Edit  | Full access to create, modify, and delete notification forwarding. | Security Engineer: Often responsible for configuring notification integrations.                                                                                                                                                               |

**Required and recommended permissions**

Consider adding the following permissions:

| Permission     | Permission Level | Reason                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cases & Issues | View             | Notifications can be configured for case-related events; understanding case workflow is essential. Strongly recommended.                                    |
| Integrations   | View             | Provides visibility into integration health. Consider View/Edit to configure new integration instances used by notification channels. Strongly recommended. |
| Query Center   | View             | Query notification-related data and troubleshoot notification delivery. Recommended.                                                                        |
| Auditing       | View             | Track changes to notification configurations for compliance. Recommended.                                                                                   |
| Dashboards     | Enabled          | View notification-related dashboards and delivery metrics. Recommended.                                                                                     |


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