Global Assessments
Global Assessments let you enable and configure global rules that continuously monitor selected areas in your environment.
Each assessment is based on a calculated value. When the value crosses the configured activation threshold, the assessment is highlighted as active on the Assessments page.
How Global Assessments work
All global assessments are disabled by default.
When an assessment is enabled, Bsure evaluates it during the scheduled calculation process and compares the latest result with the configured thresholds.
Global Assessments use an activation threshold and a deactivation threshold. This creates a buffer between when an assessment becomes active and when it becomes inactive again.
Disabled
Inactive
Thresholds are not evaluated.
The assessment is not visible.
Enabled
Inactive
The calculated value is below the activation threshold.
The assessment is available, but is not highlighted as active.
Enabled
Active
The calculated value reaches or exceeds the activation threshold.
The assessment is highlighted as active.
Enabled
Active
The calculated value is below the activation threshold, but still above the deactivation threshold.
The assessment remains highlighted as active.
Enabled
Inactive
The calculated value falls below the deactivation threshold.
The assessment is no longer highlighted as active.
An enabled assessment becomes active when the calculated value reaches or exceeds the activation threshold.
After an assessment has become active, it remains active until the value falls below the deactivation threshold. This prevents the assessment from switching status due to small changes between calculations.
Configure a Global Assessment
Go to:
Settings → Configuration → Global Assessments
Find the assessment you want to configure and open it.
In the configuration window, you can adjust the following settings:
Enabled
Turns the assessment on or off.
Is Percentage (available on some assessments)
Defines whether the threshold values are interpreted as percentages instead of counts. Assessments page will then show percentage.
Activation Threshold
The value that must be reached before the assessment becomes active.
Deactivation Threshold
The value that must be reached before the assessment returns to inactive status.
You can either enter threshold values manually or adjust them visually by dragging the dashed threshold lines in the graph.
Click Apply Changes to save the configuration.
Activation and Deactivation Thresholds
Global Assessments use two thresholds to prevent the assessment status from changing back and forth due to small variations in the calculated value.
Activation Threshold defines when an enabled assessment should become active.
When the calculated value reaches or exceeds the activation threshold, the assessment is highlighted on the Assessments page.
Deactivation Threshold defines when an active assessment should return to inactive status.
The calculated value must fall below the deactivation threshold before the assessment is no longer highlighted.
This creates a buffer between activation and deactivation, making the status more stable over time.
Notification
Notifications can be configured separately for channels such as Microsoft Teams or email.
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