The Alerts tab of Patch My PC’s (PMPC’s) Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) product, CVE Insights, allows you to create and view customized alerts for CVEs relevant to your environment.

There are two ways to create an Alert:

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Create an Alert from the Alerts tab

To create an alert from the Alerts tab:

  1. Click either Add Alert or the plus (+) symbol in the top right-hand corner.
  2. On the New Alert page, type a unique name for this alert in the Alert Name field.
  3. If you do not wish to add a vendor, go to step 8.
  4. Click Add Vendor
  5. On the Add Vendor screen, either:
    1. Select the vendor from the list.
    2. Start typing the name of the vendor in the Enter vendor name field.
  6. Repeat Step 5 to add any additional vendors.
  7. Click Confirm
  8. If you do not want to add either a CVSS score or Products Impacted, go to Step 16.
  9. If you do not want to add a CVSS score, go to Step 11.
  10. To add a CVSS score, click Select in the CVSS <version> criticality score field, select the lowest level CVSS score after which you want to receive notifications (i.e. any scores below this won’t generate a notification), then click Confirm.
  11. If you do not want to add any products, go to Step 16.
  12. Click Add Product
  13. On the Products screen, either:
    1. Select the product from the list.
    2. Start typing the product’s name in the Enter product name field.
  14. Repeat Step 13 to add any additional products.
  15. Click Confirm
  16. On the New Alert screen, click Add Alert.

**Important**

The first time you create an Alert, you will see a notification asking if you allow CVE Insights to send you notifications. If you don’t click **Allow**, you won’t receive notifications of your alerts outside of the app.

The new alert appears on the Alerts page.

Creating an Alert from within a CVE

To create an alert from within a CVE:

  1. Click Add alert
  2. Continue from Step 2. Of the Create an Alert from the Alerts tab process.

**Note**

When you finish adding an alert from within a CVE, you are returned to the CVE from which you created the alert. To verify the new alert has been created successfully, navigate back to the home page, then click the **Alerts** tab.

Edit an Alert

To edit an Alert:

  1. Navigate to the Alerts tab.
  2. Click the relevant Alert to open it.
  3. Click Edit Alert
  4. On the Update Alert page, make any required changes and click Update Alert.

    The Alerts Details page is displayed along with the Alert was updated successfully notification.

  5. Click the back arrow on the Alert Details page to navigate back to the list of Alerts.

Delete an Alert

To delete an Alert:

  1. Navigate to the Alerts tab.
  2. Click the relevant Alert to open it.
  3. Click Delete Alert

    The Alerts page is displayed along with the Alert was deleted successfully notification.