Communities

How to Use the Threat Sharing Community

You must either a) create a community, or b) become a member of an existing community. You can access the Communities page by Dashboard > Threat Sharing > Communities. The sub pages of the community page are explained below.

Your Communities

The communities you are enrolled in

All

All Communities on the platform

Invitations

Invitations waiting for you to accept or decline

The fields of the community page are explained below.

Incident Name

The name of the post

Users

Number of users in the community

Industry

The industry for to the community

Last Update

The date and time the last post was made

Security Label

Details

A preview of the reported threat

Three Dots (Actions)

  • Notification Settings

  • Leave

A search window is available to help quickly find a name on the community homepage.

How to create a Community?

Go to Dashboard > Threat Sharing > Communities and click on the Create Community button.

Next, you will be asked to enter the following from the table below:

Community Name

The name for your community

Community Description

A description of the community with its rules and goals (max. 300 words)

Industry

The industry most relevant to the community

Privacy

  • Public: Anyone can find the community and see posted threats

  • Private: Only members invited by the community owner can see posted threats, but the name of the community is listed publicly in the communities list

  • Hidden: Only members can see posted threats and the name of the group is not displayed in the list of communities

Please read and accept the terms and conditions. Then click on Create to complete the process.

After creating your community, you will be directed to the new Threat Sharing Community homepage.

You will now be able to post your first incident.

Community Settings

Go to Dashboard > Threat Sharing > Communities and click on the Settings Wheel. You will be able to edit the interact with the fields in the table bellow.

Edit Community

Edit the general information and settings of the community.

Notification Settings

  • Enable Email notifications

  • Disable Email notifications

NOTE: If you disable the first notifications setting, no notifications will be sent out to the community to inform them of posted incidents.

Leave

To withdraw from the community. NOTE: You will no longer be able to post incidents to this community; you will have to rejoin or be re-invited.

Delete

To delete the community

How to Transfer Ownership of a Community

If you no longer wish to be the owner of a community, you have the option to transfer ownership to a fellow member.

  • Go to the Communities dashboard

  • Select the community for which ownership is to be transferred

  • Select the member who will be the new owner

  • Click on the three dots to the right of the member’s name

  • Assign as owner

  • Confirm that you are willing to give admin privileges (includes rights to remove users and delete the community) to the new owner

  • Click Accept to complete the transfer of ownership

  • A message will appear to confirm that the transfer of the community’s ownership has been successful.

Invite new members to your Community

Once a community has been established, you are able to invite members to join the group. A maximum of five can be invited at one time.

To invite new members;

  • Go to the right-hand pane of the community homepage

  • Under About Community, click +Invite and enter the email address of the invite

  • Click Invite to send your request

Requests

Individuals who are not currently members of the community can request to join. These requests are visible under the Requests option on the community homepage.

Members Page

The names of the members of your threat sharing community are visible under the Members page. You wil be able to see the following information.

Company

The Company that created the threatsharing community

Users

The number of users

Industry

The industry for the community

Posts

The number of posts made

Three Dots (Actions)

See posted incidents

A search window is available to help quickly find a name on the community homepage.

Incidents Page

The names of the incidents of your threat sharing community are visible under the Incidents Page. You will be able to see the following information.

Incident Name

The name of the post

Created by

The name of the user that created the post and the company that the user belongs to

Date Created

The date and time the post was made

Security Label

Details

A preview of the reported threat

Three Dots (Actions)

See posted incidents

A search window is available to help quickly find a name on the community homepage.

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