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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