# 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.


Community 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
Three Dots (Actions)	Edit Community Notification Settings Leave Delete

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 willl 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 willl 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 **Three Dots.** You will be able to edit the interaction with the fields in the table below.


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 willl 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 * Go to Members menu * Select the member who will be the new owner * Click on the three dots to the right of the member’s name and click 'Assign as owner' button * 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	Security labels to inform recipients about how to share sensitive information. Please visit Traffic Light Protocol for more information.
Details	A preview of the reported threat
Three Dots (Actions)	See posted incidents

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