{"id":1663,"date":"2022-06-16T14:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1663"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:25:46","password":"","slug":"display-preview-in-shield-alerts","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/display-preview-in-shield-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Display Preview in Shield Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>GAT Shield Alerts overview<\/h2>\n<p>GAT Shield allows Google Workspace admins to create different <strong>alert<\/strong> rules and get notified based on the actions of users.<\/p>\n<p>Alert rules are a powerful way to stay on top of your Google Workspace security.<\/p>\n<p>When the alert is triggered a notification is sent to the <strong>recipient<\/strong> set in the rules.<\/p>\n<p>On each of the alerts at the bottom, there will be options for <strong>Screen capture<\/strong> and <strong>Webcam capture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13929\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield.png\" alt=\"In the notification section, at the bottom of the window will be &quot;screen captrure&quot; and &quot;webcam capture&quot; buttons - each of them will have options to select - do not send, send in the notification email, send in the notification enail and save to the rule creators drive, and send in the notification email. save to the rule creator's drive and share with other alert recipients \" width=\"1887\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield.png 1887w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield-1536x729.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-14_22_54-Shield-360x171.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1887px) 100vw, 1887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The WebCam capture will <strong>ONLY<\/strong> work <strong>if enabled<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/how-to-deploy-gat-shield\/#14-toc-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google Admin Console<\/strong><\/a> and selected as an option in the Alert rule itself<\/p>\n<p>As in this example:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Send in email, save in rule creator&#8217;s Drive and share with other alert recipients<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Result of Alert in Shield console<\/h3>\n<p>When the Alert is being triggered by the end-users, the Alerts are being sent via email (if option selected) and by default to <b>Alerts &gt; Notifications<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>GAT Shield &gt; Alerts &gt; Notifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can view all the notifications that are triggered, along with all their details.<\/p>\n<p>Hover over the Alert rule, and on the right side, 3 buttons will be displayed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acknowledge the alert<\/li>\n<li>Increase severity<\/li>\n<li>Details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13933 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield.png\" alt=\"In the Alerts tab &gt; Notifications view all the alerts that have been triggered by what user when and all the details in the selected time frame (on top right corner) you can select different time scope - hoovering over any of the notificaitons will show 3 buttons on the right side where severity can be updated as well well as achnowledged and details viewed\" width=\"1911\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield.png 1911w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield-1024x480.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield-1536x720.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2025-07-04-16_11_56-Shield-360x169.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1911px) 100vw, 1911px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Result of Alert in Email<\/h3>\n<p>The recipients of the alert will receive an email alert.\u00a0 The email will contain all the details for the alert rule triggered, such as the name of the user who triggered the alert, the rule where it happened, as well as the context for the alert.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13934\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/email-result-of-alert.png\" alt=\"automated email resived by the recipient when alert is triggered by end user \" width=\"1480\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/email-result-of-alert.png 1480w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/email-result-of-alert-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/email-result-of-alert-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/email-result-of-alert-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/email-result-of-alert-360x198.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will include screenshots and webcam capture shots from the account where the alert is triggered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13935\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/emaiil-alert-picture.png\" alt=\"email alert recieved by recipient that contains screenshot and webcam capture and other details from the alert\" width=\"1511\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/emaiil-alert-picture.png 1511w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/emaiil-alert-picture-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/emaiil-alert-picture-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/emaiil-alert-picture-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/emaiil-alert-picture-360x164.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1511px) 100vw, 1511px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAT Shield Alerts overview GAT Shield allows Google Workspace admins to create different alert rules and get notified based on the actions of users. 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