---
title: Security monitoring console
description: Supervise security notifications and metrics to stay informed about potential security risks on your instance.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-security/security-center/sc-monitor-console.html
release: australia
product: Security Center
classification: security-center
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Security Center, Platform Security]
---

# Security monitoring console

Supervise security notifications and metrics to stay informed about potential security risks on your instance.

\[Omitted image "sc-mon-con.png"\] Alt text: Security monitoring console

The Security monitoring console is organized into sections, each with cards containing information on a specific aspect of security monitoring. Select the info \(\[Omitted image "info-icon.png"\] Alt text: info icon\) icon on any card for details on what each represents.

## Navigation bar

Use the bar at the top of the page to navigate between the **Overview**, **Security Event Notifications**, and **Security Metrics** sections.

## Metric threshold notifications

Learn about the metric threshold notifications on your instance in the Metric threshold notifications panel. Thresholds define a normal range of scores for an indicator and alert you when certain events occur, like when a score reaches an all-time high. This panel displays the count of threshold notifications in the last seven days, and a chart showing the threshold count over time.

Select either card to open the Security metrics tab to see more detail on these notifications.

## Security event notifications

Track security events such as impersonation or data exports in the Security event notifications section. This panel displays the count of security events in the last seven days, and a chart showing the count over time.

Select either card to open the Security metrics tab to see more detail on these notifications.

## Security metrics

This section displays a count of available Security Metrics on your instance. Review a collection of Security Metrics from various security products.

## My Security Tasks

View the most urgent Security Tasks assigned to you. Select a task to view its details, or select **See all Security Tasks** to view a complete list of Security Tasks. For details on Security Tasks, see [Security Tasks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/security-task-manager.md).

## Additional resources

Use the additional resources section on the edge of the screen to navigate to documentation and videos relevant to learning Security Center as well as information on managing instance security.

-   **[Security Event Notifications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/security-policies.md)**  
View, manage, and analyze the default security event notification policies on your ServiceNow instance, as well as access the functionality to create custom policies.
-   **[Security metrics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/sc-metrics.md)**  
Monitor over 50 different Security Metrics to identify potential security threats or insecure behaviors. Set thresholds for email notifications, visualize, and analyze the data in multiple ways. Export the data, or create dashboards with the metrics that are most important to your organization.

**Parent Topic:**[Security Center](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/security-center/sec-center-v2.md)