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title: Security annotations
description: A security annotation is a note of explanation or comments added to a configuration item, observable, or use on a security incident.
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last_updated: "2026-10-09"
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breadcrumb: [Security Operations common functionality, Security Operations]
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# Security annotations

A security annotation is a note of explanation or comments added to a configuration item, observable, or use on a security incident.

Multiple security annotations are available for users and observables \(requires the Threat Intelligence plugin\). Reports on security annotations are also available.

-   **[Create security annotations for CIs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/create-security-annotations.md)**  
Annotations on CIs allow you to track activity across incidents. You can add annotations to a single or multiple CIs.
-   **[Create security annotations for observables](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/create-security-annotations-multiple.md)**  
You can select a single or multiple observables and apply security annotations to them using the **Actions on selected rows** choice menu.
-   **[Create security annotations for users](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/create-multi-sec-annotations-for-users.md)**  
You can select a single or multiple users and apply security annotations to them using the **Actions on selected rows** choice menu.
-   **[View security annotations reports](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/view-security-annotations-report.md)**  
The Security Annotations report presents details stored in the Security Annotations \[sn\_sec\_cmn\_security\_annotations\] table. You can customize the columns in the report and group the data in any way that suits you.

**Parent Topic:**[Security Operations common functionality](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/sec-ops-common-functionality.md)