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title: Search Security Operations
description: You can find information quickly in any Security Operations application using the search icon in the screen header. Zing is the text indexing and search engine that performs all text searches in your instance.
locale: en-US
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Security Operations common functionality, Security Operations]
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# Search Security Operations

You can find information quickly in any Security Operations application using the search icon in the screen header. Zing is the text indexing and search engine that performs all text searches in your instance.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_si.read or higher

## Procedure

1.  Select the search icon \(\[Omitted image "SearchIcon.png"\] Alt text:\) in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

2.  Type in the criteria you want to search by, and press **Enter**.

    If you have the Security Incident Response plugin activated, the search criteria you entered present any matching short description text, CIs, IP addresses, or URLs in your security incidents, Security Incident Response tasks, or security requests. If you have the Vulnerability Response or Threat Intelligence plugins activated, the search results include vulnerabilities, vulnerable items, vulnerable entries, observables, IoCs, and attack mode/methods.


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

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[Introduction to searching](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/c_IntroductionToSearching.md)

[Zing text search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/c_ZingTextSearch.md)