New Feature: Manually Triggered ChatOps Alerts

Security shouldn’t sit in silos; bring everyone into the AppSec workflow. The newest Arnica update gives security teams, admins, and champions the ability to notify teammates directly from any Arnica finding.  

With just one click — “Send Notification” — you can instantly share findings with the right people. Push a contextual Slack alert, transforming traditional static review processes into in-workflow collaboration.

No more copying links or drafting messages. Simply open any finding in Arnica, select the new notification option, and we’ll handle the rest, sending a clean, contextual, real-time message to the recipient as if the finding had just been triggered.

Think of it like a modern-day security poke: a fast, frictionless way to make sure the right person sees the right issue at the right time.

🔧 Where It Fits in Your Workflow

This feature lives directly in the Arnica UI, embedded within every finding view. Whether you're triaging vulnerabilities, cleaning up your backlog, or collaborating on fixes, you can:

• Trigger Slack notifications manually, not just via automated policy rules.
• Escalate important findings instantly without waiting for scheduled reviews.
• Add human discretion to automated detection: great for context-specific risk escalation.

It’s an ideal enhancement for:

• Security champions doing real-time triage
• Admins reviewing stale or historical findings
• Teams needing immediate attention on critical or time-sensitive issues

💡 Why It Matters

Traditionally, notifications in Arnica were limited to automated events—meaning findings got shared only when policies were triggered. But sometimes you need more flexibility. This feature was built from real customer requests and enables:

• Human-initiated nudges for nuanced or overlooked findings
• More responsive workflows in distributed teams
• Stronger collaboration between security and development without adding tool friction

Security was top of mind during implementation. The manually triggered notifications don’t alter permissions or visibility—they just enable direct, ephemeral communication. As a result, there’s no expanded attack surface, and all actions remain traceable within Arnica’s audit logs.

📣 From the Company that Brought You ChatOps AppSec Automation

Arnica has led the charge in ChatOps-based security collaboration. This new feature builds on that foundation by giving you control of when and how findings reach your team—faster, simpler, and more thoughtfully than ever before.

The Manually Triggered ChatOps feature is live in all environments. Log into your Arnica instance, open any finding, and click “Send Notification” to give it a try.

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