{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Crit Alert Response","home_page_url":"https://critalertresponse.com","description":"Crit Alert Response","author":{"name":"Crit Alert Response"},"items":[{"id":"https://critalertresponse.com/f/nonprofit-it-alerting-which-2am-alerts-deserve-a-phone-call","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/6bee3656-21b3-4d5b-aaf7-58131203dd62/nonprofit-it-alerting.webp\"/><p>A school district's email gateway flags a suspicious login at 2:07 a.m. A nonprofit's backup system sends a routine completion notice at 2:14. A cloud service reports services down at 2:22, at 2:29 an antivirus scan dete...</p>","url":"https://critalertresponse.com/f/nonprofit-it-alerting-which-2am-alerts-deserve-a-phone-call","title":"Nonprofit IT Alerting: Which 2am Alerts Deserve a Phone Call","summary":"A school district's email gateway flags a suspicious login at 2:07 a.m. A nonprofit's backup system sends a routine completion notice at 2:14. 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