Alarmid

Alarmid is a term used across computing and security disciplines to denote a unique identifier assigned to an alarm event, rule, or alert. The exact meaning and syntax of an alarmid vary by system, but its core purpose is to provide a stable reference that can be used to track and correlate alarms.

In monitoring and observability platforms, an alarmid is typically created when an alarm is defined or triggered. It can be numeric, alphanumeric, or a UUID, and is intended to remain constant for the lifetime of the corresponding alarm so that logs, alerts, dashboards, and notifications can be linked reliably.

In incident management, the alarmid serves as the anchor for tickets, escalation paths, and post-incident analysis. By carrying the same identifier through alert pipelines and ticketing systems, teams can aggregate related events and compute metrics like mean time to acknowledge or resolve.

In security contexts, alarmid identifies a specific detection event from sensors, intrusion detection systems, or antivirus tools, enabling cross-source correlation and audit trails.

Limitations and variability: because there is no universal standard for alarm IDs, different platforms assign and format alarmids in incompatible ways. Integration and cross-system analysis typically require mapping or translation of IDs.

See also: alert ID, alarm, incident management, log correlation, audit trail.