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Create an OnPage Account: Quick How-To

Learn how to download the OnPage app and create a new account. This quick tutorial walks you through entering your account details, choosing a unique OnPage ID, creating a password, and completing registration. You’ll also learn how to enable notifications and critical alerts so important OnPage alerts can sound and appear on your lock screen—even when your iPhone is muted or Focus mode is enabled.

Recover Your OnPage Password: Quick How-To

Forgot your OnPage password? Enter your OnPage ID, click Next, and select Forgot Password. Submit the email address associated with your account or your OnPage ID, then click Recover Password. You’ll receive a temporary password by email, which you can use to log in and create a new password. If you don’t see the email, check your spam folder.

Why Most Security Firms Miss Their Incident Prevention Window

Security operations managers face a critical paradox: their teams are designed to respond to incidents, but the incidents that matter most are the ones that never happen. The difference between a security firm that prevents problems and one that merely responds to them comes down to a single, often-overlooked factor: whether they can see what their guards are actually doing in real time. When operators lack live visibility into patrol locations, guard status, and emerging threats, they're always one step behind.

Incident Chat and Virtual War Rooms: How to Improve Incident Response

How do you keep incident communication organized during a critical incident? Effective incident response requires more than getting an alert to the right person. Once responders are engaged, they need a shared place to exchange information, coordinate actions, and track decisions. A dedicated incident chat – or virtual incident war room – keeps that collaboration tied directly to the incident instead of scattering it across email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, text messages, and phone calls.

OnPage Mobile App User Guide

How to Use the OnPage Mobile App Get more out of the OnPage mobile app with this step-by-step walkthrough. In this video, we take an in-depth look at the app’s key features and show you how to use them, from managing alerts and responding to incidents to staying connected wherever you are. Whether you’re new to OnPage or looking for a quick refresher, this guide makes it easy to get started.

Introducing Swarm Investigation from BigPanda: Autonomous, multi-agent IT incident investigation

When a major incident opens, the opening minutes often become a race across disconnected tools and competing theories. One engineer checks a monitoring tool. Another scrolls through change records, looking for the one line that explains everything. A third pings Slack, asking if anyone has seen this before. While these are reasonable steps, taken one at a time, in sequence, they are far too slow.