Communication and Notification SystemsPurpose
1.2. Centralize alert triggering, automate message escalations, prioritize recipient grouping, and automate after-action reporting to support defense communication mandates and compliance.
1.3. Enable automated, repeatable safety procedures via API integration with communication, monitoring, and notification subsystems, minimizing manual intervention and mitigating human error during emergencies.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Crisis alerts from authorized personnel through dedicated dashboard/API.
2.3. Scheduled automated drills or real-world incident threshold crossing.
2.4. Automated integration with national or local emergency feeds (e.g., public weather API, security advisories).
2.5. Manual override by authorized command staff.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: automated mass SMS/calls; configure sender ID, message templates, escalation rules.
3.2. SendGrid (Mail Send API)
• Feature/Setting: automated email alerts; configure dynamic templates, distribution lists, priority headers.
3.3. Microsoft Teams (Incoming Webhooks/API)
• Feature/Setting: automated channel notifications; configure webhook endpoint, mention groups, delivery schedule.
3.4. Slack (Incoming Webhooks/API)
• Feature/Setting: automated channel posting; set channel, message format, incident escalation tagging.
3.5. PagerDuty (Events API v2)
• Feature/Setting: automated incident trigger; assign escalation policies, incident priority.
3.6. Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Feature/Setting: automated mobile push; set target device groups, message priority, time-to-live.
3.7. AWS SNS (Simple Notification Service)
• Feature/Setting: automate multi-channel dissemination; configure topic ARN, protocol mapping (SMS, email, HTTP).
3.8. Cisco Webex (Messages API)
• Feature/Setting: automate team space alerts; configure target spaces, message content, alert flags.
3.9. Google Chat (Chat API)
• Feature/Setting: automate room/post notifications; define webhook, message object, urgent flags.
3.10. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: automate secure message; configure recipient list, authentication, media attachment.
3.11. Signal API (signal-cli)
• Feature/Setting: automate encrypted alert; set recipient identifiers, message text, group management.
3.12. Mattermost (Incoming Webhooks)
• Feature/Setting: automate open-source notifications; define channel, payload, mentions.
3.13. Discord (Webhook API)
• Feature/Setting: automate server/channel alert; configure URL, message, role tagging.
3.14. Microsoft Outlook (Graph Mail API)
• Feature/Setting: automate official emails; configure recipients, importance flags, delivery receipts.
3.15. Telesign (SMS Verify API)
• Feature/Setting: automate global SMS; region setting, sender ID, alert template.
3.16. RapidAPI (SMS Gateway API)
• Feature/Setting: automate via aggregator; configure provider, template, dispatch frequency.
3.17. IFTTT (Webhooks Service)
• Feature/Setting: automate connected actions; define trigger event, action service, conditional logic.
3.18. OneSignal (REST API)
• Feature/Setting: automate push; segment audience, set notification priority, scheduling.
3.19. Telegram Bot API
• Feature/Setting: automate secure group alert; set bot token, chat ID, formatting.
3.20. Everbridge (Mass Notification API)
• Feature/Setting: automate high-impact event notification; set contact paths, incident templates, reporting flags.
Benefits
4.2. Automation reduces manual process, automates sequential alerting and escalation by command structure.
4.3. Automator optimizes message routing and reachability across defense communication channels.
4.4. Automatable reporting functions provide audit-ready logs for post-event review and compliance.
4.5. Automatedly assures 24/7 reliability for mission-critical notification with minimal operator dependency.