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# Configure Ignored Events

**Ignored Malicious Events Policy**

Customizable filters that mark detected security threats by Akto's Runtime Threat Protection as ignored in the Threat Activity dashboard.

**How to configure**

Go to **API Threat Detection → Threat Activity** in the left sidebar. Click **More Actions → Configure Ignored Events**.

**Note:** Policies must use category name `IgnoredEvent`

**Syntax Reference:** For detailed syntax on how to define API selection filters, see [API Selection Filters](https://docs.akto.io/test-editor/concepts/test-yaml-syntax-detailed/api-selection-filters).

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**Example Ignored Events Policy**

Marks all threats as ignored when when the URL contains `test`.

```
id: IgnoredEvent
filter:
  url:
    contains_all:
      - "test"

info:
  name: "IgnoredEvent"
  description: "Marks threats as ignored events"
  details: "Identifies which threat activities to ignore"
  impact: "Sets the events status as ignored."
  category:
    name: "IgnoredEvent"
    displayName: "IgnoredEvent"
  subCategory: "IgnoredEvent"
  severity: HIGH
```

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