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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).
**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
```
