{"id":7109,"date":"2025-02-11T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=announcement&#038;p=7109"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:09:17","slug":"withsecure-elements-retention-periods-for-security-events","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/announcements\/withsecure-elements-retention-periods-for-security-events\/","title":{"rendered":"WithSecure Elements: Retention periods for Security Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the\u00a0<strong>Elements Security Center<\/strong>, you can view\u00a0<strong>Security Events<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>Events<\/strong>\u00a0menu.<\/p>\n<p>Security Events data is stored for a limited time, depending on event severity. The maximum retention period is 14 months, but it may range between 13 and 14 months.<\/p>\n<p>The exact retention period will vary depending on when the event happened, compared to the next scheduled batch deletion job being executed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"entry-image display-large float-none\"><a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/eventretention.png.webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/eventretention.png.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/eventretention.png.webp 602w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/eventretention-300x99.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/eventretention-447x148.png.webp 447w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/eventretention-442x146.png.webp 442w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"EventRetention.png\" height=\"199\" width=\"602\" loading=\"lazy\" data-display-size=\"large\" data-float=\"none\" data-type=\"image\/png\" data-embed-type=\"image\"><\/img><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>For further information on Security Events please visit the user guide\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/home\/leaving?allowTrusted=1&amp;target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.withsecure.com%2Fuserguides%2Fproduct.html%23business%2Fpsb-portal%2Flatest%2Fen%2Ftask_DD88F70EC5D4404BA13247B9F7FE5C6B-psb-portal-latest-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the\u00a0Elements Security Center, you can view\u00a0Security Events\u00a0under the\u00a0Events\u00a0menu. Security Events data is stored for a limited time, depending on event severity. The maximum retention period is 14 months, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","announcement_category":[142],"class_list":["post-7109","announcement","type-announcement","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_system":"vanilla-import","import_hash":"141752d00f56f9eb919531546a56aa5920cae795","vanilla_article_id":31635,"legacy_author":"AndyF_WS","vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/announcements-en\/kb\/articles\/31635-withsecure-elements-retention-periods-for-security-events","vanilla_category_id":142,"machine_translated":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/7109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/announcement"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/7109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8554,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/7109\/revisions\/8554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"announcement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement_category?post=7109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}