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title: "Metrics settings"
description: "Metrics settings Severity weights Risk appetite Business criticality SLA Severity Weights You can set the weight for each severity type according to your…"
url: https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/security-metrics/metrics-settings
slug: whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/security-metrics/metrics-settings
publish_date: 2025-11-13T18:00:34.000Z
last_modified: 2025-11-13T18:00:34.000Z
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# Metrics settings

# Metrics settings

* [**Severity weights**](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/security-metrics/metrics-settings#severity-weights)
* [**Risk appetite**](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/security-metrics/metrics-settings#risk-appetite)
* [**Business criticality**](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/security-metrics/metrics-settings#business-criticality)
* [**SLA**](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/security-metrics/metrics-settings/sla)

### Severity Weights

You can set the **weight** for each severity type according to your business needs by going to _Settings -> Metrics -> Severity Weights_:

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### Risk appetite

Set your **general** **risk appetite** and **risk appetite  per product**:

* The _general WRT_ is calculated from the sum of the risks of all the applications. So **General** **Risk appetite value** is the general WRT value that seems acceptable to the business and should be considered as a general KPI.
* **Risk appetite per product** sets a value for each product development team, this risk appetite is their target metric (up to this value they need to reduce their risk trend).

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