1. A method for generating at least one alert for a system process, said method comprising: obtaining raw channel data over a time duration of information of at least one monitored channel of said system process; processing said raw channel data to form time dependent signals based on at least one user specified processing rule; and producing said at least one alert based on a deviation in behavior in at least one channel of said at least one channel, said deviation being based upon said time dependent signals for varying time intervals and comparing the signals with historically normal baseline signals.