1. A system, comprising: a field device configured to provide an alert, wherein the field device is configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert, wherein the first plurality of behaviors adhere to a first industrial communications protocol alert behavior; and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, wherein the second plurality of behaviors are not included in the first industrial communications protocol, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors, and wherein at least one of the second plurality of behaviors comprises an alert Lock behavior.