Security dashboard

The Security Dashboard lets you view the health of your security settings. Find information on attackers, intruders, and victims and view what attacks and packets the appliance blocked over time.

Navigating in IPS Local Management Interface: Monitor Health and Statistics > Security > Dashboard

You can find information about the following security options:
  • Security health: find the health status of security features and of the SNORT system
  • Top 10 Attacks: find the name of the attack and when it occurred
  • Top 10 Intruders: find the IP address of an intruder and when it tried to enter the network
  • To 10 Victims: find out what IP address is being attacked and when
  • Last 10 IPS Events: find information on intrusion prevention events, such as when they occurred, the names, severity, and status
  • Blocked Attacks: find out what the number of attacks the appliance blocked and compare it to the number of attacks it did not block
  • Block Packets: find out the number of packets the appliance blocked and compare it to the volume of traffic in the network
Note: You can click the graphs to navigate to pages with more detailed information.
You can also click the names and IP addresses of attackers, intruders, and victims to navigate to the appropriate Logs page. To review the system, firewall, or security alert log files, go to Review Analysis and Diagnostics > Logs.