Monitoring Security Events by Policy

Purpose

Monitor security events by policy and display logged event details with the J-Web user interface.

Action

Select Monitor>Events and Alarms>Security Events in the J-Web user interface. The View Policy Log pane appears. Table 197 describes the content of this pane.

Table 197: View Policy Log Fields

Field	Value
Log file name	Name of the event log files to search.
Policy name	Name of the policy of the events to be retrieved.
Source address	Source address of the traffic that triggered the event.
Destination address	Destination address of the traffic that triggered the event.
Event type	Type of event that was triggered by the traffic.
Application	Application of the traffic that triggered the event.
Source port	Source port of the traffic that triggered the event.
Destination port	Destination port of the traffic that triggered the event.
Source zone	Source zone of the traffic that triggered the event.
Destination zone	Destination zone of the traffic that triggered the event.
Source NAT rule	Source NAT rule of the traffic that triggered the event.
Destination NAT rule	Destination NAT rule of the traffic that triggered the event.
Is global policy	Specifies that the policy is a global policy.

If your device is not configured to store session log files locally, the Create log configuration button is displayed in the lower-right portion of the View Policy Log pane.

To store session log files locally, click Create log configuration.

If session logs are being sent to an external log collector (stream mode has been configured for log files), a message appears indicating that event mode must be configured to view policy logs.

Reverting to event mode will discontinue event logging to the external log collector.

To reset the mode option to event, enter the set security log command.

Enter one or more search fields in the View Policy Log pane and click Search to display events matching your criteria.
For example, enter the event type Session Close and the policy pol1 to display event details from all Session Close logs that contain the specified policy. To reduce search results further, add more criteria about the particular event or group of events that you want displayed.
The Policy Events Detail pane displays information from each matching session log. Table 198 describes the contents of this pane.

Table 198: Policy Events Detail Fields

Field	Value
Timestamp	Time when the event occurred.
Policy name	Policy that triggered the event.
Record type	Type of event log providing the data.
Source IP/Port	Source address (and port, if applicable) of the event traffic.
Destination IP/Port	Destination address (and port, if applicable) of the event traffic.
Service name	Service name of the event traffic.
NAT source IP/Port	NAT source address (and port, if applicable) of the event traffic.
NAT destination IP/Port	NAT destination address (and port, if applicable) of the event traffic.

Monitoring Security Events by Policy

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