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About the IPS Events Page

To access this page, click Monitor > Security Events > IPS.

Use the IPS Events page to view information about security events based on IPS policies. Analyzing IPS logs yields useful security management information, such as abnormal events, attacks, viruses, or worms.

Using the time-range slider, you can quickly focus on the area of activity that you are most interested in. Once the time range is selected, all of the data presented in your view is refreshed automatically. You can also use the custom button to set a custom time range.

There are two ways to view your data. You can select either the Summary View tab or the Detail View tab.

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following tasks from this page:

  • View a brief summary of all the all the IPS events in your network. See Summary View.

  • View the comprehensive details of events in a tabular format that includes sortable columns. See Detail View.

Summary View

The data presented in the area graph is refreshed automatically based on the selected time range. You can use widgets to view critical information such as IPS severities, top sources, top destinations, top reporting devices, top IPS attacks, top source countries, and top destination countries.

Table 1 provides guidelines on using the widgets on the Detail View page.

Table 1: Widgets on the Summary Page

Field

Description

IPS Severities

View the top IPS severities of the events based on the severity level: high, medium, low.

Top Sources

View the top source IP addresses of the network traffic; sorted by the number of event occurrences.

Top Destinations

View the top destination IP addresses of the network traffic; sorted by the number of event occurrences.

Top Reporting/Attacked Devices

View the top devices that are attacked by IPS events; sorted by the number of times users are active on the network.

Top IPS attacks

View the top IPS attacks in the network traffic; sorted by the times devices are attacked.

Top Source Countries

View the top source countries from where the event source originated; sorted by the number of IP addresses.

Top Destination Countries

View the top source countries from where the event source originated; sorted by the number of IP addresses.

Detail View

You can sort the events using the Group By option. For example, you can sort the events based on severity. The table includes information such as the rule that caused the event, severity for the event, event ID, traffic information, and how and when the event was detected.

Table 2 provides guidelines on using the fields on the Detail View page.

Table 2: Fields on the Detail View Page

Column

Description

Time

View the time when the log was received.

Event Name

View the event name of the log.

Source Country

View the source country name from where the event originated.

Source IP

View the source IP address from where the event occurred.

Destination CountryDestination Country

View the destination country name from where the event occurred.

Destination IP

View the destination IP address of the event.

Source Port

View the source port of the event.

Destination Port

View the destination port of the event.

Description

View the description of the log.

Attack name

View the attack name of the log: Trojan, worm, virus, and so on.

Threat Severity

View the the threat severity of the event.

Policy Name

View the policy name in the log.

Action

View the action taken for the event: warning, allow, and block.

Log Source

View the IP address of the log source.

Application

View the application name from which the events or logs are generated.

Hostname

View the host name in the log.

Service Name

View the name of the application service. For example, FTP, HTTP, SSH, and so on.

Nested Application

View the nested application name in the log.

Source Zone

View the source zone of the log.

Destination Zone

View the destination zone of the log.

Protocol ID

View the protocol ID in the log.

NAT Source Port

View the translated source port.

NAT Destination Port

View the translated destination port

NAT Source IP

View the NAT source IP address of the log.

NAT Destination IP

View the NAT destination IP address of the log.

Rule Name

View the name of the rule.