Juniper Security Director Cloud GUI Overview
Juniper Security Director Cloud offers an intuitive, security-oriented GUI to help administrators with various tasks. The main menu options and actions available upon login depend on your access privileges.
We have redesigned the menu to make navigation simpler, more organized, and mobile-friendly. Table 1 shows the mapping between the old and new menu navigation. Menus have been consolidated for easier access, improved categorization of items, and enhanced accessibility.
| Old Menu | New Menu |
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Table 2 outlines the main menu in Juniper Security Director Cloud, and provides a brief overview of each item.
| Menu | Description |
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Monitor |
Monitor your network through customizable and interactive widgets. The dashboard enables you to select the data to be displayed on the dashboard. You can switch between general and security data. |
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Intelligence |
Provides comprehensive visibility across key security domains and a visual representation of geographic areas for both incoming and outgoing traffic. |
| Security | Create, deploy, and monitor security policies. You can also manage shared objects, configure VPNs, and enable a wide range of security services. |
| Secure Edge | Manage services such as service locations, sites, IPsec profiles, and security policies, along with security subscriptions including IPS, content filtering, threat intelligence, malware protection, DNS security, and encrypted traffic inspection. You can also manage certificates, proxies, and user identities to ensure secure network access. |
| Network | Create, edit, and monitor NAT policies and pools to control how internal and external network addresses are translated. |
| Inventory | Manage CSDS groups, customized configurations templates, devices, security packages, and the life cycle of images of all network devices. |
| Operations | Create, schedule, and manage alerts. You can also view and analyze security logs, and generate detailed reports on network activity and security events. |
| Admin | Manage system settings, user accounts, roles, licenses, and subscriptions. You can also handle device configurations, auditing, data management, backups, job scheduling, and overall system maintenance from a centralized administrative interface. |
Juniper Security Director Cloud Navigational Elements
Juniper Security Director Cloud offers several navigational tools within the GUI for a more tailored user experience. Table 3 displays sample icons for navigation, customization, and assistance.
| Element | Icon | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Breadcrumbs—Trace your location in the GUI. |
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Upper-left corner of the main screen. It is not visible on the Monitor page. |
| Infotip—Hover over an infotip icon for quick pop-up guidance. |
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Various places around the GUI. |
| Show and Hide Left-Nav—Click the hamburger icon to show or hide the left-navigation section. |
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Left side of the menu bar. |
| Show/Hide Columns—Click the kebab icon and select the check boxes in the menu to choose which columns are visible in tabular displays. |
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Upper-right corner of tabular display windows, such as the Monitor menu and the Device Management menu. |
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Global Search—Search for specific data, such as security policies, addresses, zone, and service objects in your network. You can also search for objects in your network using full or partial keywords, such as security policies, addresses, and devices using host name, OS version, or product series. Click the result to navigate to the specific page in the GUI. You can refine the search results for specific criteria such as date range, device type, and policy type. |
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Right side of the top bar. |
| Table Search—Search for specific text in the visible fields of large tabular views. |
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Upper-right corner of tabular views, next to the Show/Hide Columns icon. |