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Create IPS Report Definitions

The IPS report includes charts and details that show you the IPS activity over time as well as the top attacks, the categories of attacks, and the targeted hosts.

This information in the IPS report helps you determine if new exploits have been discovered or if any network-borne attacks against the client and server system vulnerabilities were detected and blocked which prevented damage to the system.

Before You Begin

  1. Select Monitor > Reports > Report Definitions.
  2. Click Create, and select IPS Report.
  3. Complete the configuration according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.
    Table 1: IPS Report Definition Settings

    Settings

    Guidelines

    General

    Report Name

    Enter a unique string for the report name containing maximum 64 alphanumeric characters.

    The name can contain dashes.

    Description

    Enter a description containing maximum 900 characters for the report.

    Content

    Time Span

    Specify the duration for which the report is generated.

    You can select a time span of the last 3 to 24 hours or a custom time span. When you select the Custom option, you must specify the From and To date in the MM/DD/YYYY and HH:MM:SS format.

    Number of Top Logs

    Enter the number of top events to be displayed.

    The valid range is 1 to 10, and the default value is 5.

    Schedule

    Report Schedule

    Click Add Schedule.

    Select the type of report schedule to use:

    • Run now—Select this option to schedule and publish the configuration at the current time.

    • Schedule at a later time–Select this option to schedule and publish the configuration at a later time.

    Email Section

    Email Recipients

    Enable this option to send the report to specific recipients in an email.

    • Recipients—Enter or select the e‐mail addresses of the recipients. You can search e-mail addresses of users by their first name. You can also enter external email addresses.

    • Subject—Enter the subject for the e‐mail notification.

    • Comments—Enter the comments for the e‐mail notification.

    Note:

    The reports are not sent if a specified recipient does not have permission for a device or domain included in the report configuration when the report is generated.
  4. Click OK to save the report definition.

A new IPS report definition with the defined configurations is created.