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.

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About the IPS Events Page

Tasks You Can Perform

Summary View

Detail View

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