Symantec 10521146 Administration Guide - Page 198

Incidents, Events at Selected Incident, View Event Details, Close, Administrators, StandardUsers

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198 Monitoring Examining incident and event data Note: SuperUsers can view advanced event details and packet contents; Administrators, StandardUsers, and RestrictedUsers cannot. See "User groups reference" on page 319 for more about permissions. To view event details 1 In the Network Security console, click the Incidents tab, and select an Incident. 2 In Events at Selected Incident, right-click an event row. 3 Click View Event Details from the pop-up list. Event Details can display any or all of the following information: ■ Event name ■ Severity level ■ Confidence level ■ Start time ■ Detected At ■ Attack Details ■ Event Message ■ Sources and Destinations ■ Event Note Indicates the name of the event type. Indicates the severity level assigned to the incident. An incident's severity is a measure of the potential damage that an incident can cause. Indicates the confidence level assigned to the incident. The confidence value indicates the level of certainty that a particular incident is actually an attack. If the incident is merely suspicious, then its assigned confidence level is low. If Symantec Network Security collects more data on the incident to substantiate its confidence, the confidence is adjusted upward. Indicates the time at which Symantec Network Security started monitoring the event. Indicates summary information about the event such as the name of the software or appliance node on which the event was detected, interface, current policy, and MAC addresses. Provides detailed information about the event. Indicates a summary information about the event. Indicates source and destination IP addresses and ports of the packet that triggered the event. Displays the optional note entered when the current policy was created, if any. See "Annotating an event type in a policy" on page 127. 4 Click Close to close Event Details.

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198
Monitoring
Examining incident and event data
Note:
SuperUsers can view advanced event details and packet contents;
Administrators, StandardUsers, and RestrictedUsers cannot. See
²User groups
reference³
on page 319 for more about permissions.
To view event details
1
In the Network Security console, click the
Incidents
tab, and select an
Incident
.
2
In
Events at Selected Incident
, right-click an event row.
3
Click
View Event Details
from the pop-up list.
Event Details
can display any or all of the following information:
4
Click
Close
to close Event Details.
Event name
Indicates the name of the event type.
Severity level
Indicates the severity level assigned to the incident. An
incident°s severity is a measure of the potential damage
that an incident can cause.
Confidence level
Indicates the confidence level assigned to the incident.
The confidence value indicates the level of certainty that a
particular incident is actually an attack. If the incident is
merely suspicious, then its assigned confidence level is
low. If Symantec Network Security collects more data on
the incident to substantiate its confidence, the confidence
is adjusted upward.
Start time
Indicates the time at which Symantec Network Security
started monitoring the event.
Detected At
Indicates summary information about the event such as
the name of the software or appliance node on which the
event was detected, interface, current policy, and MAC
addresses.
Attack Details
Provides detailed information about the event.
Event Message
Indicates a summary information about the event.
Sources and
Destinations
Indicates source and destination IP addresses and ports of
the packet that triggered the event.
Event Note
Displays the optional note entered when the current
policy was created, if any.
See
²Annotating an event type in a policy³
on page 127.