The Web Security Dashboard

Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

The Threats tab of the Status > Dashboard page appears first when you log on to the TRITON console and connect to the Web Security manager. It shows information about suspicious activity that may be related to malware threats in your network.

The type of information and level of detail shown depends on your subscription level. Web Security Gateway or Web Security Gateway Anywhere is required, for example, to display information about outbound threats and to provide detailed forensic data about the threats. See Threats dashboard.

Dashboard elements are visible to Super Administrators and those delegated administrators with permission to view reports on the Web Security Dashboard (see Editing roles).

Delegated administrator access to the Risks, Usage, and System dashboards is configured separately from Threats dashboard access.

Delegated administrators with Threats dashboard access can also be granted permission to view forensics details associated with advanced malware threats. See Reviewing threat-related forensic data.

The first time an administrator logs on to the Web Security manager, then navigates away from the dashboard, the Save and Deploy button activates. This happens regardless of whether any changes were made, in order to save default dashboard settings for each administrator account.

After the initial defaults are saved, navigating away from the dashboard activates the Save and Deploy button only when charts are added, removed, or edited.

The dashboard includes 3 additional tabs:

Risks shows information about blocked and permitted requests for URLs that fall into the Security Risk class. The amount of information depends on your subscription level. See Risks dashboard.

Usage shows information about traffic patterns in your network, including bandwidth information and summaries of blocked and permitted requests. See Usage dashboard.

System shows alert messages, status information, and graphical charts that show the current state of your deployment, focusing on Internet activity in your network. See System dashboard.

The Risks, Usage, and System dashboards can each display up to 12 elements (charts, status summaries, or counters) at a time. Most dashboard charts can be customized to change their time period (today, last 7 days, last 30 days, and so on) and their display format (stacked column, stacked area, multi-series line, and so on). You can include multiple versions of the same chart on a tab (for example, showing different time periods).

Dashboard elements are updated every 2 minutes.

All elements on a tab are also updated when any element on the tab is modified. For example, if the time period for one chart is changed, data is refreshed in all of the elements on the page.

The available set of dashboard elements depends on your subscription type. Charts related to the hybrid service, for example, are available only for Web Security Gateway Anywhere.

To add an element to the tab, click Add Charts, then see Adding elements to a dashboard tab for instructions.

To remove an element from the tab, click the Options icon (

) in the element title bar, then select Remove.

To access all editing options for an element, click the Options icon in the element title bar, then select Edit.

Clicking a pie, bar, or line chart typically opens an investigative report with more details. Some security-related charts link instead to the Threats dashboard.

Up to 4 buttons appear in the dashboard toolbar:

Database Download, available to Super Administrators only, shows Master Database download status and provides the option to initiate or interrupt a download. See Review Master Database download status).

Status Monitor releases the current administrator's policy permissions and enters a monitoring mode that allows access to the following pages without timing out:

Status > Dashboard

Status > Alerts

Reporting > Real-Time Monitor

See Web Security Status Monitor mode.

Add Charts allows administrators to customize their view of the selected dashboard tab by adding elements to the page. See Adding elements to a dashboard tab.

Print opens a secondary window with a printer-friendly version of the charts displayed on the page. Use browser options to print the page.

Beginning with 7.8.4, IPv6 addresses are included on dashboard charts.