SOC Monitoring

Use the Security Operations Center (SOC) to view Monitors and FortiView.

Monitors are designed for network and security operation centers where dashboards are displayed across multiple large monitors.

FortiView is a comprehensive monitoring system for your network that integrates real-time and historical data into a single view. It can log and monitor threats to networks, filter data on multiple levels, keep track of administrative activity, and more.

Monitors

SOC (Security Operations Center) Monitors are designed for a network and security operations center where multiple dashboards are displayed in large monitors.

In the Monitors view, dashboards display both real-time monitoring and historical trends. Centralized monitoring and awareness help you to effectively monitor network events, threats, and security alerts. Use Monitors dashboards to view multiple panes of network activity, including monitoring network security, compromised hosts, endpoints, Security Fabric, WiFi security, and FAZ system performance.

A typical scenario is to set up dashboards and widgets to display information most relevant to your network and security operations. Use the main monitors in the middle to display important dashboards in a larger size. Then use the monitors on the sides to display other information in smaller widgets.

For example, use the top monitor in the middle to display the Top Threat Destinations widget in full screen, use the monitor(s) below that to display other Threat Monitor widgets, use the monitors on the left to display WiFi Monitor widgets at the top and FAZ Performance Monitor widgets at the bottom, and use the monitors on the right as a workspace to display widgets showing the busiest network activity. You can move, add, or remove widgets.

Monitors dashboards and widgets are very flexible and have the following features:

• You can create predefined or custom dashboards. l For both predefined and custom dashboards, you can add, delete, move, or resize widgets. l You can add the same dashboard multiple times on the same or different monitors. l Each widget monitors one activity.
• You can add the same widget multiple times and apply different settings to each one. For example, you can add widgets to monitor the same activity using a different chart type, refresh interval, or time period.
• You can resize widgets or display a widget in full screen.

SOC monitor dashboards

SOC monitors include predefined dashboards.

Both predefined and custom dashboards can be modified with widgets, including: Threats widgets, Compromised Hosts widgets, Traffic widgets, Applications & Websites widgets, VPN widgets, WiFi widgets, Endpoints widgets, System widgets, Threat Research widgets, Security Fabric widgets, and FortiClient Software widgets.

For example, the default Threat Monitor dashboard includes four widgets: Threat Map, Top Threat Destinations, Top Threats, and Top Virus Incidents OverTime. These widgets can be removed, enlarged, reduced, or customized, and new widgets can be added to the dashboard.

For more information, see Customizing the Monitors dashboard on page 96.

SOC Monitors includes the following predefined dashboards:

Threats	Monitors the top security threats to your network.
Traffic	Monitors the traffic on your network.
Applications & Websites		Monitors the application and website traffic on your network.
Compromised Hosts		Monitors compromises and suspicious web use in your network.
FortiSandbox Detections		Monitors FortiSandbox detections on your network.
Endpoints		Monitors endpoint activity on your network.
Fabric State of Security		Monitors your network’s Security Fabric rating, score, and topology. This information for this dashboard is available after you create a Security Fabric group in FortiGate and add it in FortiAnalyzer. The Security Fabric can be selected in the settings options for each widget.
VPN		Monitors VPN activity on your network.
WiFi		Monitors WiFi access points and SSIDs.
Local System Performance		Monitors the local system performance of the FortiAnalyzer unit.
FortiClient Software Inventory		Monitors the FortiClient endpoints sending logs to FortiAnalyzer.
Archive		Includes FortiAnalyzer NOC-SOC modules from versions prior to 6.2.0.

Threats widgets

Threats includes the following widgets:

Top Threat Destinations	A world map, spinning 3D globe, or table showing the top 10, 20, 50, 100 threat destinations. On the map view, hover the cursor over data points to see the source device and IP address, destination IP address and country, threat level, and the number of incidents (blocked and allowed).
Top Threats	The top threats to your network. Hover the cursor over data points to see the threat, category, threat level, threat score (blocked and allowed), and the number of incidents (blocked and allowed). The following incidents are considered threats: l Risk applications detected by application control l Intrusion incidents detected by IPS l Malicious web sites detected by web filtering l Malware/botnets detected by antivirus
Top Threats (FortiClient)	The top threats to your network from risk applications, intrusion incidents, malicious websites, and malware/botnets. Only visible in a Fabric ADOM.
Top Threats Over Time by Threat Scores		The historical threats to your network from risk applications, intrusion incidents, malicious web sites, and malware/botnets.
Top Threats by Weight & Count		The top threats by weight and count to your network from risk applications, intrusion incidents, malicious websites, and malware/botnets.
FortiSandbox Detection		FortiSandbox detection detail, including scan doc name, source user, destination IP, verdict level, action, and service.
FortiSandbox – Scanning Statistics		The number of files detected by FortiSandbox by type: Malicious, Suspicious, Clean, and Others.
FortiSandbox – Top Malicious & Suspicious File Users		Users or IP addresses that have the highest number of malicious and suspicious files detected by FortiSandbox.
Threat Map		Threats happening right now across the world.

Compromised Hosts widgets

Compromised Hosts includes the following widget:

Compromised Hosts

Suspicious web use compromises. By default, this widget includes two panes: Compromised Hosts and Compromised Hosts Incidents. The Compromised Hosts pane automatically rotates through compromised hosts. You can pause autoplay or click > or < to manually move to another compromised host. The Compromised Hosts Incidents pane displays a map of compromised hosts incidents. Click Settings to change the number of top compromised hosts, Time Period, Refresh Interval, Autoplay Interval, and to show or hide Compromised Hosts Incidents.

Traffic widgets

Traffic includes the following widgets:

User Data Flow	Bandwidth breakdown of top user destination country/region or application usage.
Top Sources Today	Near real-time network traffic by blocked and allowed sessions.
Top Sources	The highest network traffic by source IP address and interface, sessions (blocked and allowed), threat score (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received).
Top Source Address Objects	The highest network traffic by source address objects, sessions (blocked and allowed), threat score (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received).
Top Country/Region	The highest network traffic by country/region, sessions (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received).
Top Country/Region Over Time by Sessions	The historical network traffic by country/region, sessions (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received).
Top Policy Hits	Top policy hits from recent traffic.
Policy Hits Over Time by Bandwidth	The historical policy hits from recent traffic.
Top Destinations	Top destinations from recent traffic.
Top Destination Address Objects	Top destination address objects from recent traffic.
Traffic Over Time by Sessions	The historical destinations from recent traffic.
Top Cloud Users	Top cloud users from recent traffic.
DNS Logs	Top DNS logs from recent traffic.
Top Source (FortiDDoS)	Top source IP addresses from recent traffic. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.
Top Destination (FortiDDoS)	Top destination IP addresses from recent traffic. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.
Top Type (FortiDDoS)	Top types from recent traffic. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.

Applications & Websites widgets

Applications & Websites includes the following widgets:

Top Applications	The top applications used on the network, including application name, risk level, category, sessions (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received).
Top Applications Over Time by Sessions	The historical sessions of applications used on the network, including application name, risk level, category, sessions (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received).
Top Applications (FortiClient)	The top applications used on the network, including application name, risk level, category, sessions (blocked and allowed), and bytes (sent and received). Only available in a Fabric ADOM.
Top Cloud Applications	Top cloud applications from recent traffic.
Cloud Applications Over Time by Sessions	The historical sessions of cloud applications used on the network.
Top Website Domains	Top website domains from recent traffic.
Top Website Categories		Top website categories from recent traffic.
Top Website (FortiClient)		Top website domains from recent traffic. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.
Website Browsing Over Time by Sessions		The historical websites browsing sessions from recent traffic.
Top Browsing User		Top browsing users from recent traffic.
Browsing User Over Time by Bandwidth		The historical browsing users from recent traffic.

VPN widgets

VPN includes the following widgets:

Top Dialup VPN	The users accessing the network using SSL or IPsec over a VPN tunnel.
VPN Site-to-Site	The names of VPN tunnels with Internet protocol security (IPsec) that are accessing the network.

WiFi widgets

WiFi includes the following widgets:

Authorized APs	The names of authorized WiFi access points on the network.
Top SSID	The top SSID (service set identifiers) of authorized WiFi access points on the network. Hover the cursor over data points to see the SSID and bytes (sent and received).
Top SSID Over Time by Bandwidth	The historical SSID (service set identifiers) traffic of authorized WiFi access points on the network.
Top Rogue APs	The top SSID (service set identifiers) of unauthorized WiFi access points on the network. Hover the cursor over data points to see the SSID and total live time.
WiFi Clients	The top WiFi access points on the network by bandwidth/sessions.

Endpoints widgets

Endpoints includes the following widgets:

Top Endpoint Vulnerabilities	Vulnerability information about FortiClient endpoints including vulnerability name and CVE ID.
Top Endpoint Vulnerabilities (FortiClient)		Vulnerability information about FortiClient endpoints including vulnerability name and CVE ID. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.
Top Endpoint Devices with Vulnerabilities		Vulnerability information about FortiClient endpoints including source IP address and device.
Top Endpoint Devices with Vulnerabilities (FortiClient)		Vulnerability information about FortiClient endpoints including source IP address and device. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.
User Vulnerabilities Summary		User vulnerabilities summary.
All Endpoints		All endpoints.
All Endpoints (FortiClient)		All endpoints.
Top Endpoint Threats		Top threats from all endpoints.
Top Endpoints Applications		Top applications from all endpoints. Only available in a Fabric ADOM.

System widgets

This dashboard monitors the system performance of the FortiAnalyzer unit running SOC and not the logging devices. It includes the following widgets:

CPU & Memory Usage	The usage status of the CPU and memory.
Multi Core CPU Usage	The usage status of a multi-core CPU.
Insert Rate vs Receive Rate	The number of logs received vs the number of logs actively inserted into the database, including the maximum and minimum rates. l Receive rate: how many logs are being received. l Insert rate: how many logs are being actively inserted into the database. If the insert rate is higher than the log receive rate, then the database is rebuilding. The lag is the number of logs waiting to be inserted.
Receive Rate vs Forwarding Rate	The number of logs received vs the number of logs forwarded out, including the maximum and minimum rates. l Receive rate: how many logs are being received. l Forward rate: how many logs are being forwarded out.
Disk I/O		The disk Transaction Rate (I/Os per second), Throughput (KB/s), or Utilization (%). The Transaction Rate and Throughput graphs also show the maximum and minimum disk activity.
Resource Usage Average		Overview of average resource usage history across all devices.
Resource Usage Peak		Overview of peak resource usage history across all devices.
Admin Logins		Top admin logins from recent traffic.
System Events		Top system events from recent traffic.
Failed Authentication Attempts		Top unauthorized connections from recent traffic.

Threat Research widgets

Threat Research includes the following widgets:

Worldwide Threat Prevalence – Today (UTC)	The top virus, IPS, botnet, and application threats globally today based on UTC. This data is from FortiGuard and not from FortiGate.
Top Virus Incidents Over Time	Local virus incidents in the last one month.

Security Fabric widgets

Security Fabric includes the following widgets.

This information for this dashboard is available after you create a Security Fabric group in FortiGate and add it in FortiAnalyzer. The Security Fabric can be selected in the settings options for each widget.

Security Fabric Rating Report	A report showing the security rating details of connected Security Fabric devices. Click a milestone to drill down and hover the cursor over data points to see more details.
Security Fabric Score	The current and historical Security Fabric scores. The Historical Security Fabric Scores pane displays your Security Fabric score over time and how it compares to the industry average and the industry score range. You can hide the Historical Security Fabric Scores pane.
Security Fabric Topology	A topology map showing the logical structure of connected Security Fabric devices.
Best Practices Overview	Overview of the device best practices across regions of North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC.

FortiClient Software widgets

FortiClient Software includes the following widget:

FortiClient Software Inventory

The total number of apps installed, top apps, new apps installed, top apps by installs, and top hosts by number of apps.

Using the Monitors dashboard

SOC monitors dashboards contain widgets that provide network and security information. Use the controls in the dashboard toolbar to work with a dashboard.

Add Widget	Add widgets to a predefined or custom dashboard. For details, see Customizing the Monitors dashboard on page 96.
Dashboard	Create a new dashboard or reset a predefined dashboard to its default settings. For custom dashboards, you can rename or delete the custom dashboard. For details, see Customizing the Monitors dashboard on page 96.
Create New	Create a new dashboard.
Reset	Reset a predefined dashboard to its default widgets and settings.
Rename	Rename a custom dashboard.
Delete	Delete a custom dashboard.
Devices	Select the devices to include in the widget data. The device list will also include a Security Fabric if available. To select a Security Fabric, you need to first create a Security Fabric group in FortiGate and add the Security Fabric group in FortiAnalyzer.
Time Period	Select a time period from the dropdown menu, or set a custom time period.
Refresh	Refresh the data in the widgets.
Background color	Change the background color of the dashboard to make widgets easier to view in different room lighting. l Day shows a brighter gray background color. l Night shows a black background. l Ocean shows a blue background color.
Hide Side-menu or Show Side-menu	Hide or show the tree menu on the left. In a typical SOC environment, the side menu is hidden and dashboards are displayed in full screen mode.

Use the controls in the widget title bar to work with widgets.

Settings icon	Change the settings of the widget. Widgets have settings applicable to that widget, such as how many of the top items to display, Time Period, Refresh Interval, and Chart Type.
View different chart types		Some widget settings let you choose different chart types such as the Disk I/O and Top Countries widget. You can add these widgets multiple times and set each widget to show a different chart type.
Hide or show a data type		For widgets that show different data types, click a data type in the title bar to hide or show that data type in the graph. For example, in the Insert Rate vs Receive Rate widget, click Receive Rate or Insert Rate in the title bar to hide or show that data. In the Disk I/O widget, click Read or Write in the title bar to hide or show that data type.
Remove widget icon		Delete the widget from a predefined or custom dashboard.
Move widget		Click and drag a widget’s title bar to move it to another location.
Resize widget		Click and drag the resize button in the bottom-right of the widget.
View more details		Hover the cursor over a widget’s data points to see more details.
View a narrower time period		Some widgets have buttons below the graph. Click and drag the buttons to view a narrower time period.
Zoom in and out		For widgets that show information on a map such as the Top Threat Destinations widget, use the scroll wheel to change the zoom level. Click and drag the map to view a different area.

Customizing the Monitors dashboard

You can add any widget to a predefined dashboard. You can also move, resize, or delete widgets. You cannot rename or delete a predefined dashboard. To reset a predefined dashboard to its default settings, click Dashboard > Reset.

You can add the same widget multiple times and configure each one differently, such as showing a different Time Period, Refresh Interval, or Chart Type.

To create a dashboard:

1. In the toolbar, click Dashboard > Create New.
2. Specify the Name and whether you want to create a blank dashboard or use a template.

If you select From Template, specify which predefined dashboard you want to use as a template.

3. Click OK. The new dashboard appears In the tree menu.

To display Security Fabric in Monitors:

1. Create a Security Fabric in FortiGate.
2. Add the Security Fabric in FortiAnalyzer.
3. Go to SOC > Monitors > Dashboards.
4. Select the Fabric State of Security dashboard.
5. Select the Security Fabric from the Devices

To add a widget:

1. Select the predefined or custom dashboard where you want to add a widget.
2. Click Add Widget to expand the menu; then locate the widget you want to add.
3. Click the + button to add widgets.
4. When you have finished adding widgets, click the close button to close the Add Widget

 

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