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FortiView monitors

FortiView monitors

FortiView includes predefined dashboards, which are listed below the separator in the FortiView tree menu.

Both predefined and custom dashboards can be modified. For example, the default Threats dashboard includes four widgets: Top Threats,Top Threat Destinations, Threat Map, and Top Virus Incidents Over Time. 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.

FortiView include the following predefined monitors:

Category

Monitor

Description

Threats & Events

Threats

Monitor the top security threats to your network.

Indicator of Compromise

Monitor compromised and suspicious web use in your network.

FortiSandbox Detections

Monitor FortiSandbox detections on your network.

Local Threat Research

Monitor local threat research.

Global Threat Research

Monitor global threat research.

Events

Monitor events generated from event handlers.

Incidents

Monitor incidents created from events.

Threat (FortiClient)

Monitor threat activity from FortiClient.

Data Leak Prevention

Monitor data loss prevention detection.

Traffic Analysis

Traffic

Monitor the traffic on your network.

Applications & Websites

Monitor the application and website traffic on your network.

ZTNA

Monitor ZTNA metrics.

VPN

Monitor VPN activity on your network.

Traffic Shaping Monitor

Monitor traffic shaping information.

Endpoints

Monitor endpoint activity on your network.

Endpoints (FortiClient)

Monitor endpoint activity from FortiClient.

Traffic (FortiDDOS)

Monitor FortiDDoS detected traffic activity. This chart requires Intrusion Prevention logs to be enabled.

Traffic (FortiFirewall)

Monitors FortiFirewall traffic.

Applications & Websites (FortiClient)

Monitor application and website activity from FortiClient.

VPN (FortiFirewall)

Monitors FortiFirewall VPN usage.

FortiClient Software Inventory

Monitor the FortiClient endpoints sending logs to FortiAnalyzer.

FortiMail

Monitor FortiMail statistics.

FortiProxy

Monitor information from FortiProxy devices.

SD-WAN

Secure SD-WAN Monitor

Monitor secure software-defined networking.

SD-WAN Summary

Monitor SD-WAN operations.

Fabric Devices

WiFi

Monitor WiFi access points and SSIDs.

IoT

Monitor IoT devices.

Fabric State of Security

Monitor your network's Security Fabric rating, score, and topology.

The 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.

Local System Performance

Local System Performance

Monitor the local system performance of the FortiAnalyzer unit.

Note

When upgrading versions prior to FortiAnalyzer 6.2.0, custom dashboards will not be migrated and must be recreated.

FortiView monitors

FortiView includes predefined dashboards, which are listed below the separator in the FortiView tree menu.

Both predefined and custom dashboards can be modified. For example, the default Threats dashboard includes four widgets: Top Threats,Top Threat Destinations, Threat Map, and Top Virus Incidents Over Time. 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.

FortiView include the following predefined monitors:

Category

Monitor

Description

Threats & Events

Threats

Monitor the top security threats to your network.

Indicator of Compromise

Monitor compromised and suspicious web use in your network.

FortiSandbox Detections

Monitor FortiSandbox detections on your network.

Local Threat Research

Monitor local threat research.

Global Threat Research

Monitor global threat research.

Events

Monitor events generated from event handlers.

Incidents

Monitor incidents created from events.

Threat (FortiClient)

Monitor threat activity from FortiClient.

Data Leak Prevention

Monitor data loss prevention detection.

Traffic Analysis

Traffic

Monitor the traffic on your network.

Applications & Websites

Monitor the application and website traffic on your network.

ZTNA

Monitor ZTNA metrics.

VPN

Monitor VPN activity on your network.

Traffic Shaping Monitor

Monitor traffic shaping information.

Endpoints

Monitor endpoint activity on your network.

Endpoints (FortiClient)

Monitor endpoint activity from FortiClient.

Traffic (FortiDDOS)

Monitor FortiDDoS detected traffic activity. This chart requires Intrusion Prevention logs to be enabled.

Traffic (FortiFirewall)

Monitors FortiFirewall traffic.

Applications & Websites (FortiClient)

Monitor application and website activity from FortiClient.

VPN (FortiFirewall)

Monitors FortiFirewall VPN usage.

FortiClient Software Inventory

Monitor the FortiClient endpoints sending logs to FortiAnalyzer.

FortiMail

Monitor FortiMail statistics.

FortiProxy

Monitor information from FortiProxy devices.

SD-WAN

Secure SD-WAN Monitor

Monitor secure software-defined networking.

SD-WAN Summary

Monitor SD-WAN operations.

Fabric Devices

WiFi

Monitor WiFi access points and SSIDs.

IoT

Monitor IoT devices.

Fabric State of Security

Monitor your network's Security Fabric rating, score, and topology.

The 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.

Local System Performance

Local System Performance

Monitor the local system performance of the FortiAnalyzer unit.

Note

When upgrading versions prior to FortiAnalyzer 6.2.0, custom dashboards will not be migrated and must be recreated.