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Version: 5.0

Network

Description

The Network section is designed for monitoring data traffic statistics, attempts to create illegitimate connections, and unauthorized scanning.

Displayed Data

  • Number of unique destination/source IP addresses
  • Statistics of successful/blocked connections
  • Dynamics of successful/blocked connections
  • Connection statistics by type of transport used
  • Connection statistics by destination ports
  • Dynamics of the number of connections by transport type
  • Top recipients by number of connections/volume of connections/number of unique requested ports
  • Event statistics with details by recipients
  • Event statistics with details by sources

List of Dashboards

  • Network: Overview
  • Network: Traffic Destination Profile
  • Network: Traffic Source Profile

Data Model

The section uses the data source fields described below. Alias used: sm_cs_network_indexes.

Categorization Fields

Field NameValue
event.kindevent
event.categorynetwork
event.typeallowed | denied | connection | start | end | info
event.outcomesuccess | failure | unknown
event.actionFrom the source event.

General Purpose Fields

Source source

Source of network traffic.

Field NameValue
source.ipIP address of the traffic source.
source.portPort of the traffic source.

Recipient destination

Recipient of network traffic.

Field NameValue
destination.ipIP address of the traffic recipient.
destination.portPort of the traffic recipient.

Network Traffic Parameters network

Field NameValue
network.transportType of transport.
network.typeType or version of the network protocol family (IPv4 | IPv6).

Other Fields

Field NameValue
event.originalOriginal event text.

Optional Fields

Field NameValue
network.iana_numberProtocol number.
network.packetsNumber of network packets.
network.bytesNumber of bytes.
network.directionTraffic direction.

Dictionaries

Below is a table of dictionaries used by the section.

NameFieldsDescription
sm_cs_network_group_lookupip
network_group.name
Dictionary of information resource groups by IP addresses.
sm_cs_internal_ipsip
description
Dictionary of internal networks.

Example Sources