The page provides a unified interface to view security events of products supported by Events & AIOps.

Note - The default log retention duration is 90 days. To extend the duration to 180 days or 365 days, contact Check Point Support.

Statistics

On the Statistics pane, you can:

  • See a bar graph of the number of events for the selected time frame.

  • Filter the event data in Table. For example, you can filter the events data for a product family, and more.

Table

Field Name

Description

Default Fields

Time

Time of the event.

Product Family

Check Point product family.

For example, Quantum, Harmony or CloudGuard.

Cloud Service

The cloud service used by the Check Point product.

For example, Quantum Gateways.

Blade/Practice Type

Software blade that triggered the event.

For example, Firewall, VPN, Syslog.

Action

Action enforced on the event:

  • Accept

  • Block

  • Detect

  • Other

Severity

Severity of the event:

  • Critical

  • Informational

  • Low

  • Medium

  • High

User

User logged in at the time of the event.

Additional Fields

Alert

Type of alert generated for the event.

For example, spoof alert, mail.

Destination

Destination IP address.

Direction

Direction of the network traffic:

  • Inbound

  • Outbound

Domain

Domain name sent to DNS request.

Log ID

Unique identity for logs.

Includes Type, Family, Product/Blade, Category.

Message

Message displayed for the security event.

For example, remote access client IP address and port were changed.

Origin

Name of the first Security Gateway that reported this event.

Source

Source IP address.

Managing the Table

  1. To view the details of a specific log, double-click the row.

  2. To view the default columns, right-click the table header row and click Default.

  3. To modify the table columns, right-click the table header row and click Columns Profile Editor.

  4. To add a new column to the table:

    1. Click +.

    2. Select the column from the list and click OK.

      The new column appears in the table and in the Statistics pane.

  5. To remove a column from the table:

    1. Select the column you want to delete and click X.

    2. Click OK.

      The selected column is deleted from the table and from the Statistics pane.

  6. To sort the columns:

    1. Select the column.

      • To move the column higher in the order, click .

      • To move the column lower in the order, click .

    2. Click OK.

      The column position is updated in the table and in the Statistics pane.

Viewing for a Time Period

By default, the table shows events for the last 7 days.

To view table for a specified period, use one of these to set the time range:

  • Preset Time Filter

  • Relative Time Range

  • Date Time Range

Searching for Events

You can search for events using free text or a filter.

  • To search using free text, in the Search field, enter the text and press Enter.

    For example, if you enter Block, the search results show all the blocked events.

  • To search using a filter, click the Search field, select a filter and enter the text.

    For example, if the filter is Blade/Practice Type and text is URL Filtering, search as Blade/Practice Type:"URL Filtering".

    The search results show all events with Blade/Practice Type as URL Filtering.

    Note - You can use logical operations AND, OR and NOT in the search.

    For example, Block AND URL Filtering shows the blocked events with Blade/Practice Type as URL Filtering.

Exporting

You can export events from the table to a CSV file or to a JSON file.

  1. In the window, click Options > Export.

  2. Select one of these output file formats:

  3. Enter the information for these fields:

    • In How many logs to export drop-down, select the number of logs you want to export.

    • In Exported Columns, select whether to export event data from Visible Columns or from All Columns.

  4. Click OK.

For CSV output, system generates an Excel sheet with the file name format: Events_Logs_Date_Time.xls.

For JSON output, system generates a json file with name format: Events_Logs_Date_Time.json.

Example, Events_Logs_Oct_17_2022_01_48_24_PM.

Card

The Card pane shows the details for the event selected in the Table.