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Verification and Check

This section describes the verification and check operations after the audit feature is configured.

Verification

After configuring the audit feature, you can do as follows to check the configuration result:

  1. Check the audit profile.

    Choose Object > Audit Configuration, click the name of the audit profile to be checked, and verify that the parameter settings in the profile are correct.

  2. Check the audit policy.

    Choose Policy > Audit Policy, click the name of the audit policy to be checked, and verify that the audit profile is properly referenced.

Viewing Logs

If traffic to be audited pass through the FW and matches the audit policy, the FW generates an audit log. The audit administrator can log in to the FW and view audit logs.

Choose Monitor > Log > Audit Log to view audit logs. The following table describes the meanings of each field.

Field

Description

View

Click . In View Audit Log Details, the details on each field in an audit log are displayed.

In View Audit Log Details, click the Audit Policy/Profile/Audit Content field value. You can view and operate field values.

Time

Time when an audit log is generated

Type

Audit log types:

  • FTP
  • HTTP
  • Email
  • IM
  • Bank Reminder Of Debts

Source Zone

Source security zone of traffic

Destination Zone

Destination security zone of traffic

Source Region

Source region of the traffic

Destination Region

Destination region of the traffic

Source Address

Source IP address of traffic

Destination Address

Destination IP address of traffic

Source User

User who generates traffic

Source Port/Destination Port

Source/Destination port of traffic

Protocol

Protocol type of traffic

Application

Application type of traffic

Audit Policy

Audit policy that traffic matches

Profile

Audit profile that traffic matches

Audit Behavior

User behaviors. The audit behaviors of different types are as follows:

  • FTP

    • FTP Command Execution
    • File Transfer Through FTP
  • HTTP

    • Web Browsing
    • Microblog Posting
    • BBS Posting
    • File Transfer Through HTTP
    • Search Keyword
    • Abnormal Access
  • Email

    • Sending Mail
    • Receiving Mail
  • IM

    • Login
    • Logout
    • IM File Transfer
  • Bank Reminder Of Debts

    • Treat Overdue
    • Login
    • Add Remark
    • Query Account
    • Query Treat
    • Query Billing

Audit Content

User behavior that is being audited

Virtual System

Virtual system that generates the traffic

In the audit log analysis process, you can click Advanced Search and select Audit Behavior to query the logs of different user behaviors. If audit logs show behaviors that may lead to information leaks or non-work-related behaviors during working hours, you can modify the corresponding audit policy and audit profiles.

Field

Setting

Audit Policy

Click the Audit Policy field value of a specific audit log. In Modify Audit Policy, you can change the settings of the source address, destination address, user, application, time range, action, and audit profile. For details on how to change the settings, see Configuring an Audit Policy.

Profile

Click the Profile field value of a specific audit log. Modify Audit Profile is displayed. You can reconfigure the audit or other profiles. For example:

  • If users frequently access non-work-related websites during working hours, you can modify the URL filtering profile to blacklist these websites.
  • If users post confidential information and non-work-related information on BBS or microblogs, modify the data filtering profile. Add keywords about the confidential information to the keyword group of data filtering rules and set the action for the rules to block.
  • If users download large-sized videos through HTTP or FTP, modify the application behavior control profile. Set a threshold size for files that can be downloaded. Downloading of files larger than this size will be blocked.

For operation details, see Security Policy.

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