Use case: Firewall Monitoring AB

[ 1 Purpose ] [ 2 Open use case ] [ 3 Work with use case ]

Purpose

This use case helps you visualize Firewall Monitoring Activeboard using synthetic data. It is composed of one injector Palo Alto Traffic injection and one receptor Firewall Monitoring Activeboard.

Name	Type	Content

Name	Type	Content
Palo Alto traffic injection	Injector: Synthetic data	Firewall events prepared to simulate access patterns. The injection is performed once (stops after injecting the last event).
Firewall Monitoring	Receptor: Activeboard	Widgets prepared to analyze and visualize firewall access patterns graphically.

Open use case

Receptor: once the use case has been launched, you can use the Open button at the top right of the card in Exchange to access the receptor, where you can carry out certain actions depending on the type of item the receptor is. You can also access the receptor in question via the Navigation pane.

Injector: if you want to open the injector to check the data it contains, you can click on its name in the Included contents section to access its card and then click the Open button at the top right of the card. You can also access the data table using finders or LINQ via the Navigation pane (Data Search area → Explore your data tab).

Work with use case

Receptor: after launching the use case, you can use the receptor for the intended purpose, which can be an Activeboard to visualize and analyze data graphically, an alert with conditions to find anomalous events, or an application to further operate with the data.

Injector: you can also use the synthetic data in contexts other than the intended one or event manipulate the data in the search window.