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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Each report includes a graph of threats blocked over time and a table of the top blocked threats.
Reports, which are updated hourly, can be customized to display data for the last 12 hours, 14
days, 21 days, or 6 months. For easier viewing, SonicWALL Threat Reports reports can be
transformed into a PDF file format with the click of a button.
Benefits
The Threat Reports provides the latest threat protection information to keep you informed about
potential threats being blocked by SonicWALL security appliances. If you subscribe to
SonicWALL’s security services, including Gateway Anti-Virus, Gateway Anti-Spyware,
Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS), and Content Filtering Service, you are automatically
protected from the threats reported by the SonicWALL Threat Reports. SonicWALL’s security
services include ongoing new signature updates to protect against the latest virus and spyware
attacks.
How Does the Threat Reports Work?
The SonicWALL Threat Reports provides global and appliance-level threat protection statistics.
At the appliance level, threat protection data from your SonicWALL security appliance is
displayed. At the global level, the SonicWALL Threat Reports is updated hourly from the
SonicWALL backend server with aggregated threat protection data from globally-deployed
SonicWALL security appliances. Data provided by the SonicWALL backend server is cached
locally for reliable delivery.
To be protected from the threats reported in the SonicWALL Threat Reports, it is recommended
that you purchase SonicWALL security services. For more information about SonicWALL
security services, see “SonicWALL Security Services” on page 1177.
Note The SonicWALL security appliance must have Internet connectivity (including connection to
a DNS server) to receive the latest threat protection statistics from the SonicWALL backend
server, which reports aggregated data from globally deployed SonicWALL security
appliances. If you lose connectivity, cached data from the last update will display, and the
latest data will not be available until connectivity is restored.
SonicWALL Threat Reports Configuration Tasks
The SonicWALL Threat Reports can be configured to display global or appliance-level
statistics, to display statistics for different time periods, and to generate a custom PDF file.