Anatomy Of A Gauge - M86 Security Threat Analysis Reporter User Manual

Anatomy of a Gauge

Understanding the anatomy of a gauge will help you better
configure and maintain gauges to monitor network threats.
The illustration below depicts a URL gauge and a bandwidth
gauge and some of their components:
Fig. 3:1-1 URL and bandwidth gauge anatomy
Gauge Name: The name of the gauge displays above the
gauge icon.
Timespan: The Timespan for the gauge's activity displays
beneath the gauge icon.
Threat Level: The top portion of the gauge is comprised of
three colored sections, one in which the gauge's dial is posi-
tioned: green (safe) section, yellow (warning) section, or red
(network threat) section. This position of the dial represents
the current threat level for the gauge.
Gauge Score: The bottom portion of the gauge contains a
numerical score, based on the Timespan, activity of end
users assigned to the gauge, and type of gauge:
• URL gauge - score includes the total number of end user
• Bandwidth gauge - score includes the total number of
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hits (page count plus blocked object count) for all library
categories the gauge monitors.
bytes (kB, MB, GB) of inbound/outbound end user traffic
for all protocols/ports the gauge monitors.
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