Cloud based logging service

A method comprising:

• causing, by a network security gateway device of a private network of an enterprise, usage of a cloud-based logging service, as a logging device for storage and retrieval of information regarding one or more of network traffic, system events and security events observed by the network security gateway device by:
• integrating access, within the network security gateway device, to the cloud-based logging service;
• enabling, by default, logging and archiving of the information to the cloud-based logging service;
• and
• providing, without a fee to the enterprise, a basic level of logging and reporting services via the could-based logging service by automatically creating an account within the cloud-based logging service, including registering the network security gateway device itself as a user of the cloud-based logging service;
• creating within the cloud logging service, by the network security gateway device, a traffic log or an event log for a private network protected by the network security gateway device by making use of the automatically created account;
• receiving, by the network security gateway device, a request from a network administrator to access data associated with the traffic log or the event log;
• and
• responsive to the request and without requiring separate registration with the cloud-based logging service by the network administrator, retrieving, by the network security gateway device, the data from the account of the cloud-based logging service and presenting the data to the network administrator via a log or report page of a graphical user interface of the network security gateway device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a network security gateway of a private network of an enterprise, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• enabling a network administrator of the network security gateway to view and modify various configuration settings for the network security gateway, wherein a configuration screen associated with logging and reporting settings has integrated therein one or more settings associated with a cloud-based logging service;
• causing the network security gateway to use the cloud-based logging service as a logging device for storage and retrieval of information regarding one or more of network traffic, system events and security events observed by the network security gateway by enabling by default a setting of the one or more settings associated with logging and archiving of the information;
• and
• automatically creating an account within the cloud-based logging service by registering the network security gateway itself as a user of the cloud-based logging service, thereby allowing the network security gateway to make use of the cloud-based logging service for purposes of logging and reporting the information without requiring separate registration with the cloud-based logging service to be performed by the network administrator.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a network security gateway device of a private network of an enterprise, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• causing usage of a cloud-based logging service, as a logging device for storage and retrieval of information regarding one or more of network traffic, system events and security events observed by the network security gateway device by:
• integrating access, within the network security gateway device, to the cloud-based logging service;
• enabling, by default, logging and archiving of the information to the cloud-based logging service;
• and
• providing, without a fee to the enterprise, a basic level of logging and reporting services via the could-based logging service by automatically creating an account within the cloud-based logging service, including registering the network security gateway device itself as a user of the cloud-based logging service;
• creating within the cloud logging service, a traffic log or an event log for a private network protected by the network security gateway device by making use of the automatically created account;
• receiving a request from a network administrator to access data associated with the traffic log or the event log;
• and
• responsive to the request and without requiring separate registration with the cloud-based logging service by the network administrator, retrieving the data from the account of the cloud-based logging service and presenting the data to the network administrator via a log or report page of a graphical user interface of the network security gateway device.