System and method for creating buffered firewall logs for reporting

A method for firewall data log processing, comprising:

• receiving firewall log data using one or more first algorithms at a first processor that is configured to load and execute the one or more algorithms;
• processing the firewall log data on a periodic basis to reduce the size of the firewall log data using the one or more first algorithms and the first processor;
• and
• processing the reduced size firewall log data using one or more second algorithms at a second processor to generate a report on a user interface that includes one or more analytics from the reduced size firewall data.