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US 9,853,944 B2Granted
Cloud based logging service
AssigneeFortinet, Inc.
InventorJun Yin
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating access to a cloud-based logging service. According to one embodiment, access to a cloud-based logging service is integrated within a network security appliance by automatically configuring access settings for the logging service and creating an account for the security appliance with the logging service. A log is created within the logging service by making use of the automatically configured access settings and the account. A request is received by the security appliance to access data associated with the log. Responsive thereto and without requiring separate registration of a network administrator with the cloud-based logging service, the data is retrieved by the security appliance from the logging service and is presented via a graphical user interface of the security appliance.
Claims19
A network security gateway comprising:
- one or more microprocessors;
- and
- one or more internal data storage devices operatively coupled to the one or more microprocessors and storing:
- a graphical user interface module, which when executed by the one or more microprocessors, allows a network administrator 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 provided by a vendor of the network security gateway, wherein by default a setting of the one or more settings associated with logging and archiving of information regarding one or more of network traffic, system events and security events observed by the network security gateway causes the network security gateway to use the cloud-based logging service as a logging device for storage and retrieval of the information;
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- a cloud-based logging service access module, which when executed by the one or microprocessors, automatically creates 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.
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A method comprising:
- allowing a network administrator of a 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 provided by a vendor of the network security gateway;
- 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, by the network security gateway, a setting of the one or more settings associated with logging and archiving of the information;
- and
- automatically creating, by the network security gateway, 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.
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A method comprising:
- causing, by a network security gateway device, usage of a cloud-based logging service, provided by a vendor of the network security gateway device, 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 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.
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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, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- allowing 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 provided by a vendor of the network security gateway;
- 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.
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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, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- causing usage of a cloud-based logging service, provided by a vendor of the network security gateway device, 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 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.