WatchGuard EDR Security Dashboard

Applies To: WatchGuard EDR

The WatchGuard EDR Security dashboard shows an overview of the security status of the network for a specific time period. Several tiles show important information and provide links to more details.

The Status page includes similar dashboards and lists to those available in WatchGuard EPDR, but does not require a Web Access dashboard. WatchGuard EDR does not include antivirus.

Screen shot of the WatchGuard EDR Security dashboard

Time Period Selector

The dashboard shows information for the time period you select from the drop-down list at the top of the Status page.

Screen shot of the Time Selector drop-down list

You can select these time periods:

  • Last 24 hours
  • Last 7 days
  • Last month
  • Last year

Some tiles do not show information for the last year. If information from the last year is not available for a specific tile, a notification appears.

The Security dashboard includes these tiles:

Click a tile to view detailed information.

Status Icons

The icons in the Advanced Protection, Antivirus, Updated Protection, and Knowledge columns indicate their status:

  • The installing icon — Installing
  • The Enabled icon — Enabled
  • The Disabled icon — Disabled
  • The Error icon — Error
  • The No License icon — No License
  • The Not Available Icon — Not Available
  • The Pending Restart icon — Pending Restart

Protection Status

The Protection Status tile shows:

  • Computers where WatchGuard EDR is working properly
  • Computers with errors or problems installing or running the product
  • Computers with audit mode enabled

Screen shot of the Protection Status tile

The total number of computers and devices at the center of the tile includes iOS devices. The tile includes no other information about iOS devices. iOS devices do not have advanced or antivirus protection. For more information, go to Configure iOS Device Settings.

Click the tile to open the Computer Protection Status list.

Screen shot of the Computer Protection Status list

Not all columns are available for each type of device.

To filter the Computer Protection Status list:

  1. Click Filters.
  2. Select the Computer Type.
  3. Specify platform, connection, and protection parameters.
  4. Select the Protection Status.
  5. Select the Isolation Status.
  6. Click Filter.

WatchGuard EDR does not support Android devices.

Offline Computers

The Offline Computers tile shows the number of computers that have not connected to the cloud for a number of days.

Screen shot of the Offline Computers tile

Click the tile to review details of the computers that might be susceptible to security problems and require attention.

Screen shot of the Offline Computers list

For more information on the icons used in this list, go to Icons.

Outdated Protection

The Outdated Protection tile shows the number of computers with a signature file that is more than three days older than the latest released file. The tile also shows the number of computers with an antivirus engine that is more than seven days older than the latest released engine.

  • Protection — The computer has had a version of the antivirus engine older than the latest released engine for at least seven days.
  • Knowledge — The computer has not updated its signature file for at least three days.
  • Pending Restart — The computer requires a restart to complete the update.

Screen shot of the Outdated Protection tile

Click the progress bar in the tile to review the list of computers associated with each status:

  • Computers with out-of-date protection
  • Computers with out-of-date knowledge
  • Computers pending restart

Detected Items Allowed by the Administrator

These tiles show the number of items allowed by the administrator which WatchGuard EDR initially prevented from running. These programs were classified as a threat (malware, PUP, or exploit) or unknown files in the process of classification.

Screen shot of the Detected Items Allowed by the Administrator tile

Click the tile to show specific information in a list.

Screen shot of the Detected Items Allowed by the Administrator list

To see all events related to threats and unknown files in the process of classification that the administrator allowed to run, click History.

Programs Blocked By the Administrator

The Programs Blocked by the Administrator tile shows the number of programs blocked by the administrator on the computers on the network.

Screen shot of the Programs Blocked by the Administrator tile

Click the tile to show specific information in a list.

Screen shot of the Programs Blocked by the Administrator detail page

Classification of All Programs Run and Scanned

This tile shows the processes and programs run in your organization for the selected time period and their classification (for example, trusted programs, or malware).

The data in this tile corresponds to the entire IT network, not only to those computers that the administrator has permissions for.

Programs under classification are shown in the tile after they are classified:

Screen shot of the Classification of all Programs Run and Scan tile

Program Classification

  • Trusted Programs — Programs run in the selected period that WatchGuard EDR classified as trusted.
  • Malware — Programs that tried to run in the selected period, and WatchGuard EDR classified as malware, zero-day threats, or targeted attacks.
  • Exploits — Exploit attacks that compromised or tried to compromise trusted programs on computers.
  • PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) — Programs that attempted to run in the selected period, and WatchGuard EDR classified as PUPs.

Malware Activity, Pup Activity, and Exploit Activity

These tiles show incidents detected in the processes run by the workstations and servers on the network, as well as their file systems. Incidents are reported by real-time scans as well as on-demand scan tasks.

WatchGuard EDR generates an incident in the Malware and PUP tiles for each computer or threat pair found on the network. If an incident occurs multiple times in five minutes, only the first incident is registered. The same incident can be registered a maximum of two times every 24 hours.

Screen shot of the Malware Activity and PUP Activity tiles

  • Run shows the number of malware that successfully ran on the network.
  • Accessed Data shows the number of times in which the threat accessed user information on the computer hard disk.
  • External Connections shows the number of times there were connections to other computers.

  • The threats copied from computers on the network show the IP address of the computer from which an infection originated, as well as the number of times that IP address was the source of a detection (in parentheses). To open the corresponding list, click the IP address.

  • To open the Malware Activity or PUP Activity list to show a list of the affected computers and malware or PUP incidents, click the tile.

Exploit Activity

The Exploit Activity tile shows the number of vulnerability exploit attacks against the Windows computers on the network, including vulnerable driver detections. WatchGuard EDR reports an incident in the Exploit Activity tile for each computer or different exploit attack pair found on the network. If an attack is repeated several times, a maximum of 10 incidents are reported every 24 hours for each computer-exploit pair found.

Screen shot of the Exploit Activity tile

Click the tile to open the Exploit Activity list to show a list of the affected computers and exploit incidents.

Network Attack Activity

The Network Attack Activity tile shows the number of attempted network attacks against Windows computers on the network. WatchGuard EDR creates a single incident per hour for each group of attacks of the same type with the same source IP address.

Screen shot of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, Network Attack Activity tile on Security dashboard

Click the tile to open the Network Attack Activity list to show a list of the affected computers and network attack incidents.

Currently Blocked Programs Being Classified

The Currently Blocked Programs Being Classified tile shows the number of programs that are currently blocked by WatchGuard EDR.

Screen shot of the Currently Blocked Programs Being Classified tile

Blocked applications have one of these colors:

  • Orange — Applications with a medium probability of being malware.
  • Dark Orange — Applications with a high probability of being malware.
  • Red — Applications with a very high probability of being malware.

The threats copied from computers on the network show the IP address of the computer from which an infection originated, as well as the number of times that IP address was the source of a detection (in parentheses). To open the corresponding list, click the IP address.

Click the tile to review a list of files that WatchGuard EDR determined to be risky before classification. To remove a program from the list, from the options menu for a computer, select Delete from list.

Screen shot of the Currently Blocked Programs Being Classified details

WatchGuard Endpoint Security continues to consider deleted items as unknown. If they try to run again, they will reappear in the Currently Blocked Programs Being Classified list.

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