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Edge Security Acceleration:Security analysis

Last Updated:Jan 03, 2025

The Analytics dashboard provides statistics such as blocked requests, alerted requests, and total requests for Web Application Firewall (WAF) and bot management, enabling you to dynamically adjust protection rules based on these insights.

View security report analytics

Add filters and set the query time

  • Filters: You can refine the reports by host, HTTP version, and client IP address. Reports matching your specified filters will be displayed.

  • Query time: By default, the dashboard shows traffic data from the last 24 hours. You can select a different time range or enter a custom period to retrieve traffic data, up to a maximum of 30 days.

  1. Log on to the ESA console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Websites.

  3. On the Websites page, find the website that you want to manage, and click the website name or View Details in the Actions column.

  4. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Security > Analytics.

  5. On the Security Analysis page, you can view protection information and apply the Filter to select the necessary data. You can click the image icon to print the report or click the image icon to download the data in CSV format for offline analysis.

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Data overview

On the Overview tab, the Request Analysis and Bot Analysis sections are available. Click the image icon to download the data in CSV format for offline analysis.

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Sample logs

Logs are generated through adaptive sampling of your incoming HTTP/S traffic. Utilize the aforementioned filters to refine the results. Details such as Time, Bot Type, Client IP, and Path are included. Click image for more information.

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For instance, to isolate logs of the Absolutely Bot type, use the Sample Logs filter.

  1. On the Overview tab, navigate to the Bot Analysis section and select Absolutely Bot from the Filter.

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  2. Review the Sample Logs to see entries for Absolutely Bot. Click image for more details.

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