Release notes 05/21/2024

Several features have been updated in this release. We've made additional enhancements, too.

Security Overview dashboard update

In this release, the Security Overview dashboard has been updated.

PreviouslyCurrently
IP Reputation FlowsTop events (table)
Aggregate RiskTop services in cloud environments
Bogon FlowsTop threat-related IP destinations
TCP Flag DistributionTop events by srcip count (table)
Third Party File-Sharing ServicesTop events by dstip count (table)
Third Party Remote Desktop ServicesTop external talkers to internal services
Third Party VPN UsageTop internal services by traffic from external sources
Threat BreakdownTop internal to internal talkers by flow rate
ThreatsTop Internal to internal cloud-to-cloud talkers by flow rate
Flows SpiralTraffic to ITAR countries by flow data volume
Port Threat BreakdownTop external destinations by flow data volume
Site
Source Country
Source IP Cardinality

Context menu changes

Main navigation

Pinned dashboards can now be managed using context menu options. After pinning a dashboard to the main navigation, right-clicking on its link will display one or more of the following options, depending on its current position.

  • Open in new tab
  • Move up
  • Move down
  • Unpin

Tables

The following table types display additional information using context menus. Tables include:

  • Flows
  • Events
  • Blocks

When visible, right-click the leftmost chart icon to invoke the context menu.

Menu options

Full Details navigates you to a new tab displaying the record details page.

Raw Record open a pop-out window displaying the record's data.

Search Flow navigates you to a new tab displaying a pre-filled NQL Query search page based on the record selected.

Push to GF populates the Global Filter field with NQL based on the record selected.

Table cells

Context menus now exist for most table cells displaying clickable data values.

For example, right-clicking the Source IP address in the first column in this image displays the following context menu options. Clicking an option opens the page in a new tab.

  • IP Intelligence
  • IP Explorer
  • Flow Stream
  • Search Flow
  • Search Events
  • Search Blocks
  • Copy NQL
  • Allow List
  • Discard
  • Add Label

Tabs

Pages displaying in tabs now have context menu options available.

Unpinned tabs

Right-clicking on a tab displays its context menu. Some options depend on the tab's current position.

  • Close closes the currently selected tab.
  • Close other tabs closes all tabs except the currently selected tab unless the tab is pinned, and then it is not closed.
  • Close tabs to the left closes all tabs to the left of the currently selected tab unless the tab is pinned, and then it is not closed.
  • Close tabs to the right closes all tabs to the right of the currently selected tab unless the tab is pinned, and then it is not closed.
  • Move left moves the currently selected tab one position left.
  • Move right moves the currently selected tab one position to the right.
  • Duplicate makes a copy of the currently selected tab and its settings and adds it to the tab bar.
  • Pin pins the currently selected tab to the tab bar, where it will remain until it is unpinned from the tab bar.

Pinned tabs

When you pin a tab on the tab bar, it immediately moves to the leftmost or next leftmost position on the tab bar, and they (pinned tabs) are not affected by bulk close actions like “Close other tabs” or “Close tabs to the left,” for example.

Pinned tabs have 3 options on their context menus:

  • Close
  • Duplicate
  • Unpin

Charts

Context menu options can be displayed in charts by right-clicking in the chart legend area.

In the example image below, right-clicking the IP address area in the legend displays the following context menu options:

  • IP Intelligence
  • IP Explorer
  • Search Flow
  • Search Events
  • Search Blocks
  • Copy NQL
  • Allow List
  • Discard
  • Add Label

Auto-load dashboard options

You can now opt to prevent custom dashboards from auto loading.

The Prevent auto loading option is displayed when creating a new custom dashboard or when changing the settings of a custom dashboard.


The image below displays the same dashboard without Prevent auto loading selected (1) and with Prevent auto loading selected (2).

When Prevent auto loading is checked, the Input NQL to load data message displays on the dashboard chart(s) and widgets.

Expanded row details

Table row data is now expandable.

The right-facing triangle indicates expandable row data.

Click the right-facing triangle to expand the row details. Once clicked, the triangle points downwards . You can collapse the row again by clicking the downward triangle .

Intervals added to Traffic Miner

Intervals have been added to the Traffic Miner page.

The drop-down menu allows you to select one of the following interval options:

  • Auto
  • 5 minutes
  • 10 minutes
  • 30 minutes
  • 1 hour
  • 1 day

You can group data based on the time interval
If an interval is not selected or provided, the interval will be calculated based on start and end times.
The greater the interval window, the greater the interval.