CLOUD BASED LOGGING SERVICE

摘要

Methods and systems are provided for providing access to a cloud-based logging service to a user without requiring user registration. According to one embodiment, access to a cloud-based logging service is integrated within a network security gateway appliance by automatically configuring access settings for the logging service without registering the gateway appliance with the logging service. A traffic or event log is transparently created within the logging service by making use of the automatically configured access settings and treating the logging service as a logging device. A request is received, by the gateway appliance, from an administrator to access data associated with the log. Responsive to the request, the data from the logging service is transparently retrieved, by the gateway appliance, and presented to the administrator via a graphical user interface (GUI) of the gateway appliance.

主权项

1. A network security gateway appliance for managing access to a cloud-based logging service, the network security gateway appliance comprising:
one or more processors; a communication interface device; one or more internal data storage devices operatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
a cloud-based logging service settings module configured to make the cloud-based logging service accessible to an administrator of the network security gateway appliance via an interface of the network security gateway appliance by integrating and customizing the cloud-based logging service within the network security gateway appliance;a cloud-based logging service access module configured to receive, via the interface, a request to access the cloud-based logging service from the administrator, wherein the cloud-based logging service access module is further configured to analyze the request and retrieve logs from the cloud-based logging service for processing, wherein the cloud-based logging service access module is configured to access the cloud-based logging service without registering with the cloud-based logging service; andan output module configured to receive the processed logs at the network security gateway appliance and output the processed logs to the administrator.