Access Visibility Terms

This section provides the definitions of the terms used in the Access Visibility User Interface (UI)

Traffic Flow

A traffic flow is defined as an association created between the data traffic source and the data traffic destination that can be uniquely identified by the following attributes: source and destination IP address, destination port, and the protocol field.

Traffic Source

Traffic Sources are connected Clients and Connectors that initiate a TCP session, UDP flow, or ICMP messages that transit through the WPC. Traffic Sources can be Users/Devices in User Groups, Connectors in Networks, and Hosts.

Traffic Destination

Traffic Destinations can be the connected devices of users, internet destinations, and private IP addresses on the connected networks and Hosts that were the intended destination of the traffic from Traffic Sources. Traffic Destinations can be Applications, IP Services, Networks, Hosts, Users/Devices in User Groups, Internet Gateways, and Other. Other contains Access events that couldn’t be linked to any known configured Traffic Destination.

Access Event

An Access Event is generated when a new traffic flow is detected. The traffic flow may be allowed access to the destination or blocked access.

Blocked Access Event Counts

Blocked Access Event Counts is the number of Access Events that were blocked between a Traffic Source and Traffic Destination pair.

Allowed Access Event Counts

Allowed Access Event Counts is the number of Access Events that were allowed between a Traffic Source and Traffic Destination pair.