Netgear STM300 ProSecure Web and Email Threat Management Appliance Reference Manual

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Monitoring Real-Time Traffic, Security, Statistics, and 
Web Usage

You can monitor the real-time traffic, security events, and statistics from the Dashboard 
screen. The Web Usage screen displays which hosts on your network are consuming the 
most resources.

Understanding the Information on the Dashboard Screen

When you start up the STM, the default screen that displays is the Dashboard screen, which 
lets you monitor the following items:

CPU, memory, and hard disk status

The number of active connections per protocol

The total malware threats and the malware threats over the last seven days

Total scanned services traffic over the last seven days

Statistics for the most recent five and top five malware threats detected, applications 

blocked, Web categories blocked, and spam emails blocked

The real-time security scanning status with detected network traffic, detected network 

threats, and service statistics for the six supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, 
POP3, and IMAP)

Interface statistics

Enable Malware 
Outbreak Alerts

Select this check box to enable malware outbreak alerts, and configure the Outbreak 
Criteria, Protocol, and Subject fields.

Outbreak 
Criteria

To define a malware outbreak, specify the following fields:

•  malware found within. The number of malware incidents that are 

detected.

•  minutes (maximum 90 minutes). The period in which the specified 

number of malware incidents are detected.

When the specified number of detected malware incidents is 

reached within the time threshold, the STM sends a malware outbreak alert.

Protocol

Select the check box or check boxes to specify the protocols (SMTP, POP3, 
IMAP, HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP) for which malware incidents are detected.

Subject

Enter the subject line for the email alert.