Summary Dashboard

Cisco Security MARS uses a web browser for the client GUI. Cisco Security MARS also facilitates the download of Adobe SVG to display the topology graphs. Cisco Security MARS requires Internet Explorer for the web browser and uses HTTPS to ensure secure monitoring. After a successful logon to Cisco Security MARS, you are presented with the dashboard under the Summary tab. Figure 10-1 displays an example of the top of the Cisco Security MARS dashboard.

Figure 10-1. Cisco Security MARS Dashboard

The dashboard includes a summary of security incidents, or a high-level indication of a possible network attack or vulnerability based upon input from devices and hosts in the self-defending network. In addition to incidents, the dashboard also includes information on events within the last 24 hours, false positives that are detected, a hotspot, and an attack diagram including source and destination of the attack.