Intrusion Rule Details

You can view rule documentation, Cisco recommendations, and rule overhead from the Rule Detail view. You can also view and add rule-specific features.

Rule Details

Item

Description

Summary

The rule summary. For rule-based events, this row appears when the rule documentation contains summary information.

Rule State

The current rule state for the rule. Also indicates the layer where the rule state is set.

Cisco Recommendation

If Cisco recommendations have been generated, an icon that represents the recommended rule state; see Intrusion Rules Page Columns. If the recommendation is to enable the rule, the system also indicates the network assets or configurations that triggered the recommendation.

Rule Overhead

The rule’s potential impact on system performance and the likelihood that the rule might generate false positives. Local rules do not have an assigned overhead, unless they are mapped to a vulnerability.

Thresholds

Thresholds currently set for this rule, as well as the facility to add a threshold for the rule.

Suppressions

Suppression settings currently set for this rule, as well as the facility to add suppressions for the rule.

Dynamic State

Rate-based rule states currently set for this rule, as well as the facility to add dynamic rule states for the rule.

Alerts

SNMP alerts set for this rule, as well as the facility to add an alert for the rule.

Comments

Comments added to this rule, as well as the facility to add comments for the rule.

Documentation

The rule documentation for the current rule, supplied by the Talos Intelligence Group. Optionally, click Rule Documentation to view more-specific rule details.