With Security Planning, you can analyze flows to view micro-segmentations and traffic flow patterns in your environment for better security planning.

Procedure

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Plan & Assess > Security Planning.
    You see Security Planning window.
  2. From the Scope drop-down menu, select one of the following options:
    Option Action
    All flows Select to analyze all the flows available in your environment.
    Entities Select to analyze flows of a particular entity.

    Click Entities and from the drop-down menu select the entity type.

    You can also use the Search entity by name text box to find and select multiple entities.

    When you click the Search entity by name text box, you can see the name of all the available entities for the selected entity type.
    Between entities Select to analyze flows between two entities.
    1. From the Entity type 1 drop-down menu, select an entity type. Also, you can use Search entity by name text box to enter the entities names.

      You can enter multiple entities in the Search entity by name text box.

    2. From the Entity type 2 drop-down menu, select an entity type. Also, you can use Search entity by name text box to enter the entities names.

      You can enter multiple entities in the Search entity by name text box.
    Flows matching properties Select to analyze flows that match a specific condition. You can add multiple conditions by clicking ADD CONDITION.
    Custom search Select to analyze flows that match a custom search query.
  3. From the Duration drop-down menu, select the time frame for which you want to analyze the flows. The system analyzes the flows that occurred between that specific time frame.
  4. From the Ports drop-down menu, select one of the following:
    Option Action
    All Select to analyze all ports available for the selected scope.
    Include Ports Select to include specific ports that you want to analyze. Enter the names of the ports that you want to analyze in the Search Ports text box.
    Exclude Ports Select to exclude specific ports that you do not want to analyze. Enter the names of the ports that you do not want to analyze in the Search Ports text box.
    Note: If you have selected Flows matching properties and Custom search in Scope, you do not see Ports drop-down menu.
  5. The Group by drop-down menu is auto-filled depending on what you select as Scope.
    If necessary, you can change the Group by by selecting appropriate option from drop-down menu.
  6. Click ANALYZE.