Clarification on System Log Subtypes Categorized as Security Events

suresh.nalamolu — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:29:47 GMT

I’m currently reviewing the subtypes available under System Logs in Palo Alto Networks, and I’d like to confirm which of the following subtypes are categorized or considered as Security related events.

here is the list I've:

Auth
crypto
dhcp
dnsproxy
dos
general
global-protect
ha
hw
nat
ntpd
pbf
port
pppoe
ras
routing
satd
sslmgr
sslvpn
userid
url-filtering
vpn
wildfire

Could someone please confirm which of these are considered Security-focused subtypes? If there's any documentation link or reference that details this categorization, that would be greatly appreciated as well.

Re: Clarification on System Log Subtypes Categorized as Security Events

PavelK — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:22:51 GMT

Hello @suresh.nalamolu

thanks for post!

Based on documentation: System Log Fields the list of System log sub types you mentioned in your post is complete. In general, System logs are related to Firewall's health / Firewall's operation events / Outcome of Firewall's configuration.

As Security Analyst / SOC Analyst / Security Engineer, I would be looking more into Threat, WildFire, URL and Traffic logs. System logs are more important for Firewall Administrator. Personally, I found some of the system logs useful. For example Auth system log sub type is handy to detect excessive logging failures, credential brute forcing into Firewall. Other than this, I found all other log types more handy for Firewall admin.

Kind Regards

Pavel

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