View application security violation details

Last published : Sep 25, 2026
Web applications that are exposed to the internet have become vulnerable to attacks drastically. {{page.adm-product-name-short}} enables you to visualize actionable violation details to protect applications from attacks. Navigate to Security > Security Violations for a single-pane solution to:
  • Visualize applications with full visibility into the threat details associated in both WAF insight and bot insight. For more information, see Unified Security dashboard.
  • Access the application security violations based on its categories such as Network, Bot, and WAF.
  • Take corrective actions to secure the applications.
The Security Violations page has the following options:
  • Application Overview – Displays an overview with applications that have total violations, total WAF and Bot violations, violation by country, and so on. For more information, see Application overview.
  • All Violations – Displays the application security violation details. For more information, see All violations.

Setting up

To view the violations, you must ensure:
  • To get started with configuring protections and enabling analytics in your applications. For more information, see Unified Security dashboard.
    If you have configured protections either through StyleBook or directly on the {{page.citrix-adc-generic}} instance, you can follow the procedure to enable WAF Security Violations and Bot Security Violations:
    1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Instances > {{page.citrix-adc-generic}} and select the instance type. For example, VPX.
    2. Select the instance and from the Select Action list, select Configure Analytics.
    3. Select the virtual servers and click Enable Security & Analytics.
    4. On the Enable Analytics window, select WAF Security Violations and Bot Security Violations, and then click OK.
  • To configure Detailed Web Transaction Settings.
  • If Metrics Collector is enabled. For more information, see Configure Intelligent App Analytics.

Enable Web Transaction settings

  1. Navigate to Settings > Analytics Settings.
    The Analytics Settings page is displayed.
  2. Click Enable Features for Analytics.
  3. Under Detailed Web Transaction Settings, select All.
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  4. Click Ok.