# Tools for further troubleshooting

Information in logs and alerts, and networking tools on engine can be useful for troubleshooting.

Logs and alerts provide useful information about what the components do and what is happening in your system. You can increase the detail level of logs on certain areas of operation. To gain useful information from the logs produced, you must be able to filter the logs efficiently.

There are Forcepoint Network Security Platform-specific as well as standard networking tools available on the engines.