Blocking Or Warning Site Access Based On Content; Authorize And Prohibit Sites By Url Or Domain - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Product Manual

Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering

Authorize and prohibit sites by URL or domain

The approximately 100 site content categories are grouped by function and risk, which
allows for easy application of the policy settings based on content alone or on content
functional groups (the functions that users can perform by accessing the content) or
content risk groups (the risks that the content might present to your business).
For example, select a functional group of Risk/Fraud/Crime and a risk group of Security
to view all the categories of content that might pose a threat to user security due to
fraud or criminal intent. Select a risk group of Productivity to display all the categories
of content that might impact users' productivity adversely, such as shopping or gaming.
These filters assist you in locating all the content categories for which you might want to
configure actions.

Blocking or warning site access based on content

Use this task to block users from accessing sites that contain particular types of
content.
This feature is available only with versions of the browser protection service that
include the web filtering module.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 On the Policies page, click Add Policy (or click Edit to modify an existing policy).
2 Select Browser Protection & Web Filtering, then click the Content Rules tab.
3 Select one or more filtering options to customize the content categories listed. (Optional)
• Functional group — Display content categories that are used to perform
similar functions.
• Risk group — Display content categories that present similar risks to users.
• Action — Display the content categories for which you have configured an allow, block,
or warn action.
4 In the list, select the content categories for which you want to select an action.
5 Click Allow, Block, or Warn. This action will be applied when users attempt to access
websites that contain the selected categories of content.
6 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then
click Save.)
Authorize and prohibit sites by URL or domain
Web filtering allows you to set up an Exceptions list containing a list of sites that users
can or cannot access.
• Authorized sites that users are always allowed to access, regardless of their
safety rating or type of content. Add authorized sites to ensure access to sites
that are important to your business.
• Prohibited sites that users are never allowed to access. Add prohibited sites to
block access to sites that are not related to job performance or do not conform to
company security standards.
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