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Key features of Web Control

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The key features of Web Control protect your systems from web-based threats, detect threats, and correct issues with file downloads.

Protect

Protect your systems from malicious websites and downloads using these Web Control features:

  • Block and Allow List — Prevent users from visiting specific URLs or domains or always allow access to sites that are important to your business.

  • Rating Actions and Web Category Blocking — Use safety ratings and web categories defined by Trellix to control user access to sites, pages, and downloads.

  • Secure Search — Automatically block risky sites from appearing in search results based on their safety rating.

  • Self protection — Prevent users from disabling the Web Control plug-in or uninstalling or changing Web Control files, registry keys, registry values, services, and processes.

Detect

Detect malicious websites using these Web Control features:

  • Web Control button in the browser window — The Web Control plug-in displays a button indicating the safety rating for the site. Click the button for more information about the site.

  • Web Control icon on search results pages — An icon appears next to each listed site. The color of the icon indicates the safety rating for the site. Hover over the icon for more information about the site.

  • Site reports — Details show how the safety rating was calculated based on types of threats detected, test results, and other data.

  • Dashboards and monitors — Display statistics about Web Control activity, including visits and downloads from sites by rating, content type, and blocked or allowed list.

  • Queries and reports — Retrieve detailed information about Web Control browser events, and save it in reports.

Correct

Monitor and tune Web Control behavior using these features:

  • Interlock with other Trellix products — Disable Web Control automatically if it detects a web gateway appliance or if Skyhigh Client Proxy is installed and in redirection mode.

  • File scanning for file downloadsWeb Control sends files to Threat Prevention for scanning. If it detects a threat, Threat Prevention responds with the configured action such as clean, and alerts the user.

  • Dashboards and monitors — Monitor activity to understand browsing activity, then use that information to tune Web Control settings.

  • Exclusions — Prevent Web Control from rating or blocking specific IP addresses.