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Specify rating actions and block site access based on web category

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You can specify actions, based on safety ratings, to apply to sites and file downloads. You can also block or allow sites in each web category.

Web Control applies the rating actions to sites in the unblocked categories specified in the Web Category Blocking section under Advanced.

Note

Use the settings in Enforcement Messaging to customize the message to display for blocked and warned sites and file downloads, and blocked phishing pages.

Task
  1. Select MenuPolicyPolicy Catalog, then select Endpoint Security Web Control from the Products list in the left pane.

  2. From the Category list in the right pane, select Content Actions.

  3. Click Show Advanced.

  4. In the Web Category Blocking section, for each Web Category, enable or disable the Block option.

    Note

    For sites in the unblocked categories, Web Control also applies the rating actions.

  5. In the Rating Actions section, specify the actions to apply to any sites and file downloads, based on safety ratings defined by Trellix.

    Note

    These actions also apply to sites that web category blocking doesn't block.

  6. Click Save.

The malicious categories that will always send events regardless of configuration are Browser Exploits, Malicious Downloads, Malicious Sites, Phishing, Potential Hacking/Computer Crime, and Spyware/Adware/Keyloggers.