McAfee TSA00M005PAA Processor Guide - Page 117

Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering Web Filtering report Web Filtering report Use the Web Filtering report, available from the SecurityCenter, to track Internet usage and browsing activity on your network. This report lists visits to websites and attempts to access websites for which you have configured policy options to regulate access. Use this report to view detailed information about the specific sites, their safety ratings and content categories, the computers that attempted to access them, and the action taken by browser protection. This report is available only with versions of the browser protection service that include the web filtering module. See also Viewing browsing activity on page 116 Information that browser protection sends to McAfee on page 107 Best practices (browser protection) To develop an effective strategy for guarding against web-based threats, we recommend that you proactively track browsing activity on your network and configure policy options appropriate for your users. 1 Check your status emails or the SecurityCenter website for an overview of your account's status. Ensure that browser protection is installed and enabled on all computers. 2 Check the Web Filtering report regularly to see what sites users are visiting, their safety ratings, and their content categories. 3 Using the Web Filtering report: • D etermine whether users are visiting sites that should be added to an Exceptions list. Authorize sites that are important to productivity to ensure that users can always access them. Prohibit sites that do not comply with company policy or contribute to job performance goals to ensure users cannot access them. • N ote the number of visits to red, yellow, and unrated sites. If appropriate, configure policy options to block sites or site resources that have particular safety ratings. • N ote the content categories for sites being visited. If appropriate, configure policy options to block sites containing particular types of content. • N ote which computers are visiting which sites. If appropriate, configure different policies for computers that should and should not be able to access particular sites or content. 4 Customize a message to display on client computers that attempt to access a site you have blocked. 5 To ensure that all computers are protected against web-based threats, configure policy options to enable browser protection via policy and prevent users from disabling browser protection on their computers. McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide 117