Web Security

This feature helps you create security policies for a department or group where Browsing and Phishing Protection can be enabled.

This blocks malicious and phishing Web sites based on content filtering capability. You can restrict or allow access to the internet and Web sites as per your requirement.

To create a policy for Web Security, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.
2. Go to Settings > Client Settings > Web Security.
3. Under Web Security, select either of the following or both the check boxes:
   • Browsing Protection
   • Phishing Protection
4. To get an alert message when a blocked Web site is accessed by a user, select the Display alert message when website is blocked check box.
5. Under Web Categories, restrict or allow access to the Web sites based on their categories as per the security policy of your organization. To enable the categories, select the Restrict access to particular categories of Websites check box.
   Select one of the following options to access the website category:
   • Allow All – When you select this option, status of all categories is Allow.
   • Deny All – When you select this option, status of all categories is Deny.
   • Custom – When you select this option, you can change status of the categories as Allow or Deny as per your requirement in the Status column.If you block a category, all the Web sites under it will be blocked.
6. In Block specified websites section, enter the Web sites that you want to block. This is helpful if you are sure to block certain Web sites. To enable this section, select the Restrict access to particular Websites check box.
7. To schedule the internet access, select the Schedule Internet Access check box and do the following:
   1. Select one of the following options:
      • Always allow access to the internet
      • Restrict internet access When you select the option, Allow access to the internet, you can add the schedule.
   2. Click Add to add the schedule.Add Time Interval dialog appears.
   3. Select the Weekday from the list.
   4. Select the Start at and End at hours and minutes.
   5. Click OK.You can delete the schedule entry if the entry is not required.
8. You can exclude certain known websites from getting it blocked. Excluded URLs/Websites will not get blocked even if internet is restricted.
   To exclude the websites, do the following,
   1. Select the Schedule Internet Access check box.
   2. Select the Restrict internet access option.
   3. Click Exclusions. The Exclude URLs dialog appears.
   4. Enter complete URL that you want to exclude.
   5. Click Add.
   6. Click Ok.
      The list of excluded URLs is displayed in the Excluded URL box.
      You can delete the URL entry if the entry is not required.

SSL versions earlier than 3.1 are not supported for Schedule Internet Access.

9. Select the Enable Web Security reports check box if you want to generate reports for all blocked Web sites. If you select this option, a large number of reports will be generated depending upon the Web usage.
10. To save your settings, click Save Policy.

The Schedule Internet Access feature is available only in the clients with Microsoft Windows and Mac operating systems.

Browsing Protection Settings
While users visit malicious Web sites some files may get installed on their systems. These files can spread malware, slow down the system, or corrupt other files. These attacks can cause substantial harm to the system.

Browsing Protection ensures that malicious Web sites are blocked while the users in a group are accessing the Internet. Once the feature is enabled, any site that is accessed is scanned and blocked if found to be malicious.

Phishing Protection Settings
Phishing is a fraudulent attempt, usually made through email, to steal your personal information. These emails usually appear to have been sent from seemingly well-known organizations and sites such as banks, companies and services seeking for your personal information such as credit card number, social security number, account number or password.
Administrators can enable Phishing Protection that prevents users from accessing phishing and fraudulent Web sites. As soon as a site is accessed, it is scanned for any phishing behavior. If found fraudulent, then it is blocked to prevent any phishing attempts.

Exclusion for Browsing Protection and Phishing Protection
Exclusion enables you to apply an exception rule to the protection policy for Browsing Protection and Phishing Protection. This helps you exclude the URLs of the sites that are genuine but get erroneously detected either as malicious or phishing sites. You are recommended to exclude only those URLs that you trust to be safe and genuine.

You can exclude the URLs in the following way:

1. Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.
2. Go to Settings > Client Settings > Web Security.
3. In the Web Security section, click the Exclusion button. The Exclude URLs dialog appears.
4. In the Enter URL text box, type the URL and then click Add.The Report Miscategorized URL dialog appears. You can report about miscategorization of the URL to the Seqrite lab if the URL is detected as malicious or phishing site.
5. Select one of the reasons from the following:
   • URL is getting detected as Malicious.
   • URL is getting detected as Phish.
6. To report about miscategorization, click Yes. If you do not want to report about miscategorization, click No.The URL is added in the Exclude URL list.
7. To save your settings, click OK.

Web Categories

There are certain concerns that most organizations may face:

• System infection by malware.
• Users browsing unwanted Web sites.
• The employees idling away time.

To avoid these concerns the administrators need to have a policy that regulates users and their Web access activities.

The Web Categories feature helps the administrators centrally control and manage the browsing behavior of the users. The administrators can create different security policies for different groups according to their requirements and priorities.

To configure Web Categories, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.
2. Go to Settings > Client Settings > Web Security.
3. Under Web Categories, select the Restrict access to particular categories of Websites check box.
4. Select one of the following options to access the website category:
   • Allow All – When you select this option, status of all categories is Allow.
   • Deny All – When you select this option, status of all categories is Deny.
   • Custom – When you select this option, you can change status of the categories as Allow or Deny as per your requirement in the Status column.
     The Web categories are enabled, and you can allow or deny access to each category.

Exclusion for Web Categories

Exclusion helps you apply an exception rule to the protection policy for Web Categories. This helps you when you want to restrict access to a Web site category, but you want to allow certain Web sites from the restricted category.

You can enlist such Web sites in the Exclusion list in the following way:

1. Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.
2. Go to Settings > Client Settings > Web Security.
3. In Web Categories section, select the Restric**t access to particular categories of Websites** check box.
4. Click the Exclusion button.The Exclude URLs dialog appears.
5. In the Enter URL text box, type the URL and then click Add.The URL is added in the Exclude URL list.
6. To exclude the subdomains, select the Also Exclude Subdomains check box.
7. To save your settings, click OK.

Block specified websites

This feature is helpful in restricting access to certain Web sites or when a Web site does not fall into an appropriate category. It is also helpful if you have a shorter list of the Web sites that you would prefer to restrict the Web sites than blocking the entire category.

To block Web sites, follow these steps:

1. Log on to Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.
2. Go to Settings > Client Settings > Web Security.
3. On the Web Security screen, under Block specified websites section, select the Restrict access to particular Websites check box.
   The Block specified websites features (Add, Delete, Delete All) are activated.
4. To add a Web site, click Add.
5. On the Add URL screen, type a URL in the Enter URL text box.
6. If you want to block the subdomains, select the Also Block Subdomains check box. For example, if you block www.google.com and select ‘Also block subdomains’, all its subdomains such as mail.google.com will also be blocked.
7. To save your settings, click OK.

The Also Block Subdomains feature is not applicable for the clients with Mac operating systems.