About the Web Filtering Events Page

To access this page, click Monitor > Security Events > Web Filtering.

Use the Web Filtering page to view information about security events based on Web filtering policies. Web filtering allows you to permit or block access to specific websites by URL or by URL category using cloud-based lookups, a local database, or an external Websense server. Analyzing Web filtering logs yields useful security management information such as users detected accessing restricted URLs and actions taken by the system. Using the time-range slider, you can quickly focus on the area of activity that you are most interested in. Once the time range is selected, all of the data presented in your view is refreshed automatically. You can also use the Custom button to set a custom time range.

There are two ways to view your data. You can select either the Summary View tab or the Detail View tab.

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following tasks from this page:

View a brief summary of all the Web filtering events in your network. See Summary View.
View the comprehensive details of events in a tabular format that includes sortable columns. See Detail View.

Summary View

The top of the page has a swim lane graph of all the Web filtering events against the blocked events.

Below the swim lanes are widgets displaying critical information such as top sources, top destinations, top users, and top reporting devices.

You can use the widgets at the bottom of the page to view critical information such as top URLs blocked, top matched profiles, top sources, and top destinations.

Table 1 describes the widgets on the Summary View page.

Table 1: Widgets on the Summary View Page
Widget	Description
Top URLs blocked	View the URL names that are blocked; sorted by event count.
Top Matched Profiles	View the web filtering profile names; sorted by event count.
Top Sources	View the top source IP addresses of the network traffic; sorted by event count.
Top Destinations	View the top destination IP addresses of the network traffic; sorted by event count.

Detail View

You can aggregate the events using the Group By option. For example, you can group the events based on source country. The table includes information such as the event name, Content Security category, source IP address, source country, and so on.

Table 2 provides guidelines on using the fields on the Detail View page.

Table 2: Fields on the Detail View Page
Fields	Description
Time	View the time when the event occurred.
Event Name	View the event name of the log.
Source Country	View the source country name from where the event originated.
Source IP	View the source IP address from where the event occurred (IPv4 or IPv6).
Destination Country	View the destination country name from where the event occurred.
Destination IP	View the destination IP address of the event (IPv4 or IPv6).
Source Port	View the source port of the event.
Destination Port	View the destination port of the event.
Description	View the description of the log.
Content Security category or Virus Name	View the Content Security category of the log: enhanced, local, and redirect.
URL	View the accessed URL name that triggered the event.
Action	View the action taken for the event: warning, allow, and block.
Log Source	View the IP address of the log source (IPv4 or IPv6).
Host Name	View the hostname in the log.
Source Zone	View the user traffic received from the zone.
Roles	View the role names associated with the event.
Reason	View the reason for the log generation. For example, unrestricted access.
Path Name	View the path name of the log.
Profile Name	View the name of the Web filtering profile that triggered the event.

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About the Web Filtering Events Page

Tasks You Can Perform

Summary View

Detail View

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