• Log all websites blocked by a Web control rule when visited by endpoints running ESET Endpoint Security 
• Create a new ESET Security Management Center Dashboard report for blocked URLs

I. Create a new Web control rule

If you have already created a Web control rule and want to create a Dashboard report, first make sure to change each rule's Logging severity to Warning (see step 5 below) and then skip to part II. 

1. Open ESET Security Management Web Console (ESMC Web Console) in your web browser and log in.

2. Click Policies.
    
3. Select the appropriate policy and click the gear icon  → Edit.

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4. Click Settings and click Web and Email → Web control. Click the slider bar next to Integrate into system to enable Web control. Next to Rules, click Edit.

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5. Click Add (or select an existing rule and then click Edit to change the Logging severity). 

Figure 1-3

6. Type or select the appropriate settings for the rule (Name, Type, Access rights, URL). In the Logging severity drop-down menu, select Warning and click OK.

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7. Click Save → Finish. An error message (Figure 1-6) appears anytime a client attempts to navigate to a URL blocked by Web control. Continue to Part II.

   

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   Figure 1-6

   For further information on creating new Web control rules, including category names, URL groups and blocked webpage message/graphic, see Create and edit Web control rules in ESET business products (7.x).

II. Create a new "Web control logs" report template in ESET Security Management Center

1. Open ESET Security Management Web Console (ESMC Web Console) in your web browser and log in.

2. Click Reports .
    
3. Click New Report Template.
   

   

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4. In the Name field, type a name for your report. Select a Category for your report. The Description field is optional.
   

   

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5. Click Chart. In the Table section, select the check box under Display Table.
   

   

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6. Click Data. In the Table Columns section, click Add Column.
   

   

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7. Expand the Computer or Web control category, select the appropriate item and click OK. Repeat Steps 6 and 7 until all items listed in the table below are added to the Table Columns section and then click Finish. 
   

   

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   Category	Item
   Computer	Computer name
   Web control	Action performed
   Web control	Matching URL
   Web control	Category
   Web control	Time of occurrence
   Web control	Number of occurrences
   Web control	User

   
   

   

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III. Add new "Web control logs" Dashboard report

1. Open ESET Security Management Web Console (ESMC Web Console) in your web browser and log in.

2. Click Dashboard and then the plus icon to add a new dashboard.

   

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3. Type a name for your new dashboard and click Add Dashboard.

   

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4. Click the plus icon .

   

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5. Navigate to the report you created in Part II (Web Control Logs, in this example), select it and then click OK. Your dashboard is now available. When a URL is blocked by Web control (Figure 1-5b), each URL is listed in the new Dashboard report (Figure 3-5).

   

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