Issue
- I. Create a new Web control rule that logs blocked websites when visited by endpoints running ESET Endpoint Security
- II. Create a new Web control logs report template for blocked websites in ESET PROTECT On-Prem
- III. Add new Web control logs Dashboard report
Solution
I. Create a new Web control rule
If you have already created a Web control rule and want to create a Dashboard report, change each rule's Logging severity to Warning (see step 7 below) and skip to part II.
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Open ESET PROTECT On-Prem in your web browser and log in.
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Click Policies, select the desired Built-in policy and then select the policy that you want to modify.
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Click Actions → Edit.
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Click Settings → Web and Email → Web control.
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Click the toggle next to Enable Web control. Next to Rules, click Edit.
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Click Add (or select an existing rule and then click Edit to change the Logging severity).
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Type the name of the rule and select the appropriate settings for the rule (Type, Access rights). Type the URLs you want the rule to apply to.
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In the Logging severity drop-down menu, select Warning and click OK.
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Click Save.
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Click Finish.
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An error message appears anytime a client attempts to visit a URL blocked by Web control. Continue to Part II.
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II. Create a new Web control logs report template in ESET PROTECT On-Prem
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Open ESET PROTECT On-Prem in your web browser and log in.
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Click Reports → New Report Template.
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In the Name field, type a name for your report. Under Category, click No category selected.
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Select the check box next to the Computers and click OK.
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Click Chart. Select the check box under Display Table.
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Click Data → Add Column.
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Expand the Computer → Computer category, select Computer name and click OK.
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Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Action performed, select Action performed, and click OK.
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Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Category, select Category, and click OK.
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Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Matching URL, select Matching URL, and click OK.
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Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Time of occurrence, select Time of occurrence, and click OK.
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Click Add Column. Expand Web control → User, select User, and click OK. Then click Finish.
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III. Add new Web control logs Dashboard report
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Open ESET PROTECT On-Prem in your web browser and log in.
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Click Dashboard and then click the plus icon to add a new dashboard.
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Type a name for your new dashboard and click Add Dashboard.
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Click the plus icon.
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Select the report you created in Part II (in this example, Web Control Logs), and click OK.
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Your dashboard is now available. When a URL is blocked by Web control, each URL is listed in the new Dashboard report.
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