URL Filtering Page

  • URL Filtering report modules are populated only if URL filtering is enabled.
  • URL Filtering reports are available for incoming and outgoing messages.
  • Only messages that are scanned by the URL filtering engine (either as part of anti-spam/outbreak filter scanning or through message/content filters) are included in these modules. However, not all of the results are necessarily specifically attributable to the URL Filtering feature.
  • The Top URL Categories module includes all categories found in messages that have been scanned, whether or not they match a content or message filter.
  • Each message can be associated with only one reputation level. For messages with multiple URLs, the statistics reflect the lowest reputation of any URL in the message.
  • URLs in the global allowed list configured at Security Services > URL Filtering are not included in reports.

    URLs in allowed lists used in individual filters are included in reports.

  • Malicious URLs are URLs that Outbreak Filters have determined to have poor reputation. Neutral URLs are those that Outbreak Filters have determined to require click-time protection. Neutral URLs have therefore been rewritten to redirect them to the Cisco Web Security proxy.
  • Results of URL category-based filters are reflected in content and message filter reports.
  • Results of click-time URL evaluations by the Cisco Web Security proxy are not reflected in reports.