Configure custom categories

The cloud web service categorizes websites into dozens of built-in categories to help you manage your end users' web surfing. See Category list for further information about the built-in categories.

You can also create custom categories, each of which comprises a set of sites (for example, "www.google.com") or URLs (for example, "http://www.yahoo.com/index.html"). Custom categories defined on the Web > Policy Management > Custom Categories page are created at the account level and are available to all policies.

For information on creating custom categories at the policy level, see Custom Categories tab.

Use the Web > Policy Management > Custom Categories page to view and manage the custom categories for your account.

If you have already created custom categories in a Forcepoint web on-premises solution, you can import them to the cloud service in CSV file format.


	Note There is a limit to the maximum number of custom categories and sites you can add. Based on analysis of custom category usage, this limit is designed to provide ample capacity. If you have any questions about the custom category limit, please contact Technical Support.

To create custom categories for your account:

Click Add.

Assign a name to your new custom category and give it a description.

Click Submit.

Add hostnames, IP addresses, IP address ranges, or URL paths. For detailed guidance on how to enter sites, and how entries are interpreted, see Adding sites to custom categories. Note the following general guidance:

Ensure that hostnames are added only once.

Protocols (for example "http://", "ftp://") are ignored. Entries are matched to all protocols.

Standard ports for the protocol being used are ignored (for example, ports 80 for HTTP, and 443 for HTTPS).

Click Add again.

Use the buttons at the bottom of the page to Download sites to or Upload sites from a CSV file. A downloaded file can be edited and then uploaded for easy maintenance of the list of sites for the category..


	Important When a file is uploaded, the contents of the file will replace the list of sites previously associated with the category. It will not add to that list.

To import a custom categories file from a Forcepoint on-premises solution:

Click Print Policies to File on the Policies page in the on-premises management console.

Locate the Custom Categories and Recategorized URLs sections in the output file.

Copy your custom categories and recategorized URLs to a CSV file using this format:

CategoryName, RecategorizedURL

Save the CSV file.

In the cloud portal, click Import File on the Web > Policy Management > Custom Categories page.

In the Import Custom Categories dialog box, browse to your CSV file and click Import File.

These custom categories can be used in the same way as the built-in categories; see Category list for further information.

Use the toggle at the bottom of the page to Enable custom categories per policy. If this option is disabled, the Custom Categories tab is not available on the Web > Policy Management > Polices page and policy level custom categories cannot be added.

When this option is enabled, all policy level custom categories display by policy.