Scanning options

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Related topics:

Content categorization

Tunneled protocol detection

Security threats: Content security

Security threats: File analysis

Outbound security

Advanced options

Scanning exceptions

Reporting on advanced analysis activity

The analysis options available with Websense Web Security Gateway and Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere control the types of advanced analysis performed on web traffic as it transits the Content Gateway module (the Websense on-premises proxy).

For an introduction to advanced analysis options and other options related to Content Gateway, see Content Gateway Analysis.

Use the Settings > Scanning > Scanning Options page to configure the following:

Content categorization

Tunneled protocol detection

Security threats: Content security

Security threats: File analysis

Outbound security

Scanning sensitivity, scanning timeout, scan size limit, content delay handling, and content stripping (Advanced options)

Basic settings are:

Off – No analysis.

On (default) – Analyze content or files with elevated risk profiles, as determined by Websense Security Labs.

Aggressive analysis – Analyze content and files with elevated risk profiles and content and files with lower risk profiles. Aggressive analysis consumes more resources. For best results, monitor system performance and scale system resources to meet demand.

In addition to the On/Off/Aggressive analysis settings, analysis is performed or not performed, based on the Always Scan, Never Scan, and client IP exception lists. These lists are maintained on the Settings > Scanning > Scanning Exceptions page. See Scanning exceptions.


	Warning Sites on the Never Scan list are not analyzed under any circumstances. If a site on the Never Scan list is compromised, the malicious code is not analyzed and detected.

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