How to create a custom policy in Enterprise and Web Security Suite

Article Number: 000001033
1033
Products: Websense Enterprise
Versions: 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

Overview

Filtering policies assigned to directory objects (users), workstations, or networks control user access to the Internet. Each policy identifies certain categories and protocols for enforcement and defines when the policy is in effect. Websense Enterprise installs with default policies that allow you to begin filtering the Internet immediately. If these policies do not meet the filtering requirements of your organization, you can create custom policies that provide the protection you need.
 

Policies consist of:

  • Category Sets: Collective groups of filtering actions for each category in the system.
  • Protocol Sets: Collective groups of filtering actions for each protocols in the system.
  • A schedule that determines when the policy is active

Category Sets and Protocol Sets are scheduled into policies by time and day of the week. Policy-based filtering lets you assign varying levels of Internet access to directory objects. By editing and creating policies, you can schedule different Category Sets and Protocol Sets to be applied at different times and for different clients.

Once you have created the policy, it is then applied to a user, a workstation, or a network.

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