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Administrator Help | Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint URL Filtering | v8.5.x

Forcepoint subscriptions are issued on a per-client (IP address) basis.

To activate your software, enter a valid subscription key (see Configuring your account information). This lets you:

Download the Forcepoint URL Database (see The Forcepoint URL Database), enabling policy enforcement.

(Forcepoint Web Security only) Download the analytic databases to support real-time analysis of web content.

After the first successful database download, the Web > Settings > General > Account page in the Forcepoint Security Manager displays the number of clients your subscription includes and your subscription type (Forcepoint Web Security or Forcepoint URL Filtering).

A component called Filtering Service maintains a subscription table of clients generating Internet requests each day.

In Forcepoint Web Security deployments, there is no change in policy enforcement when the number of subscribed clients is exceeded, but if the subscription is consistently exceeded, you may be asked to increase your subscription limit.

In Forcepoint URL Filtering deployments, when the number of subscribed clients is exceeded, requests from users who exceed the subscription count are permitted or blocked based on the Block users when subscription expires setting, found on the Settings > General > Account page.

In all deployments, when a subscription expires, all requests are permitted or blocked, depending on the same configurable setting. When the expiration date approaches, administrators are notified through a combination of email alerts and health alerts displayed in the Security Manager.

To configure how Internet requests are handled when a subscription expires, see Configuring your account information.

To have an alert message sent when the subscription approaches or exceeds its limit, see Configuring system alerts.