Issue

• I. Create a new Web control rule that logs blocked websites when visited by endpoints running ESET Endpoint Security
• II. Create a new Web control logs report template for blocked websites in ESET PROTECT
• III. Add new Web control logs Dashboard report

Solution

I. Create a new Web control rule

If you have already created a Web control rule and want to create a Dashboard report, first make sure to change each rule’s Logging severity to Warning (see step 7 below) and then skip to part II.

1. Open the ESET PROTECT Web Console in your web browser and log in.
2. Click Policies, select the desired Built-in policy and then select the policy that you want to modify.
3. Click Actions → Edit.
   

   

4. Click Settings → Web and Email → Web control.
5. Click the slider bar next to Enable Web control. Next to Rules, click Edit.
   

   

6. Click Add (or select an existing rule and then click Edit to change the Logging severity).
   

   

7. Type the name of the rule and select the appropriate settings for the rule (Type, Access rights). Type the URLs you want the rule to apply to.
8. In the Logging severity drop-down menu, select Warning and click OK.
   

   

9. Click Save.
   

   

10. Click Finish.
    

    

11. An error message appears anytime a client attempts to visit a URL blocked by Web control. Continue to Part II.
    

    

II. Create a new Web control logs report template in ESET PROTECT

1. Open the ESET PROTECT Web Console in your web browser and log in.
2. Click Reports → New Report Template.
   

   

3. In the Name field, type a name for your report. Under Category, click No category selected.
   

   

4. Select the check box next to the Computers and click OK.
   

   

5. Click Chart. Select the check box under Display Table.
   

   

6. Click Data → Add Column.
   

   

7. Expand the Computer → Computer category, select Computer name and click OK.
   

   

8. Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Action performed, select Action performed, and click OK.
   

   

9. Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Category, select Category, and click OK.
10. Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Matching URL, select Matching URL, and click OK.
11. Click Add Column. Expand Web control → Time of occurrence, select Time of occurrence, and click OK.
12. Click Add Column. Expand Web control → User, select User, and click OK. Then click Finish.

III. Add new Web control logs Dashboard report

1. Open the ESET PROTECT Web Console in your web browser and log in.
2. Click Dashboard and then click the plus icon to add a new dashboard.
   

   

3. Type a name for your new dashboard and click Add Dashboard.
   

   

4. Click the plus icon.
   

   

5. Select the report you created in Part II (in this example, Web Control Logs), and click OK.
   

   

6. Your dashboard is now available. When a URL is blocked by Web control, each URL is listed in the new Dashboard report.