URL Filtering Page

URL Filtering reports are available for incoming and outgoing messages.

Only messages that are scanned by the URL filtering engine (either as part of anti-spam/outbreak filter scanning or through message/content filters) are included in these modules. However, not all of the results are necessarily specifically attributable to the URL Filtering feature.

From the URL Filtering report page, you can view:

• The Top URL Categories module includes all categories found in messages that have been scanned, whether or not they match a content or message filter.

  Each message can be associated with only one reputation level. For messages with multiple URLs, the statistics reflect the lowest reputation of any URL in the message.

• The Top URL spam messages

  URLs in the global allowed list configured at Security Services > URL Filtering page of the email security appliance, are not included in reports.

  URLs in allowed lists used in individual filters are included in reports.

• Malicious URLs are URLs that Outbreak Filters have determined to have poor reputation. Neutral URLs are those that Outbreak Filters have determined to require click-time protection. Neutral URLs have therefore been rewritten to redirect them to the Cisco Web Security proxy.

  Results of URL category-based filters are reflected in content and message filter reports.

  Results of click-time URL evaluations by the Cisco Web Security proxy are not reflected in reports.

To view the URL Filtering report page on the Security Management appliance, select Email from the Product drop-down and choose Monitoring > URL Filtering from the Reports drop-down. For more information, see Using the Interactive Report Pages.

The following table explains the various sections on the URL Filtering report page:

From the URL Filtering report page you can export raw data to a CSV file. For information on printing or exporting a file, see the Exporting Reporting and Tracking Data.