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v7.5 Jump Start Part 4: Using Reports to Strengthen Filtering Policies
Webinar January 2011
Webinar Presenter
Title: Support Specialist
Accomplishments:– 7 years supporting Websense
products
Qualifications:– Technical Support Mentor
– Product Trainer
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Greg Didier
Goals and Objectives
Look at various settings affecting reports
Examine Today and History pages
Decide when to use
– Presentation reports
– Investigative reports
Forensic concept reporting
– Identify security threats and eliminate loss
Delegated and self reporting
Best practice tips
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Agenda
How to generate, schedule, and navigate thru reports
– Maximizing Your Return Using Investigative and Presentation Reports v7• December 2008 Webinar
Settings can affect reporting data
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Settings Affecting Reports
Explore TRITON –Web Security Settings tab– Filtering
– Logging• Selective logging
– Risk class
– User Identification
– Scanning
– Hybrid
– Alerts
– Network Agent
– Reporting
Demonstration
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Settings Affecting Reports
Explore Log Server Configuration utility
– Directory service updates
– Visits vs. hits• Changing requires new database
– Consolidation• Changing requires new database
• Scanning activity not consolidated
• Interval settings
Demonstration
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Settings Affecting Reports
Explore TRITON –Web Security Main tab
– Today and History page• Customize charts
• Up to 4 charts allowed
– Delegated Administration• Report settings
Demonstration
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Two reporting features are available
– Presentation reports
– Investigative reports
Which report do I use?
Generating Reports
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Reporting
Presentation Reports
– Examine available templates• Set Favorites
– Custom reports• Include or exclude specific details
– Scheduling reports• Send reports to recipients you choose
Demonstration
Best practice
– Use favorites
– Save custom reports
– Scheduled daily reports to ensure logging occurs as expected
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Reporting
Investigative Reports
– Examine standard reports• Customize reports
– Scheduling• Automatic report generation
– Understand drilling for data
Demonstration
Best practice
– Know where to drill
– Start at a high level• Then isolate too the specific threat/loss
– Risk Class
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Recap - Generating Reports
Use reports to:
– Reassess your filtering policies• Actions
• Recategorize URLs
– Identify security threats and productivity loss
Make reports work for you
– Identify, save, and schedule good reports
Run reports routinely
– Websense software can stop spyware from calling out, by your job is to identify infections and take corrective action.
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TIPS & Additional Info
Schedule a report daily to confirm logging activity
Save popular reports
Use Help > Explain This Page
Reports show only users who accessed the Internet
Full URL Logging logs 2 or 3 times more data
Saved scheduled reports consume disk space
– C:\Program Files\Websense\ReportingOutput
Know which computers are not filtered
Recategorize URLs to block specific sites
Recategorize URLs to not log specific sites
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TIPS & Additional Info
Investigative reports:
– Take advantage of the Full Screen option
– Use Modify Reports to select relevant columns
– Drilling down
Presentation reports:
– Managers and executives love the charts
NOTE: Generating reports, using TRITON – Web Security manager, on the V-Series appliance
– For demonstration and small companies
– Medium and larger companies, install TRITON – Web Security manager on a server
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TIPS & Additional Info
Investigative Reports Quick Start guide
Maximizing Your Return Using Investigative and Presentation Reports v7
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