Microsoft internet content filtering

The feature is still in public preview and anyone can turn the feature on by turning on preview features and then setting up web content filtering inside advanced features. With that said, lets see what web content filter does, configure the settings, test out in a lab, and then view the results in Microsoft Defender ATP.

Prerequisites for Web Content Filtering. Data Processing. Data processing will be handled by the region you selected when you first onboarded Microsoft Defender ATP US, UK, or Europe and will not leave the selected data region or shared between any third party providers or data providers.

Certain times Microsoft may send the aggregate d data to other third parties to assist in their feeds. Aggregated data is the process of combing the results in web content filtering into totals or summary statistic s based off the results from applying and using the filtering. Th ese detailed statistics provide companies with answers to large analytical questions without having to sort through private user information and large amounts of customer data that Microsoft deems private.

Data processing is kept safe and secure when you enable and use web content filtering. Web content filtering in Microsoft Defender ATP al lows you to secure your devices across the enterprise against web based threats and helps you regulate unwanted content based of f multiple content categories and sub categories. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen p rotects against phishing or malware websites and applications, and the downloading of potentially malicious files.

This protect s users from sites that are reported to host phishing attacks or attempt to distribute malicious software. It can also help protect against deceptive advertisements, scam sites, and drive-by attacks. Drive-by attacks are web-based attacks that tend to start on a trusted site, targeting security vulnerabilities in commonly used software.

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen evaluates a website's URLs to determine if they're known to distribute or host unsafe content. It also provides reputation checks for apps, checking downloaded programs and the digital signature used to sign a file. If a URL, a file, an app, or a certificate has an established reputation, users won't see any warnings.

If, however, there's no reputation, the item is marked as a higher risk and presents a warning to the user. Network protection helps reduce the attack surface of your devices from Internet-based events. It prevents employees from using any application to access dangerous domains that may host phishing scams, exploits, and other malicious content on the Internet.

IT e xpands the scope of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen by blocking all outbound requests to low reputation sources based on the domain or hostname.

When network protection blocks a connection, a notification will be displayed from the Action Center. You can customize the notification with your company details and contact information. You can also enable the rules individually to customize what techniques the feature monitors.

Setting up Web Content Filtering. N avigate to S ettings and then Advanced features. Make sure Web content filtering and Preview Features are turned to on. In later releases the preview feature will not need to be turned on but as of this article, it will need to be turned on. Creating a Web Content Filtering Policy. This will bring you to the creation of the initial policy. Give the web content filtering policy a name of your choosing and click next.

After you have select ed next , it will take you to the most important part of the web content filtering policy where you will select which categories and subcategories to block against. The main five categories are a dult content, high band width, legal liability, leisure, and uncategorized as seen below.

Clicking on the arrow next to the categories will dropdown all the subcategories for each individual category. You can select the box next to the left of the category to select all the subcategories underneath category box will turn blue with a check or just select a few of the subcategories that you want to filter web traffic on category box will be blue but subcategory will turn blue with a check as seen below.

These are securely protected behind bit encryption. As a result, your identity is completely secure. After registering the accounts, the parent can start up the application and connect to their child's smartphone. From there, they can begin to filter Internet content and never let kids bypass internet filters. This is an application that can be used to perform Internet content filtering for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

It is legal and operates visibly. Pumpic essentially cleans up the Internet experience for your child. This means that the app restricts all form of access to any websites that contain material that is explicit.

This Internet content filtering application has a variety of features. It can effectively block websites according to age presets. Pumpic also uses multiple strategies for filtering. These include white-listing, black-listing, and blocking of obscene words from the website copy. In addition to Internet content filtering, this application also performs child parental control.

It can perform geo-fencing, check the child's location, control the child's smart device remotely and even view all logs of SMS and calls. This application does not charge a fee and is compatible with the Android platform.

This is one of the most popular Internet content filtering software available today. Net Nanny utilizes a real-time strategy for controlling web content. It is very easy to use and can be applied to the horn. The software is designed as a customized browser app. Your child can use it instead of their regular smartphone browser. Furthermore, this internal filter can be set to be the default browser on your child's smart device.

You can use this Internet content filter application to block websites that contain adult or obscene material. It makes use of blacklists as well as real-time content filtering. In addition to that, Net Nanny can also perform surveillance by informing you of your child's web activity. Moreover, you can limit the applications which your child can use on their device. This way, you can block games until after they are done with homework. The app can send you alerts in case your child tries to override the settings.

This Internet content filter is available for Android at no cost. This is an Internet content filtering application that is designed to assist parents in controlling the activities of their teen children on the Internet. By using MMGuardian, you can effectively block or restrict specific websites on your child's smart device. The application allows for remote control and is effectively tamper-proof. This application can perform active content filtering as your child surfs the Internet.

In doing so, it protects them from cyber-bullies, unsavory characters, or adult material. The application can also track SMS messages, calls, and all smartphone activity. An interesting feature of MMGuardian is that it cannot be uninstalled without your approval through a master password. It is free and compatible with all Android smart devices. Built with multiple functions within it, this application is capable of monitoring and filtering web activity on your child's smart device.

Download sites : Sites whose primary function is to allow users to download media content or programs, such as computer programs. Image sharing : Sites that are used primarily for searching or sharing photos, including those that have social aspects. Peer-to-peer : Sites that host peer-to-peer P2P software or facilitate the sharing of files using P2P software.

Criminal activity : Sites that give instruction on, advice about or promotion of illegal activities. Hacking : Sites that provide resources for illegal or questionable use of computer software or hardware, including sites that distribute copyrighted material that has been cracked.

Weapons : Any site that sells weapons or advocates the use of weapons, including but not limited to guns, knives, and ammunition. Games : Sites relating to video or computer games, including sites that promote gaming through hosting online services or information related to gaming.

Instant messaging : Sites that can be used to download instant messaging software or client based instant messaging. Newly registered domains : Sites that have been newly registered in the past 30 days and have not yet been moved to another category. NOTE : Uncategorized contains only newly registered domains and parked domains, and does not include all other sites outside of these categories. Select the categories to block.

Use the expand icon to fully expand each parent category and select specific web content categories. Specify the policy scope. Select the device groups to specify where to apply the policy. Only devices in the selected device groups will be prevented from accessing websites in the selected categories. Review the summary and save the policy. The policy refresh might take up to 2 hours to apply to your selected devices.

The blocking experience for third-party supported browsers is provided by Network Protection, which provides a system-level message notifying the user of a blocked connection. For a more user-friendly, in-browser experience, consider using Microsoft Edge.

It's possible to override the blocked category in web content filtering to allow a single site by creating a custom indicator policy.

The custom indicator policy will supersede the web content filtering policy when it's applied to the device group in question. If you encounter a domain that has been incorrectly categorized, you can dispute the category directly from the portal. On the domains tab of the Web Content Filtering reports, you will see an ellipsis beside each of the domains. Hover over this ellipsis and select Dispute Category.

The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint team is pleased to announce the general availability of web content filtering for our customers on Windows. Over the past six months, we have focused on redesigning our reporting infrastructure to ensure that customers can access web content filtering reports in a reliable, performant manner. Reports are now updated regularly and can be viewed in the new Microsoft Defender portal security.

In addition to the updated reporting infrastructure, you can now view more recent Web Content Filtering blocks through the Advanced Hunting and Device Timeline, making it easier to investigate specific blocks within your organization. For detailed instructions and query samples, see Web protection Microsoft Docs. We have also enabled additional support for querying and correcting web content filtering categorizations. You can now perform category lookups in the Microsoft Defender portal, and dispute web categories if any false positives occur.

For more information on category lookups and disputes, see Web content filtering Microsoft Docs. We are continuing to gather feedback on additional categories that should be added to web content filtering and have recently added Newly Registered Domains and Parked Domains to our list of categories.

Our documentation has been updated to include our full list of categories available for blocking today, along with detailed descriptions for each category. For more details, see Web content filtering Microsoft Docs. The best end-user experience is available through Microsoft Edge, but web content filtering is also supported through our network protection capabilities on non-Microsoft browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, and Opera. To learn how to enable network protection, see Turn on network protection Microsoft Docs.

Please visit the web content filtering documentation for steps on how to get started today.