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Pornography / Sexually explicit: Sites containing sexually explicit content in an image-based or textual form.
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Nudity: Sites that provide full-frontal and semi-nude images or videos, typically in artistic form, and might allow the download or sale of such materials. Gambling: Online gambling and sites that promote gambling skills and practice. Cults: Sites related to groups or movements whose members demonstrate passion for a belief system that is different from those that are socially accepted. Policies can be deployed to block any of the following parent or child categories: Parent category To manage the policies, go to Settings > Endpoints > Web content filtering (under Rules). Web content filtering policies specify which site categories are blocked on which device groups. Switch the toggle to On, and then select Save preferences. Scroll down until you see Web content filtering. In the navigation pane, select Settings > Endpoints > General > Advanced Features. Go to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal and sign in. This is illustrated in the following image. The result is that categories 1 - 4 are all blocked. Policy 2: blocks categories 3 and 4 and audits the rest.Policy 1: blocks categories 1 and 2 and audits the rest.Precedence for multiple active policiesĪpplying multiple different web content filtering policies to the same device will result in the more restrictive policy applying for each category. In addition, your data will not be shared with any third parties, including our data providers. Your data will not leave the data center in that region.
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Windows Defender SmartScreen and network protection must be enabled on your organization's devices.ĭata is stored in the region that was selected as part of your Microsoft Defender for Endpoint data handling settings. Your organization's devices must be running one of the following browsers: For information on Linux availability, see Network Protection for Linux

For information on MacOS availability, see Network Protection for MacOS
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) or later Your organization's devices must be running one of the following operating systems with the latest antivirus/antimalware updates: You must have access to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 or Plan 2 Your subscription must include one of the following: If you are using Defender for Business, you can define one web content filtering policy that will be applied to all users.īefore trying out this feature, make sure you meet the requirements described in the following table: Requirement.If you are using Defender for Endpoint, your security team can conveniently deploy policies to groups of users using device groups defined in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint role-based access control settings.Your security team can access web reports in the same central location, with visibility over actual blocks and web usage.Users are prevented from accessing websites in blocked categories, whether they're browsing on-premises or away.For more information about browser support, see the prerequisites section. Web content filtering is available on the major web browsers, with blocks performed by Windows Defender SmartScreen (Microsoft Edge) and Network Protection (Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Opera). Your users will see a block notification if an element on the page they're viewing is making calls to a blocked resource.ĭevice group creation is supported in Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Plan 2. Your users can access the URLs without disruption, and you'll gather access statistics to help create a more custom policy decision. For any category that's not blocked, the URLs are automatically audited. Blocking a category prevents users within specified device groups from accessing URLs associated with the category. Many of these websites (even if they're not malicious) might be problematic because of compliance regulations, bandwidth usage, or other concerns.Ĭonfigure policies across your device groups to block certain categories. Web content filtering enables your organization to track and regulate access to websites based on their content categories. Web content filtering is part of the Web protection capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Business.
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