Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S380 User Guide

The AVC engine allows you to create policies to control application activity on the network without 
having to fully understand the underlying technology of each application. You can configure application 
control settings in Access Policy groups. You can block or allow applications by application type or a 
particular application. You can also apply controls to particular application types. 

Using Access Policies you can:

Control application behaviors

Control the amount of bandwidth used for particular application types

Notify end-users when they are blocked

Assign controls to Instant Messaging, Blogging and Social Media applications

To control applications using the AVC engine, perform the following tasks:

Enable the AVC engine

Setting Controls in an Access Policy Group

Limit bandwidth consumed by some 
application types to control congestion

Allow instant messaging traffic, but disallow 
file sharing using instant messenger