Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S670 User Guide

The Reporting > URL Categories page can be used to view the URL categories that are being visited 
by users on the network. The URL Categories page can be used in conjunction with the 

Application 

Visibility Page

 and the 

Users Page

 to investigate a particular user and also what types of applications or 

websites that a particular user is trying to access.

The set of predefined URL categories is occasionally updated.  

The set of predefined URL categories may periodically be updated automatically on your Web Security 
appliance. 

When these updates occur, old category names will continue to appear in reports until the data associated 
with the older categories is too old to be included in reports. Report data generated after a URL category 
set update will use the new categories, so you may see both old and new categories in the same report.

Time Range (drop-down list)

Choose the time range for your report. 

Top URL Categories by Total 
Transactions

This section lists the top URL categories that are being visited on 
the site in a graph format. 

Top URL Categories by Blocked 
and Warned Transactions

Lists the top URL that triggered a block or warning action to 
occur per transaction in a graph format. 

URL Categories Matched

Shows the disposition of transactions by URL category during the 
specified time range, plus bandwidth used and time spent in each 
category. 

If the percentage of uncategorized URLs is higher than 15-20%, 
consider the following options:

For specific localized URLs, you can create custom URL 
categories and apply them to specific users or group policies. 

You can report uncategorized and misclassified and URLs to 
the Cisco for evaluation and database update. 

Verify that Web Reputation Filtering and Anti-Malware 
Filtering are enabled.