Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance M1070 Mode D'Emploi

The Web > Reporting > Application Visibility page allows you to apply controls to particular 
application types within the Security Management appliance and Web Security appliance. 

Not only does application control gives you more granular control over web traffic than just URL 
filtering, for example, it gives you more control over the following types of applications, and application 
types:

Evasive applications, such as anonymizers and encrypted tunnels.

Collaboration applications, such as Cisco WebEx, Facebook, and instant messaging.

Resource intensive applications, such as streaming media.

It is crucial to understand the difference between an application and an application types so that you can 
control the applications involved for your reports.

Application Types. A category that contains one or more applications. For example, search engines 
is an application type that may contain search engines such as Google Search and Craigslist. Instant 
messaging is another application type category which may contain Yahoo Instant Messenger, or 
Cisco WebEx. Facebook is also an application type.

Applications. Particular applications that belong in an application type. For example, YouTube is 
an application in the Media application type.

Application behaviors. Particular actions or behaviors that users can accomplish within an 
application. For example, users can transfer files while using an application, such as Yahoo 
Messenger. Not all applications include application behaviors you can configure.

For detailed information on understanding how you can use Application Visibility and Control (AVC) 
engine to control Facebook activity, see the ‘Understanding Application Visibility and Control’ chapter 
in the online help or user guide for your Web Security appliance.

From the Application Visibility page, you can view the following information:

A drop-down list that can range from a day to 90 days or a custom 
range. For more information on time ranges and customizing this 
for your needs, see the 

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This section lists the top application types that are being visited 
on the site in a graph format. For example, instant messaging 
tools such as Yahoo Instant Messenger, Facebook, and 
Presentation application types.

This section lists the top application types that triggered a block 
action to occur per transaction in a graph format. For example, a 
user has tried to start a certain application type, for example 
Google Talk or Yahoo Instant Messenger, and because of a 
specific policy that is in place, this triggered a block action. This 
application then gets listed in this graph as a transaction blocked 
or warning.