Configuring user access to websites

You can define these policy settings for Android and iOS devices.

To protect personal and corporate data stored on mobile devices during internet browsing, you can configure user access to websites by using Web Protection. Web Protection scans websites before a user opens them, and then blocks websites that distribute malicious code and phishing websites designed to steal confidential data and gain access to financial accounts.

For Android devices, this feature also supports website filtering by categories defined in the Kaspersky Security Network cloud service. Filtering allows you to restrict access to certain websites or categories of websites (for example, those from the "Gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes" or "Internet communication" categories).

To enable Web Protection on iOS devices, the user must allow the Kaspersky Security for iOS app to add a VPN configuration.

To enable Web Protection on Android devices:

• Kaspersky Endpoint Security must be enabled as an Accessibility Features service.
• The Statement regarding data processing for the purpose of using Web Protection (Web Protection Statement) should be accepted. Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) to scan websites. The Web Protection Statement contains the terms of data exchange with KSN.

  You can accept the Web Protection Statement for the user in Kaspersky Security Center. In this case, the user is not required to take any action.

  If you have not accepted the Web Protection Statement and prompt the user to do this, the user must read and accept the Web Protection Statement in the app settings.

  If you have not accepted the Web Protection Statement, Web Protection is not available.

Web Protection on Android devices works only in the Google Chrome browser (including the Custom Tabs feature), Huawei Browser, and Samsung Internet Browser. Web Protection for Samsung Internet Browser does not block sites on a mobile device if a work profile is used and Web Protection is enabled only for the work profile.

To configure user access to websites:

1. Open the policy properties window:
   • In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or Cloud Console, select Devices > Policies & profiles. In the list of group policies that opens, click the name of the policy that you want to configure.
   • In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or Cloud Console, select Devices > Mobile > Devices. Click the mobile device that falls under the policy that you want to configure, and then select the policy on the Active policies and policy profiles tab.
2. In the policy properties page, select Application settings > Security controls.
3. In the Web Protection section, select the Enable Web Protection check box to enable the feature.
4. For Android devices, you can select one of the following options:
   • To restrict user access to websites based on their content:
     1. Select Block websites of specified categories.
     2. Select the check boxes next to the categories of websites to which Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android will block access.

        If Web Protection is enabled, user access to websites in the Phishing and Malware sites categories is always blocked.

   • To specify the list of allowed websites:
     1. Select Allow only specified websites.
     2. Create a list of websites by adding website addresses to which the app will not block access. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android supports only regular expressions. When entering the address of an allowed website, use the following templates:
        • https://example\.com/.*—All child pages of the website are allowed (for example, https://example.com/about).
        • https://.*\.example\.com—All subdomain pages of the website are allowed (for example, https://pictures.example.com).
     3. You can also use the expression https? to select HTTP and HTTPS. For more details on regular expressions, please refer to the Oracle Technical Support website.
   • To block user access to all websites, select Block all websites.



Web Protection section with regular expressions' examples

5. Click the Save button to save the changes you have made to the policy and exit the policy properties window.

Mobile device settings are configured after the next device synchronization with Kaspersky Security Center.

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