Lookout Product Documentation

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Create New Policy for Web Domain

  1. Click the row for the site for which to create a new policy.
    • To deselect a row, click it again.
    • To apply a policy to more than one site, click the row for each site to which the policy should apply.

  2. Click to the right of the site name to activate the Policy icon.

  3. Click the Policy icon.
  4. Select Create New Policy.

  5. Select Web Category to create the policy applicable to all web domains for a category, or Web Domain to create the policy for a specific domain.
    Then, click Next.

    The Access Control policy page opens in a separate browser tab.

  6. Enter a Policy Name (required) and a Description (optional).
  7. Select a Content Inspection Type.
  8. (Optional) To specify a time range in which the cloud application will be available, click the Time Window toggle.
    Then, select these options:
    • The days of the week for which you want to apply a time window
    • The time range for those days

    To add another time window, click the + icon at the right, then select the days and time ranges for that time window.

    To add a time range for after office hours, (for example, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 AM), you need to configure two time-window settings: the first for the hours up until midnight; the second for the hours starting at midnight and ending at the desired morning time.

    • Set a time range from 7:00 PM until 0:00 (midnight).
    • Click the + sign to add a time range from 0:00 (midnight) until 8:00 am.
  9. Click Next.
  10. From the menu, select one or more Categories (if you selected Web Category in the previous step) or Websites (if you selected Web Domain in the previous step).
  11. Select context rules.
    • Activity Type
    • Data Type (structured or unstructured)
    • Context Rules
    • Context Exceptions (optional)
  12. Select a policy action (Allow & Log or Deny).
  13. Select a Secondary Action and a Notification.
  14. Review your selections on the Summary page.
    To change anything, click Previous and modify as needed. Otherwise, click Confirm to save the policy.