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Chapter 3: Websense Explorer Reporting• If the number of hits is more than 3,000, then the URLs display intime sequence, unless the number of hits is more than 30,000.• If the number of hits is more than 30,000, the URLs are not groupedby URL or shown by time sequence. Instead, the hits are displayed inrandom order.• If there are more than 3,000 hits, you can try to override the constraintagainst requesting a report grouped by URL.• If there are more than 1,000,000 hits, you will not be able to overridethe constraint.• If there are more than 500 hits displayed in time sequence, they willbe presented in the pages of the report.To look at the actual Web site visited, select the URL.Standard reportsStandard reports are provided as part of Explorer. Generate any of thesereports and schedule them to run on a recurring basis. To learn aboutscheduling reports, see Scheduling Explorer Reports.Run Standard Reports to get information about the potential security risksyour company faces. Also see details about how users are accessing theInternet, consuming bandwidth, and causing loss of productivity.The categories and Standard Reports are:Highest activity levelsWhich users have the most hits: View the users on your network, sortedby day, time, URL Hostname, and Bandwidth within the Risk Class,Network Bandwidth Loss, to find the highest amount of hits to the lowest.A hit is a request for one URL. A Web page contains many elements, eachhaving its own URL. Requesting the URL for the overall pageautomatically generates requests for each component (including images)that make up the Web page.Top 10 users for top 10 visited URLs: View the top 10 users with the top10 URLs visited. Shows the top Web sites that people in yourorganization are browsing.Top 5 users activity in Shopping, Entertainment and Sports: View thetop 10 users visiting the shopping, entertainment, and sports Web sitesmore than occasionally.74 Websense, Inc.
Chapter 3: Websense Explorer ReportingTop 5 URLs for top 5 visited categories: The top five URLs for the topfive visited categories are shown. For example, you can check to see ifthere are hits that have been logged to Adult Material: Adult Contentsites. If that is the case, these sites may contain adult material and mayincrease your organization’s risk of legal liability in a sexual harassmentrelatedsituation.Most blockedWhich users were blocked most: Look at users who may be looking fora way around the system. Look at the URLs in the Miscellaneouscategory for these users.Which sites were blocked most: See which sites were blocked most. Youhave implemented a policy to block certain categories from being viewedby employees, and would like to know how valuable this policy has beento the organization.Detail URL report on users who were blocked: See which sites wereblocked for all users. Details are shown by user, day, time, URLHostname, and number of hits.Top 10 blocked categories: View the top 10 visited categories that haveblocked access.Highest bandwidth consumptionWhich groups are consuming the most bandwidth: Use this report tofind groups who are downloading audio, video, and other large files. ViewRisk Class and Network Bandwidth Loss, along with the details aboutusers, day, time, and URL hostname.Groups consuming most bandwidth in Streaming Media: View thegroups using the most bandwidth. For example, when reviewing datarelated to instant messaging, you can view bandwidth used by MSNMessenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and AOL Instant Messenger.Detail URL report on users by network bandwidth loss: See the topURLs (sites) users have visited that are consuming the most NetworkBandwidth.Top groups for Bandwidth Premium Groups: View the top 10 groupsby Premium Group to see how much bandwidth is being consumed and inwhich categories.Websense Express User Guide 75
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