Web Security - Web Security Dashboard

This article gives an overview of how to use the Web Security Dashboard, and is intended for use by Administrators.

The Web Security Dashboard offers built-in reporting for administrators, including visualizations of the top ten most accessed domains, accessed site categories, blocked domains, and blocked-by-site categories. It also displays summary data, which is rolled up and processed every 30 minutes. It doesn't show real-time data.

For real-time data, see the Activity Report and the Security Report.

Please note that if Web Security has not yet been configured, i.e., no DNS requests have been processed by your Mimecast tenant, you may see warnings when accessing this dashboard until such time as you have implemented and begun ingesting data.

Navigate to the Web Security Dashboard

You can view the Web Security Dashboard, by using the following steps:

1. Log on to the Mimecast Administration Console.
2. Navigate to Web Security | Dashboard. 

The Activity Chart

The Web Security Dashboard displays an activity chart of the allowed versus blocked requests. 
You can select/deselect x-axis items in order to display Allowed and/or Blocked activity data from the previous seven days.

Top 10 Domains/Categories

The Web Security Dashboard displays graphical data relating to the categories below:

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    • Top 10 Domains: Displays the top ten most frequently visited domains by users.
    • Top 10 Categories: Displays the top ten most frequently visited sites by users per site category.
    • Top 10 Blocked Domains: Displays the top ten domains blocked by configured Mimecast Web Security policies.
    • Top 10 Blocked Categories: Displays the top ten site categories blocked by configured Mimecast Web Security policies.

Printing/Downloading Charts

You can print or download chart data by following these steps:

1. Click on the "..." / ellipsis button in the top-right corner of the chart.
2. Select one of the following options:

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    • Download PNG.
    • Download PDF.
    • Download SVG.
    • Download JPEG.
    • Print Chart.

For detailed information on how to configure, optimize, integrate, and troubleshoot, see the Web Security Knowledge Hub.