Configuring access to websites on Android devices

The help for this version of the solution is no longer updated, so it may contain outdated information. For up-to-date information about the solution refer to the Kaspersky Secure Mobility Management 4.1 Help.

Configuring access to websites on Android devices

You can use Web Protection to configure access of Android device users to websites. Web Protection supports website filtering by categories defined in Kaspersky Security Network cloud service. Filtering allows you to restrict user access to certain websites or categories of websites (for example, those from the "Gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes", or "Internet communication" categories). Web Protection also protects the personal data of users on the internet.

To enable Web Protection:

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 Huawei Browser and 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.

Web Protection is enabled by default: user access to websites in the Phishing and Malware categories is blocked.

To configure the settings of the device user's access to websites:

In the console tree, in the Managed devices folder, select the administration group to which the Android devices belong.
In the workspace of the group, select the Policies tab.
Open the policy properties window by double-clicking any column.
Complete the following steps within 15 minutes. Otherwise, you may face an error when saving changes to the policy.
In the policy Properties window, select the Web Protection.
To use Web Protection, you or device user must read and accept the Statement regarding data processing for the purpose of using Web Protection (Web Protection Statement):
1. Click the Web Protection Statement link at the top of the section.
  This opens Statement regarding data processing for purpose of using Web Protection window.
2. Read and accept Privacy Policy by selecting the corresponding check box. To view Privacy Policy, click the Privacy Policy link.
  If you do not accept Privacy Policy, mobile device user can accept Privacy Policy in the Initial Configuration Wizard or in the app ( → About → Terms and conditions → Privacy Policy).
3. Select the Web Protection Statement acceptance mode:
  - I have read and accept the Web Protection Statement
  - Request acceptance of the Web Protection Statement from the device user
  - I do not accept the Web Protection Statement
    If you select I do not accept the Web Protection Statement, the Web Protection does not block sites on a mobile device. Mobile device user cannot enable Web Protection in the Kaspersky Endpoint Security.
4. Click OK to close the window.
Step 5. Accept the Statement regarding data processing for purpose of using Web Protection.
Select the Enable Web Protection check box.
If you want the app to check a full URL when opening a website in Custom Tabs, select the Check full URL when using Custom Tabs check box.
This option provides better detection of a URL and its check against the configured Web Protection rules.
Select one of the following options:
- If you want the app to restrict user access to websites depending on their content, do the following:
  1. In the Web Protection section, in the drop-down list select Websites of selected categories are forbidden.
  2. Create a list of blocked categories by selecting check boxes next to the categories of websites to which the app will block access.
Step 8. Web Protection section. Select the categories of websites to block access to.
- If you want the app to allow or restrict user access only to websites specified by the administrator, do the following:
  1. In the Web Protection section, in the drop-down list select Only listed websites are allowed or Only listed websites are blocked.
  2. Create a list of websites by adding addresses of websites to which the app will allow or block access, depending on the value selected in the drop-down list. You can add websites by link (full URL, including the protocol, e.g. https://example.com).
    To make sure that the app allows or blocks access to the specified website in all supported versions of Google Chrome, include the same URL twice, once with the HTTP protocol (e.g., http://example.com) and once with the HTTPS protocol (e.g., https://example.com).
    
    The app also supports regular expressions. When entering the address of an allowed or blocked 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).
    Use the expression https? to select the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. For more details on regular expressions, please refer to the Oracle Technical Support website.
Step 9. Web Protection section. Specify the list of websites to allow access to.
- If you want the app to block user access to all websites, in the Web Protection section, in the drop-down list, select All websites are blocked.
To lift content-based restrictions on user access to websites, clear the Enable Web Protection check box.
Click the Apply button to save the changes you have made.

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

Managing the website list

You can manage the list of websites with the following buttons:

Add - Click to add a website to the list by entering a URL or regular expression.
Import - Click to add multiple websites to the list by specifying a .txt file which contains the required URLs or regular expressions. The file must be encoded in UTF-8. URLs or regular expressions in the file must be separated by semicolons or by line breaks.
Edit - Click to change the address of a website.
Delete - Click to remove a website from the list. To remove multiple websites from the list, select them with the CTRL+A, CTRL+left-click, or SHIFT+left-click hotkeys, and then click Delete.

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