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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="708439">The analysis options available with Forcepoint Web Security control the types of advanced analysis performed on web traffic as it transits the Content Gateway module (the on-premises proxy).</a></div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="708440">For an introduction to advanced analysis options and other options related to Content Gateway, see </a><span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="scanning_subscription_key.aspx" title="Content Gateway Analysis">Content Gateway Analysis</a></span>.</div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="618034">Use the </a><span class="B-Bold">Settings&nbsp;&gt; Scanning&nbsp;&gt; Scanning Options</span> page to configure the following:</div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="663779">Analytic sensitivity, analysis timeout, size limits, content delay handling, and content stripping (</a><span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="sc_advanced_options.aspx" title="Content Gateway advanced analysis options">Content Gateway advanced analysis options</a></span>)</div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="615771">Basic settings are:</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><span class="B-Bold"><a name="616987">Off</a></span> &ndash; No analysis.</div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><span class="B-Bold"><a name="616988">On</a></span> (default) &ndash; Analyze content or files with elevated risk profiles, as determined by Forcepoint Security Labs.</div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><span class="B-Bold"><a name="660357">Aggressive analysis</a></span> &ndash; Analyze content and files with elevated risk profiles and content and files with lower risk profiles. Aggressive analysis consumes more resources. For best results, monitor system performance and scale system resources to meet demand.</div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="617025">In addition to the On/Off/Aggressive analysis settings, analysis is performed or not performed, based on the Always Scan, Never Scan, and client IP exception lists. These lists are maintained on the </a><span class="B-Bold">Settings&nbsp;&gt; Scanning&nbsp;&gt; Scanning Exceptions</span> page. See <span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="scanning_exceptions_explain.aspx" title="Configuring exceptions to Content Gateway analysis">Configuring exceptions to Content Gateway analysis</a></span>. </div>
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            <div class="W-Warning">Warning<a name="617033">&nbsp;</a></div>
            <div class="NT-NoteText"><a name="617035">Sites on the Never Scan list are not analyzed under any circumstances. If a site on the Never Scan list is compromised, the malicious code is not analyzed and detected.</a></div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="621431">When you have completed configuration on the current page, click </a><span class="B-Bold">OK</span> to cache your changes. Changes are not implemented until you click <span class="B-Bold">Save and Deploy</span>.</div>
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