Risk classes
The Forcepoint URL Database groups categories into risk classes. Risk classes suggest possible types or levels of vulnerability posed by sites in the group of categories.
Risk classes are used primarily in reporting. The dashboards include graphs where Internet activity is displayed by risk class, and you can generate presentation or investigative reports organized by risk class.
Risk classes may also be helpful in creating category filters. Initially, for example, the Basic Security category filter blocks all of the default categories in the Security Risk class. You might use the risk class groupings as a guideline when you create your own category filters, to help decide whether a category should be permitted, blocked, or restricted in some way.
There are 5 risk classes. By default, each risk class contains the categories listed below.
- A category can appear in multiple risk classes, or not be assigned to any risk class.
- The groupings may be changed periodically in the Forcepoint URL Database. When you receive notice that a new category has been added to the Forcepoint URL Database, it is a good idea to check its default risk class assignment.
Legal Liability
Adult Material (includes Adult Content, Lingerie and Swimsuit, Nudity, Sex)
Gambling
Illegal or Questionable
Intolerance
Militancy and Extremist
Tasteless
Violence
Weapons
Network Bandwidth Loss
Bandwidth (includes Educational Video, Entertainment Video, Internet Radio and TV, Internet Telephony, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing, Personal Network Storage and Backup, Streaming Media, Surveillance, Viral Video)
Business Usage
Business and Economy (includes Financial Data and Services, Hosted Business Applications)
Collaboration - Office (includes Office - Apps, Office - Documents, Office - Drive, Office - Mail)
Government (includes Military)
Information Technology (includes Computer Security, Search Engines and Portals, Web Analytics, Web and Email Marketing, Web Collaboration, Website Translation)
Social Web - LinkedIn (includes LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Jobs, LinkedIn Mail, LinkedIn Updates)
Travel
Vehicles
Security Risk
Extended Protection (includes Dynamic DNS, Elevated Exposure, Emerging Exploits, Newly Registered Websites, Suspicious Content)
Parked Domain
Security (includes Bot Networks, Compromised Websites, Keyloggers, Malicious Embedded iFrame, Malicious Embedded Link, Malicious Web Sites, Mobile Malware, Phishing and Other Frauds, Potentially Unwanted Software, Spyware, Suspicious Embedded Link)
(Forcepoint Web Security only) Also includes Advanced Malware Command and Control, Advanced Malware Payloads, Custom-Encrypted Uploads, Files Containing Passwords, Potentially Exploited Documents.
Productivity Loss
Abortion (includes Pro-Choice, Pro-Life)
Advocacy Groups
Collaboration - Office (includes Office - Apps, Office - Documents, Office - Drive, Office - Mail)
Drugs (includes Abused Drugs, Marijuana, Nutrition, Prescribed Medications)
Education (includes Cultural Institutions, Educational Institutions)
Entertainment (includes Media File Download)
Gambling
Games
Health
Internet Communication (includes General Email, Organizational Email, Text and Media Messaging, Web Chat)
Job Search
News and Media (includes Alternative Journals)
Parked Domain
Productivity (includes Application and Software Download, Instant Messaging, Message Boards and Forums, Online Brokerage and Trading, Pay-to-Surf)
Religion (includes Non-Traditional Religions, Traditional Religions)
Shopping (includes Internet Auctions, Real Estate)
Social Organizations (includes Professional and Worker Organizations, Service and Philanthropic Organizations, Social and Affiliation Organizations)
Social Web - Facebook (includes Facebook Apps, Facebook Chat, Facebook Commenting, Facebook Events, Facebook Friends, Facebook Games, Facebook Groups, Facebook Mail, Facebook Photo Upload, Facebook Posting, Facebook Questions, Facebook Video Upload)
Social Web - LinkedIn (includes LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Jobs, LinkedIn Mail, LinkedIn Updates)
Social Web - Twitter (includes Twitter Follow, Twitter Mail, Twitter Posting)
Social Web - Various (includes Blog Commenting, Blog Posting, Classifieds Posting)
Social Web - YouTube (includes YouTube Commenting, YouTube Sharing, YouTube Video Upload)
Society and Lifestyles (includes Alcohol and Tobacco, Blogs and Personal Sites, Gay or Lesbian or Bisexual Interest, Hobbies, Personals and Dating, Restaurants and Dining, Social Networking)
Special Events
Sports (includes Sport Hunting and Gun Clubs)
Travel
Vehicles
Super Administrators can change the categories assigned to each risk class on the page (see Assigning categories to risk classes).