Introduction

The Custom Category API for Forcepoint Web Security Cloud enables customers to manage Custom Categories via API endpoints instead of the portal. It allows administrators to:

• Create custom categories
• Add URLs and IP addresses to custom categories
• Remove URLs and IP addresses from custom categories
• Delete custom categories
• View categories, URLs, IP addresses, and API status

Custom categories:

• Appear in category lists in the Cloud Web portal (Web > Custom Categories).
• Can be assigned actions (block, permit, and so on) in category filters
• Appear in reports, alerts, and SIEM logs
• Are not used by the hybrid service
• Users whose traffic is sometimes managed by on-premises components and sometimes managed by the hybrid service may therefore see differences in policy enforcement, depending on whether they are inside or outside of your network.