This guide outlines the procedure for configuring Safe Content and Web Filtering categories within the Mobile Guardian Dashboard to secure employee web traffic, protect enterprise networks, and maintain corporate compliance.
Configuring Safe Content & Web Filtering
- Log in to the Mobile Guardian Dashboard and navigate to Profiles on the left navigation panel.
- Click the Edit (Pencil) icon next to the target profile (Configuration or Default).
- Select Safe Content under the profile's What tab.
- Check Enable web filter and Enable safe browsing, then click Save.
Applying these settings to the Baseline profile will affect all devices. Applying them to a Conditional profile will only affect devices with that specific profile active.
Selecting Pre-Configured Category Profiles
When the web filter is enabled, select from the following filtering levels under the Allowed list & Blocklist tab:
- High: Strict filtering; blocks all malicious threats, explicit content, and adult-related domains.
- Moderate: Standard corporate filtering; blocks adult-related material and harmful threats.
- Low: Minimal filtering; restricts only known high-risk or malicious web threats.
- None: Disables preset levels to allow full custom category configuration.
Enterprise Web Filtering Category Groups
When defining custom parameters, set individual categories to Block, Allow, or Off:
Leaving the category selection to off means the category and subsequent linked websites would not be filtered.
The system is divided into Core Parent Category Groups, each designed to help you easily manage employee access, protect network infrastructure, and enforce safeguarding compliance.
Technical & Security Protection
Defends against malware, phishing, command-and-control networks, proxy bypass tools, and unapproved remote access utilities.
Compliance & Corporate Safety
Restricts access to explicit material, online gambling, weapons, hate speech, illegal piracy, and high-risk compliance threats.
Workplace Productivity
Manages high-bandwidth or distracting web platforms, including social media, video streaming, browser gaming, personal messaging, e-commerce storefronts, and unauthorised generative AI tools.
Approved Business Resources
Permits essential corporate tools, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Learning/Knowledge Management Systems (LMS/KMS), corporate email, official industry resources, and employee wellness helplines.
Setting a category to Allow overrides general URL blocklists. Leaving a category Off bypasses filtering for that specific topic.
Managing URL Allow/Blocklists & CSV Import
- Manual Formatting: Enter specific web addresses under the Allowed List & Blocked List tab. Adding a root domain blocks the entire site, while adding a specific URL path blocks only that target page.
Blocking a domain blocks the entire domain, whereas adding a URL to the blacklist blocks only that specific URL.
- Bulk CSV Import: Navigate to Safe Content > Allowed List & Blocked List, click the Actions dropdown under the URLs heading, and select Import from CSV to upload bulk domain lists.
Insert button to direct to Bulk Import Article
- List Management: Use the built-in search tool to find specific domain entries and view the total count of filtered URLs.
Click the back arrow in the top-left corner to automatically save and apply your changes.
The web filter engine automatically processes internationalised domain names and multilingual keywords.