{"id":4265,"date":"2026-06-23T15:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4265"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:31:36","slug":"how-to-create-an-elements-endpoint-protection-profile-that-blocks-all-internet-sites-except-for-selected-sites","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/how-to-create-an-elements-endpoint-protection-profile-that-blocks-all-internet-sites-except-for-selected-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an Elements Endpoint Protection profile that blocks all internet sites except for selected sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

How to create a profile for Elements Endpoint Protection (EPP for Computers and EPP for Servers) that blocks every internet website (URLs) except for allowed or whitelisted pages?<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

You can block everything except allowed sites by following these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Log in to the Elements Security Center Portal\u00a0<\/li>\n
  2. Navigate to the Security configurations > <\/strong>Profiles\u00a0<\/b>page<\/li>\n
  3. Select the profile you want to edit<\/li>\n
  4. Go to the\u00a0Browsing protection\u00a0<\/b>settings page<\/li>\n
  5. Scroll down to the\u00a0Web content control\u00a0<\/b>section and enable<\/strong> it\u00a0<\/li>\n
  6. Scroll down to the Web site exceptions <\/strong>section<\/li>\n
  7. Enable "Enable web site exceptions<\/strong>"<\/li>\n
  8. Enable Block everything except allowed sites\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
  9. Click Save profile<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note: <\/b>Web Content Control feature needs to be enabled in the profile for the "Block everything except allowed sites" feature to work.<\/p>\n

    To add sites to the allowed sites list:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Scroll down to the\u00a0Web site exceptions\u00a0<\/b>section and enable it<\/li>\n
    2. Click the\u00a0Add site <\/b>button\u00a0under\u00a0Allowed sites\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
    3. Add the site domain address. Example: Google.com<\/i><\/li>\n
    4. Click Save profile<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      When a website is blocked by Browsing Protection, the user will receive a Website denied\u00a0<\/b>block page. This block page will show the message "You can only access these websites:" and then list all the allowed websites.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      If the user has administrator rights and local settings changes has been allowed from the profile, the user can click on\u00a0Allow this website\u00a0<\/b>to allow the site they are currently trying to reach. If a local user wants to allow other sites, they can click on the\u00a0Allowed and denied websites\u00a0<\/b>link on the block page and click\u00a0Add new<\/b>.<\/p>\n

      If you do not wish to block all websites, but just specific categories of websites, Elements Endpoint Protection products have the Web content control\u00a0<\/b>feature, which can restrict web browsing based off of the category filtering setting (example: "drugs", "adult", "games" etc.). If the website fits into one of the disallowed categories, access to the website can be blocked.<\/p>\n

      To enable\u00a0Web Content control<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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      1. Log in to the Elements Security Center Portal\u00a0<\/li>\n
      2. Go to the Security configurations ><\/strong>\u00a0Profiles\u00a0<\/b>page<\/li>\n
      3. Select the profile you want to edit<\/li>\n
      4. Go to the\u00a0Browsing protection\u00a0<\/b>settings page<\/li>\n
      5. Scroll down to the\u00a0Web content control\u00a0<\/b>section and enable<\/strong> it\u00a0<\/li>\n
      6. Enable the categories, which you want to block and select if you want an alert to be sent<\/li>\n
      7. Click\u00a0Save profile<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Note<\/b>: Websites that are listed in the\u00a0Allowed sites\u00a0<\/b>list will not be blocked even if the website belongs to a disallowed category.<\/p>\n

        If you do not want to have local users to be able to continue to blocked pages or add allowed sites locally, enable the following settings from the Endpoint Protection profile:<\/p>\n

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        1. Go to the\u00a0Browsing protection\u00a0<\/b>settings page<\/li>\n
        2. Disable\u00a0Allow user to continue to blocked pages<\/b>\u00a0and lock the setting with the lock\u00a0<\/li>\n
        3. Go to the end user rights <\/strong>page in the profile<\/li>\n
        4. In the Browsing Protection <\/strong>section, enable the lock for Allowed and denied sites<\/strong><\/li>\n
        5. Click\u00a0Save profile<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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