Control Apps

You can control applications through rules and through the App Discovery report in the app details and the App Grid. The application settings are a rule component that enables controlling of supported apps, regardless of usage, at the policy level. The App Discovery report allows you to review apps in your organization and control apps individually.

Note: App blocking requires enablement within a rule. Apps that are not present in application settings, or do not have the Edit app controls, Control this app, or Block this app options in App Discovery cannot be blocked. If you need to block an app we don't have yet, contact Support to request it.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Procedure
• Configure Application Settings for a Policy

Prerequisites

• Full Admin user role. For more information, see Manage Accounts.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Monitor > Reports > App Discovery.

2. From the overview, click Unreviewed Apps. The App Grid appears depicting data for the last 90 days.
3. Select a Controllable Apps filter: All Controllable Apps or Advanced Controls.

3. Click Edit App Controls, Control This App, or Block This App.

• Block This App—Appears when a block has not been configured for this app, or a red tooltip icon will appear if the app setting is configured but has not yet been applied to a policy.
• Control This App—Appears when Block or Allow have not been configured for this app, or a red tooltip icon will appear if the app setting is configured but has not yet been applied to a policy.
• Edit App Controls—Appears when the app has already had settings configured but can be edited.

4. Choose which application lists to add this app to and whether to block or allow it. The app can only be added to application lists currently active in a policy. Choose a label to help with filtering and reporting and then click Save.

Configure Application Settings for a Policy

You can also block application categories or specific apps by configuring Application Settings in a Web policy. For a full list of application categories, see Application Categories.

To enable application controls, you must apply the application setting to a policy. For more information about policies and how to configure App settings, see Manage DNS Policies and Manage the Web Policy.

• To configure application settings in a DNS policy, see Configure Application Settings.
• To configure application settings in the Web Policy, see Application Settings.

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