Chrome browser web/URL filtering

[SearleR]

We are looking at the best way to provide filtering of websites visited on our phones and tablets eg blocking inappropriate or non-work related sites.

What is the best way to manage access to URLs on the Chrome browser using Airwatch? I can see you can block access to specific URLs but is it possible to block access to all URLs and use a whitelist of allowed URLs?

In addition, what are the commonly used products to provide web filtering for devices outside of Airwatch?

[chengtmskcc]

In my previous company, we use BlueCoat for web filtering.

[AndreasDoerfler]

one way would be to enforce app-vpn for the browser and route the traffic trough the company filters.

for used filters, to many solutions out there, one thing would be if your firewall vendor has an option to enable this in your (most likley) already existing device.

as for bluecoat, we blacklisted them. ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/03/30/when-censorship-backfires-how-blue-coat-silen... )

[chengtmskcc]

Come to think of it, I did remember modifying the proxy of the Safari browser so that all traffic by default goes through our web filtering solution. If the domain is the same (i.e. internal), then traffic is allowed to go through by default. Otherwise, it's based on rules whether traffic is allowed to go through or not.