Block Proxy Sites with Smart Alerts

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Understand Proxies

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Create a Trigger to Block Proxies

1. Go to Triggers in GoGuardian Admin.
2. Click Add New Trigger.
3. Enter a name for the Trigger — GoGuardian recommends naming it for who it applies to. Then choose which Org Units to apply it to. The Trigger’s actions only run for students in the selected OUs. For example, a Trigger set to the 6th Grade OU acts only on 6th Grade students, while one set to the top-level OU covers all students.
   OU coverage cascades to child OUs. A Trigger applied to a parent OU (such as “Middle School”) also covers all child OUs beneath it, such as 6th Grade, 7th Grade, and 8th Grade. To apply a Trigger to all users in your organization, select the root OU, displayed as ”/”.
4. Set the Category to Proxy.
5. Choose the confidence threshold for the Trigger — a measure of how confident the algorithm is that the alert is correctly categorized:

   Level	Threshold	When to use
   Medium	50%	Applies to all Smart Alerts; higher chance of inaccurate classifications
   High	70%	More likely to classify alerts accurately
   Very High	90%	Applies only to alerts that are very likely to be accurate

   If your Trigger is producing too many responses to inaccurate alerts, increase the confidence level. For Proxy triggers, start at Medium confidence and raise the threshold if false positives are common.
6. Select one or more Actions to fire when a Smart Alert meets the Trigger conditions. Actions can be combined in any configuration. See Understand Trigger Actions for a description of each option.
7. Click Save to activate the Trigger.
8. The new Trigger appears in your Triggers list with its assigned OUs, category, and confidence level. Confirm that the correct OUs and confidence level are displayed. The Trigger is now active and will fire its Actions when a matching Smart Alert is generated.