This document will explain each configuration provided by Browser Security Plus for Chrome.
Policy | Configuration | Description |
Content restriction for URLs | Web Bluetooth Guard | By selecting restrict, websites will not be able to access WebBluetooth API. |
Adobe Flash | Disabling this setting restricts usage of adobe flash. | |
Pop-ups | Disabling this setting restricts pop-ups. | |
Prompt user to run adobe flash | Disabling this setting does not provide a prompt window to allowing users an option to run or block Adobe flash. | |
Allow clearing browsing data on exit | Disabling this setting prevents clearing of browsing history on exiting the page. | |
Automatic search suggestion in the address bar | Disabling this setting ensures the suggestions in the address bar is turned off. | |
Display Image | By selecting restrict, websites will not be able to display images. | |
Javascript | By selecting restrict, Javascipt will be disabled on all websites. | |
Popups | By selecting restrict, websites will not be able to display popups. | |
Video Capture | By selecting restrict, websites will not record video. | |
Cookies | By selecting block, websites will not be able to store cookies. | |
Geolocation | By selecting block, websites will not be able to track users' location. | |
Notifications | By selecting block, websites will not be able to send browser notifications. | |
Plugins | By selecting block, plugins will be blocked on all websites. | |
Content Restrictions for URLs | Audio Capture | By selecting restrict, audio caption will be blocked for specific websites that are present in selected website groups. |
Video Capture | By selecting restrict, video caption will be blocked for specific websites that are present in selected website groups. | |
Display Image | By selecting restrict, selected websites will not display images. | |
Javascript | By selecting restrict, Javascipt will be disabled on selected websites. | |
Notifications | By selecting block, selected websites will not send browser notifications. | |
Popups | By selecting restrict, selected websites will not be able to display popups. | |
Cookies | By selecting block, selected websites will not be able to store cookies. | |
Security restrictions > browser functionality | Media Router | By selecting disable, users will not be able to cast tabs, websites or desktop from the browser. |
Show Cast Icon in Toolbar | By selecting restrict, users will not be able to pin or remove the icon via its contextual menu. | |
Autofill | By selecting disable, websites will not pre-fill fields. | |
Developer Tools | By selecting disable, developer tools and JavaScript console will be disabled. | |
Print from cloud storage | Selecting restrict will not allow users to print from cloud storage. | |
Cloud Print Proxy Enabled | By selecting allow, chrome can act as proxy for legacy printers connected to the machine. This enables printers to be shared with google cloud print. | |
Capture screenshots | By selecting restrict, users will not be able to capture screenshots. | |
Print webpage | By selecting restrict, users will not be able to print webpages. | |
File upload to webpages | By selecting restrict, users will not be able to upload files to webpages. | |
Allow user to install Chrome Beta | Selecting no will ensure that users can not install Chrome Beta version. | |
Allow user to install Chrome Dev | Selecting no will ensure that users can not install Chrome Dev version. | |
Allow user to install Chrome Canary | Selecting no will ensure that users can not install Chrome Canary version. | |
Chrome Update | This configuration will decide how Chrome updates are installed. | |
Security restrictions > Privacy and safety | Sync Disabled | By selecting restrict, users will not be able to sync apps, themes, bookmarks, passwords, settings etc. between browser accounts with cloud account. |
Over-ride certificate errors | By selecting restrict, users will not be able to proceed past certificate errors displayed by websites. | |
Malware filter | By enabling this, sites that contain malicious content in any from: ransomware, viruses, phishing campaigns etc., will be blocked. | |
Save browser history | By selecting restrict, browser history will not be remembered. | |
Block third-party cookies | Enabling this will block all third party cookies. | |
Disable Safe Browsing Proceed Anyway | By selecting allow, users will be able to proceed past malware warning screens. | |
Force Google Safe Search | SafeSearch is a feature that acts as an automated filter of pornography and potentially offensive and inappropriate content. Selecting restrict will turn off the feature. | |
End processes in Task Manager | Selecting restrict, will not allow users to end processes in task manager. | |
Restrict Youtube forcefully | Selecting high will restrict the usage of youtube completely and selecting low will not restrict usage. | |
Incognito mode | Selecting disable will restrict users from accessing incognito mode. Selecting Force, will allow open browsers in Incognito mode. | |
Security restrictions > GPU rendering | Hardware Acceleration Mode | Hardware acceleration mode is a feature which takes advantage of your computer’s GPU to speed up processes and free vital CPU time. Selecting restrict will disable the feature. |
3D APIs | Selecting disable, restricts webpages from accessing the GPU, WebGL and Pepper 3D APIs. | |
Security restrictions for URLs | Auto-select certificates | Selecting enable, allows you to specify a list of url patterns that specify sites for which Google Chrome should automatically select a client certificate, if the site requests a certificate. |
Certificate Transparency Enforcement For URLs | Disables enforcing Certificate Transparency requirements to the listed URLs. | |
User accounts settings | Browser sign-in | By clicking on 'Deny', users will not be able to sign-in to the browser with their account and access user-account based services. By selecting 'Force sign-in" users will be able to access the browser only if they sign-in. |
Allow users to use guest mode | By clicking on 'No', users will not be able to log into the browser as a guest. | |
Force ephemeral mode | By clicking on 'Yes', users' browsing sessions will be ephemeral and user-data will be persisted only until the session is active. None of the data will be saved on closing the session. | |
Define primary browser account | Defining the primary account determines which Google accounts can be set as browser primary accounts in Google Chrome. | |
Define download directory | Defining the default directory determines the directory that Google Chrome will use for downloading files. If users do not have the defined directory in their computers, they will be prompted to select their preferred directory during each download. | |
Bookmark manager | Bookmark Manager will allow you to save websites as favourites to users' bookmarks bar. | |
Homepage and startup | Make New Tab as Homepage | Selecting yes will make a new tab as the homepage. Selecting no will let you configure a specific website as the homepage |
Action on startup | Selecting 'Open new tab' will open a new tab on starting the browser. Selecting 'Restoring the last session' will restore the user's last browser session on starting the browser. Selecting 'Open a URL' will open the specified URL while starting the browser. | |
Default browser | Set Chrome as default browser | Selecting 'yes' will set chrome as the default browser on users' machines. |