When using the Halo Portal, you can customize your protection preferences by adjusting settings across three main tabs:
- Policy settings – configure how each of the supported file types is processed.
- ICAP settings – modify how files are handled over HTTP within your organization.
- Validation settings – set up XML validation options for enhanced file protection.
These options allow users to tailor their organization’s security approach to match their specific risk tolerance, ensuring files are protected in a way that aligns with internal policies and operational needs.
Policy settings
Users can configure and adjust their file protection preferences through the Policy settings tab. This section allows the Halo Portal to understand how you want to handle potentially risky content within files, giving you control over how threats are managed during processing.
By default, recommended settings are configured to Sanitize, providing an optimal balance between security and usability. This ensures that malicious or suspicious content is safely removed while preserving the file’s original functionality and appearance. However, organizations can modify these settings to align with their own security policies, risk tolerance, or operational requirements, allowing a flexible approach to file protection across different departments and use cases.
Learn more about Policy Management
ICAP settings
When using the Halo Portal, users can customize their ICAP preferences by adjusting the settings for each of the Supported Media Types through the ICAP settings tab.
These settings determine how each media type is processed over HTTP within your organization, giving you control over file handling and security policies.
You can create one or more ICAP profiles to meet different organizational requirements. For example, you might configure a profile that restricts standard users’ access to certain MIME types when uploading or downloading files over HTTP, while allowing administrators broader access to manage files more freely.
Select ICAP profile
Select the right ICAP profile via the ICAP profile drop-down.
Note: as default, the Profile status is set to "Enabled" if you want to allow the ICAP profile to be used in requests from your ICAP client.
Apply policy settings
You need to select the right policy settings via the Policy to apply drop-down.
Other media types
You can also set preferences for other media types via the API - media types set to "Bypass" will be allowed through the ICAP server without being protected.
Validation settings
The Validation settings tab allows users to validate XML files against defined schemas and policies to ensure structural consistency, security, compliance, and accurate error detection. This process helps verify that XML content adheres to approved standards and organizational requirements before it is processed or shared.
While Glasswall Halo permits the use of custom tags in XML documents, certain tags may introduce potential security risks.
To manage or update tags that are not already listed within the schema, users can do so through the Glasswall API.
For more details on XML schema validation and how to configure these options, refer to the XML Schema Validation overview.