Profile resources

The Profile resources tab is available on the toolbar under Configuration > Security. It consists of options to configure custom IPS signatures, FortiGuard categories, and custom Web Filter categories that are shared and available across different security profile groups.

To create, edit, and delete a custom IPS signature:

1. Go to Configuration > Security.
2. Select the Profile resources tab from the toolbar.
3. Select Custom IPS signatures to see all custom IPS signatures created across different security profile groups.
4. Do one of the following:
   • To create an IPS signature, click Create. In the slide-in, specify Tag, Comments, and Signature using Creating IPS and application control signatures. Click OK. The newly created IPS signature is available to use in the Intrusion Prevention widget across different security profiles.
   • To edit an IPS signature, select the desired IPS signature and click Edit. After making the required edits, click OK.
   • To delete, select the desired IPS signature available in the Custom IPS signatures list and click Delete. On the Confirm delete prompt, click OK.

To edit FortiGuard category threat levels:

1. Go to Configuration > Security.
2. On the Profile resources tab, select FortiGuard categories.
3. Click desired FortiGuard category from the list and click Edit.
4. Enable the Threat level toggle and select the appropriate level as per your requirement.
5. Click OK.

To create Custom Web Filter Category from Profile resources:

1. Go to Configuration > Security.
2. On the Profile resources tab, select Custom Web Filter categories. Two default custom categories, custom1 and custom2, are available to use across different security profile groups.
3. To edit a default custom category, do the following:
   1. Select custom1 or custom2 and click Edit.
   2. Specify the desired URLs and configure the threat level for the default custom category. Click OK.
4. To create a new category, do the following:
   1. Click Create Custom Category.
   2. Specify the desired Name, URLs, and Threat Level for the custom category.
   3. Click OK. These custom categories are available to use in Web Filter settings across different security profile groups.