Using Configurations in Enterprise Cloud Portal to configure advanced settings

After installation, IT administrators should review all configurations in this section to enforce the appropriate security measures for the organization. Configurations affect all Puffin Secure Browser instances and all websites users visit. The following components can be turned on and off.

• Certificate verification
• Clipboard
• File upload
• File download
• Document preview

Certificate Verification

This component is only available to subscribers of the Enterprise plan.

Websites using the HTTPS connection need a security certificate, which secures and encrypts data going back and forth between the server and the web browser. Visiting websites whose security certificate is broken, expired, or missing may pose security risks to your corporate network.

By default, the option Enforce certificate verification is ON.

To allow users to access websites with bad certificates, uncheck Enforce certificate verification.

Alternatively, you can keep Enforce certificate verification on and allow certain websites that have not passed certificate verification in Security policy. For further details, please refer to the Security policy section.

Clipboard

It is common practice to use copying and pasting functions in a browser. For the convenience of usage, the option Enable clipboard is ON by default.

However, you may want to restrict clipboard access in Puffin Secure Browser for the following reasons:

To prevent users from leaking sensitive data in your organization. To prevent users from copying malicious content to local devices. To give you more control on how much you would like to allow clipboard access in Puffin Secure Browser, we provide three options.

• CUT/COPY and PASTE: This option allows users to use all clipboard functions.
• CUT/COPY only: Users can only copy content from Puffin Secure Browser, but they cannot paste content from their device clipboard to the web.
• PASTE only: Users can paste content from the device clipboard to the web, but they cannot copy content from the web to their device clipboard.

Alternatively, you can keep Enable clipboard on, and use the default option CUT/COPY and PASTE, while restricting specific website's clipboard access. For details, refer to the section on Security policy in this document.

File Uploading

By default, the option Enable file upload is ON.

You can restrict Puffin Secure Browser users from uploading files to the web. This feature helps prevent users from uploading malicious attachments to their emails or any web forms.

To disable all file uploads in Puffin Secure Browser, simply uncheck Enable file upload.

Alternatively, you can keep Enable file upload active, while restricting specific website's file uploads. For details, please refer to the Security policy section.

File Downloading

By default, the option Enable file download is ON.

Puffin Secure Browser supports downloading files directly to cloud storage services and local storage. For our Enterprise subscribers, virus scans are automatically performed before files are downloaded to the destination of your choice.

The download destinations you can allow in Puffin Secure Browsers are as follows:

• Google Drive
• Dropbox
• Microsoft OneDrive
• Local device/computer

How to prevent users from directly downloading files to any destination:

1. Navigate to Enable file download.
2. In the Download destinations section, uncheck any destinations you wish to disable.
3. Click Save.

The allowed downloaded file size in Puffin Secure Browser is up to 2GB (2048MB). To change the allowed maximum file size, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to Enable file download.
2. In the Maximum file size section, enter a new number in MB (Megabytes) as the allowed file size.
3. Click Save.

To disable all file downloads in Puffin Secure Browser, simply uncheck Enable file download.

Alternatively, you can keep Enable file upload active, while restricting specific website's file uploads. For details, please refer to the Security policy section.

Document Previewing

This component is only available to subscribers of the Enterprise plan.

Puffin Secure Browser provides the ability to preview Microsoft Office documents without having to download them to your device. For the convenience of usage, the option Enable document preview is ON by default.

The supported document types are as follows:

• Word documents (*.doc, *.docx)
• PowerPoint presentations (*.ppt, *.pptx)
• Excel files (*.xls, *.xlsx)
• PDF files (*.pdf)

Note: Users can always preview PDF files regardless of the Document Preview setting.

To disable the document preview feature in Puffin Secure Browser, simply uncheck Enable document preview.

Please notice that Puffin Cloud Portal is only available for Business and Enterprise subscribers.