This guide outlines two primary methods for controlling which websites are monitored in Teramind: completely suspending all websites monitoring, or refining the list of websites that are monitored.
Method 1: Completely Suspend Monitoring of a Channel
You can turn off the monitoring of an entire monitoring channel (e.g., Applications, Websites, etc.) for a group of users from the Configurations > Monitoring Profiles.
A. For a Group
If you use this method to turns off the Websites monitoring channel, it will suspends all websites tracking (including screen recording, activity logging, and keystrokes) for the selected profile:
1. From the main menu, navigate to Configurations > Monitoring Profiles.
2. Select the desired monitoring profile from the list (e.g., "Compliance Team"). You will see a list of monitoring channels.
3. Click the Toggle 
button next to the desired monitoring channel (e.g., Applications, Websites) to turn it off. This action disables monitoring for that entire channel for all users, computers, departments, and Active Directory groups assigned to the profile.
B. For a Single Employee
You can turn off the monitoring of an entire monitoring channel (e.g., Screen Recording, Applications, Websites, etc.) for a single employee from their profile's Monitoring tab:
1. Select Employees from the main menu.
2. Select an employee by clicking their name. You will be taken to the employee's details screen.
3. Click the Edit Profile button. A panel will open on the right-side of the screen.
4. Select the Monitoring tab.
5. Turn off the channels you don't want to monitor for that profile/group by clicking the Toggle button in front of the channels.
6. Click the Apply changes button to apply and save the changes.
If you change the monitoring setting of an employee, a "Custom profile" will be automatically created and assigned to the employee. Each employee can have their own unique custom profile. A custom profile will override any other monitoring profile(s) the employee is part of.
Method 2: Suspend Monitoring of Selected Websites
If the Websites channel is enabled, you can configure detailed rules to specify which websites are monitored, using either an inclusion or exclusion list. This is can be done from the Configurations > Monitoring Profiles screen:
1. Navigate to Configurations > Monitoring Profiles.
2. Select the relevant Monitoring Profile.
3. Click the Edit 
button next to the Websites channel to access the detailed settings.
Selecting Websites by Their Domains/URLs:
4. Choose one of the following two options: Monitor all websites and keystrokes
or Monitor only selected websites.
5. If you have selected the Monitor all websites and keystrokes option, you can monitor all websites by default, but exclude specific websites:
Use the Exception button to add the specific websites you do not want to monitor. You can use a Shared List to quickly add multiple websites.
You can check the Don’t monitor keystrokes for these websites option to disable keystroke logging in addition to suspending the main activity monitoring and screen recording for those websites.
6. Use the Monitor only selected websites option if you want to monitor only specific websites:
Use the Add button to specify the websites you want to monitor. You can use a Shared List to quickly add multiple websites.
Selecting Websites by Their Content:
7. If you want to exclude website by what content they have, you can specify the keywords in the Don’t monitor websites that contain these words or terms field. You can use a Shared List to specify multiple keywords quickly.
Selecting Websites by Their IP Addresses:
8. If you want to specify websites by their IP addresses instead of their domains or URLs, choose one of the following two options: Monitor all IPs or Monitor only selected IPs.
9. If you have selected the Monitor all IPs option, you can monitor all websites by their IP addresses, but exclude specific IPs:
Use the Exception button to add the specific IPs you do not want to monitor. You can use a Shared List to quickly add multiple IPs.
10. Use the Monitor only selected IPs option if you want to monitor only specific IP addresses:
Use the Add button to specify the IPs you want to monitor. You can use a Shared List to quickly add multiple IPs.
You can also suspend monitoring of selected websites for a single employee from their employee profile.
Check out the Websites monitoring settings section of the User Guide to learn more about these settings.