URL Reputation Verdict Name Changes in Cisco Email Security Gateway

Cisco Talos has introduced new categories and new names for the existing URL Reputation verdicts. Currently, there are no configuration or reporting changes on the Cisco Email Security gateway.

Refer to the table below to manually map the existing URL reputation verdict names on the Cisco Email Security gateway to the new Cisco Talos URP Reputation Verdict names. These changes will be made in the next upcoming major AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliances release for on-premises, virtual, and cloud.

Current URL Reputation Verdict Name

New Cisco Talos URL Reputation Verdict Name

Score Range

Description

Clean

Trusted

+6.0 - +10.0

Displays a behavior that indicates exceptional safety.

Neutral

Favorable

+0.1 - +5.9

Displays a behavior that indicates a level of safety.

Neutral

-3.0 - 0.0

Does not display a positive or negative behavior. However, this verdict has been evaluated.

Questionable

-5.9 - -3.1

Displays a behavior that may indicate risk, or undesirable.

Malicious

Untrusted

-10.0 - -6.0

Displays a behavior that is exceptionally bad, malicious, or undesirable.

No Score

Unknown

No Score

The verdict has not been previously evaluated or lacks the capability to assert a threat level verdict.

For more information, see the Cisco Talos blog at https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/09/new-cisco-talos-web-reputation-verdicts.html.