I recently turned to google to try and find a list of ALL of the Meraki content filtering categories. I found a good one, but the post was from 2018. I don’t believe much has changed, but to grab an updated one I used Postman and here it is:
Meraki Categories (December 10, 2024):
Education
Arts
Computers and Internet
Job Search
Shopping
Adult
Games
Sports and Recreation
Society and Culture
Government and Law
Science and Technology
Social Science
Finance
Hate Speech
Reference
Infrastructure and Content Delivery Networks
Business and Industry
Search Engines and Portals
Illegal Activities
Online Communities
Filter Avoidance
Advertisements
Online Trading
Lingerie and Swimsuits
Lotteries
Weapons
Web Hosting
Web-based Email
Chat and Instant Messaging
Transportation
Real Estate
Travel
Illegal Drugs
Gambling
Hacking
Cheating and Plagiarism
Sex Education
Software Updates
Pornography
Dating
Peer File Transfer
Safe for Kids
News
Non-sexual Nudity
Dining and Drinking
Web Page Translation
Child Abuse Content
Computer Security
Online Storage and Backup
Internet Telephony
Freeware and Shareware
Social Networking
Mobile Phones
File Transfer Services
Streaming Video
Streaming Audio
Astrology
Extreme
Fashion
Alcohol
Tobacco
Humor
SaaS and B2B
Personal Sites
Digital Postcards
Politics
Illegal Downloads
Organizational Email
Religion
Non-governmental Organizations
Auctions
Professional Networking
Photo Search and Images
Dynamic and Residential
Parked Domains
Entertainment
DIY Projects
Hunting
Military
Online Meetings
Paranormal
Personal VPN
Not Actionable
Health and Medicine
Recipes and Food
Nature and Conservation
Animals and Pets
Web Cache and Archives
Cannabis
Conventions Conferences and Trade Shows
Cryptocurrency
Cryptomining
DoH and DoT
Dynamic DNS Provider
Online Document Sharing and Collaboration
Internet of Things
Museums
Cloud and Data Centers
Terrorism and Violent Extremism
URL Shorteners
Private IP Addresses as Host
DNS-Tunneling
Regional Restricted Sites (Great Britain)
Regional Restricted Sites (Italy)
Regional Restricted Sites (Germany)
Regional Restricted Sites (Poland)
Malware Sites
Spyware and Adware
Phishing
Botnets
Spam
Exploits
Mobile Threats
High Risk Sites and Locations
Bogon
P2P Malware Node
Ebanking Fraud
Indicators of Compromise (IOC)
Domain Generated Algorithm
Open HTTP Proxy
Open Mail Relay
TOR exit Nodes
Potential DNS Rebinding
DNS Tunneling
Dynamic DNS
Newly Seen Domains
Cryptojacking
Linkshare
Malicious Sites
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