Review DNSFilter categories when a security file arrives
Use a new security file as a cue to pull the current DNSFilter category list and give your team a report to review.
Trigger
New File Added to Folder
Triggers when a new file is added to a folder in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when new files are detected. Only files (not folders or web links) are monitored.
Action
List All Categories
Tool to list all categories including internal categories. use when you need the complete set of filtering categories.
Why this helps
Policy reviews stall when category reference information is scattered or has to be fetched manually.
- Fetch category information as part of a security document workflow.
- Give reviewers a current category list in the run report.
- Keep a clear record of the lookup alongside the triggering event.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and DNSFilter once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve DNSFilter categories when a new file is added to the monitored Box security folder and summarize them in the run report.
- 4Pick the Box New File Added to Folder trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real file added to the monitored folder.
Questions about this workflow
Will this change a DNSFilter policy?
No. This workflow retrieves category information for review. The listed DNSFilter actions do not update filtering policies.
Can it include internal categories?
Yes. The List All Categories action includes internal categories.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
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Box triggers
Dnsfilter actions
Recurring trigger
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