Technical Tip: How to check Application Control category of an application

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Description	This article describes how to check the Application Control category of an application
Scope	FortiGate.  In this example, the Application Category of Facebook will be checked.
Solution	Check the Application Category on the FortiGate GUI or through the FortiGuard website https://www.fortiguard.com/appcontrol How to check using the FortiGate GUI. On the GUI, navigate to Security Profiles -> Application Signatures. On the Search tab, type 'Facebook', then press 'Enter' or select the 'Search' icon. All 'Facebook' signatures should be displayed. Look for the Category Column to check the category. How to check through FortiGuard website https://www.fortiguard.com/appcontrol On the web browser, open https://www.fortiguard.com/appcontrol On the upper right portion of the website, select the 'Search' icon, then search for 'facebook' Facebook application signatures should be displayed. In this example, let's check the category of 'Facebook_Personal'. Select the 'Facebook_Personal' to check the details of the Application signature. On the category details, the application category is 'Social.Media'. Related document: Application control