Manage the related domains report
You can perform these tasks to review and manage the related domains report:
- Filter the related domains report. Filter data by zones, risk level, priority level, notification setting, and more.
- Follow or unfollow a domain. Enter the email addresses of administrators or users who are notified when the domain risk level changes.
- Set a priority level. Set a priority level to help you manage and monitor domains.
- Create and manage tags. Assign specific tags to a domain to help you manage and monitor domains.
- Add domains to an allowlist. Domains added to an allowlist are not monitored and are not included in a zone report.
- Download a CSV with related domains. Download a CSV that contains the domains in the related domains report.
If you want to further monitor traffic and take down URLs that pose a threat to your organization, consider these solutions:
- Posture Management. Provides centralized visibility, continuous monitoring, and operational intelligence across critical infrastructure layers—including Domain Name System (DNS). With this solution, you can monitor up to 25 zones. For more information, see the Posture Management documentation.
- Brand Guardian. Detects and takes down threats that target your brand. This solution finds phishing sites, fake domains, impersonation attempts, and fraudulent assets across the web, and more. For more information, see the Brand Guardian documentation.
To try these solutions, contact your Akamai account representative.
Filter the related domains report
You can filter the related domains report to narrow the list of domains that are presented in the report.
To filter the related domains report:
- In the Related Domains Report, click the filter icon. Options for the filter criteria appear.
- In the Property menu, select the data that you want to filter by. You can filter by this data:
- Risk level or levels. Select a specific risk level. For example, you can filter by domains that Akamai has detected are a Critical and High risk.
- Priority level. Select a priority level. By default, domains are set with a Minimal priority level. However, in the report itself, you can change this level to help you filter and sort the domain list. For more information, see Set a priority level.
- Domain updates. Select to show domains that were updated in the domain registration within the last day, week, or month.
- Following. Select whether the domain is currently followed or not followed by another user or administrator. For more information on follow settings, see Follow or unfollow a domain.
- Notifications. Select whether the domain has generated a notification. Notifications are sent to recipients who are set to follow the domain when the risk level for the domain changes.
- Tag. Select specific tags or apply tags that match specific criteria.
- Select the operator that you want to apply to the filter. For example, you can select Great than, Less than, Does not contain, and more.
- Enter the value or data for the filter.
- To add more criteria, click Add row, and repeat steps 2-4.
- Click Apply.
Follow or unfollow a domain
When you review a domain in the related domains report, you can set whether a domain is followed or not. If you select to follow the domain, you can provide the email address of users or Control Center administrators who are notified when the state or risk level of the domain changes.
To follow or unfollow a domain:
- In the Related domains report, apply filters. For instructions, see Filter the related domains report.
- To follow a domain, complete these steps:
- Go to the domain that you want to follow.
- Enable the Follow toggle for that domain.
- In the provided field, enter an email address for the administrator or user who should receive notifications about the domain. If you already provided an email address for the following settings, you can also select the email address from the list that appears.
- Click Submit.
- To follow multiple domains, complete these steps:
- Select the domains that you want to follow.
- Click the Bulk Actions button.
- In the drop-down menu, select Follow.
- In the “Follow the select domains” window, enter the email address of users who should follow the domain and press Enter. If you already provided an email address for the following settings, you can also select the email address from the list that appears.
- Click Submit.
- To unfollow a domain, complete these steps:
- Go to the domain that you want to unfollow.
- Disable the Follow toggle for that domain. A confirmation window appears.
- Click Yes. All recipients will no longer receive notifications about this domain.
- To unfollow multiple domains, complete these steps:
- Select the domains that you want to unfollow.
- Click the Bulk Actions button at the top of the report.
- In the drop-down menu, select Unfollow. A window appears where you can review the domains and the recipients who will stop receiving notifications about those domains.
- Click Submit.
Set a priority level
You can set a priority level to help you manage the domains. To learn more about priority levels, see Priority levels.
To set a priority level:
- In the Related domains report, apply filters. For instructions, see Filter the related domains reports.
- To set a priority level for a single domain:
- Go to the domain where you want to set a priority level.
- Go to the Priority menu and select a level.
- To set a priority level for multiple domains:
- Select the domains that you want to assign with the same priority level.
- Click the Bulk Actions button at the top of the report.
- In the drop-down menu, select Set Priority. The “Set priority for the selected domains” window appears.
- In the provided menu, select a priority level for the domains.
- Click Submit.
Create and manage tags
You can assign tags to help you manage and categorize related domains. Tags are added to your account. You can add new tags or assign tags that are already associated with your account. You can also remove and replace tags.
To manage tags:
- In the Related domains report, apply filters. For instructions, see Filter the related domains report.
- To add a tag to a domain:
- Select the domain that you want to tag.
- In the Actions menu for the domain, select Manage tags. A window appears for domain tags.
- In the provided field, enter a new tag or in the list that appears as you type, select a tag or multiple tags.
- Click Submit.
- To remove a tag from a domain:
- Select the domain that includes the tag you want to remove.
- In the Actions menu for the domain, select Manage tags. A window appears for domain tags.
- Click inside the provided text box. In the menu that appears, select the tag that you no longer want associated with the domain.
- Click Submit.
- To add, replace, or remove tags for multiple domains:
- Select the domains that have tags you want to manage.
- Click the Bulk Actions button at the top of the report.
- In the drop-down menu, select Manage tags. The “Manage tags for the selected domains window” appears.
- To add tags, select Add tags from the Action menu. In the provided field, enter the tag names or select the tags from the drop-down menu.
- To replace tags that are assigned to the domain already, select Replace tags from the Action menu. In the provided field, enter the tag names or select the tags from the drop-down menu.
- To remove tags, select Remove tags from the Action menu. In the provided field, enter the tag names or select the tags from the drop-down menu.
- Click Submit.
Add domains to an allowlist
You can add domains from the related domains report to an allowlist. Domains in an allowlist are not monitored by Akamai. As a result, the domain no longer appears in the report.
You or another user cannot follow the domain that you plan to add to an allowlist.
To remove domains from an allowlist, see Manage domains in an allowlist.
Before you begin:
Make sure no one is following the domain or domains that you want to add to the allowlist
To add domains to an allowlist:
- In the Related domains report, apply filters. For instructions, see Filter the related domains report.
- To add a single domain:
- Select a domain from the list and in the actions menu for the domain, select Add to allow list.
- In the confirmation window, select Yes.
- To add multiple domains:
- Select the domains that you want to add to the list.
- Click Bulk Actions and in the menu that appears, select Add to allow list. A window appears showing the selected domains. If a domain cannot be added, additional information is provided.
- Click Submit.
Manage domains in an allowlist
You can manage all the domains that you added to the allowlist.
To manage domains in an allowlist:
- In the Related domains report, apply filters. For instructions, see Filter the related domains report.
- Click Manage Allowlist at the top of the report.
- To add domains:
- Click Add Domains.
- Search for the domain that you want to add.
- Select the domain or multiple domains.
- Click Submit.
- To remove a domain or multiple domains:
- Click the Remove icon for a domain.
- In the confirmation window, click Yes.
Download a CSV with related domains
Download a CSV file that contains the domains in the related domains report. If you apply a filter, the CSV contains the filtered list of domains.
To download a CSV with related domains:
- In the Related domains report, apply filters. For instructions, see Filter the related domains report.
- Click the download icon at the top of the report. You can find the file wherever your browser saves downloaded files.
