What is the primary benefit of using Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting?

Viewing malicious user activity is a general capability available in standard WSA reporting and is not the defining or primary benefit of the Advanced Web Security Reporting module.

Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting extends standard WSA reporting by incorporating Layer 4 Traffic Monitor (L4TM) data that identifies clients exhibiting malware-related traffic patterns, such as command-and-control communications, at the network layer. This report highlights clients with elevated malware risk scores based on observed Layer 4 traffic behavior, enabling administrators to identify compromised hosts that may not be caught by URL filtering alone. This L4TM-based client risk reporting is the distinguishing capability of the Advanced Web Security Reporting module.

Centralized and granular reporting is a characteristic of general reporting tools and does not specifically differentiate Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting from standard reporting options.

Access to historical data reports is a basic reporting feature available in standard configurations and is not unique to the Advanced Web Security Reporting module.