The following provides definitions for each of the core safety categories across which Integral provides ratings. Additional rating categories are included in Integral's Industry Solutions and Customizable Protection.
| Category | Content Description |
| Alcohol | Sites that contain information relating to alcohol, recipes for mixing drinks and reviews and locations for bars and pubs. |
| Offensive Language | Sites that contain swear words, profanity; hard language; inappropriate phrases and/or expressions |
| Hate Speech | Sites which advocate hostility or aggression toward individuals or groups on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality, ethnic origin or other involuntary characteristics; sites which denigrate others on the basis of those characteristics or justifies inequality on the basis of those characteristics; sites which purport to use scientific or other commonly accredited methods to justify said aggression, hostility or denigration. |
| Illegal Downloads, Spyware/ Malware | Sites that promote or provide the means to practice illegal or unauthorized acts of computer crime using technology or computer-programming skills. |
| Illegal Drugs | Sites that provide instruction for or information about illegal drugs: how to obtain, how to manufacture, how to use. Information about evading or circumventing the law — drug and alcohol testing sabotage, drug smuggling, trafficking, selling or buying. |
| Adult Content | Sites potentially containing nudity, sex, use of sexual language, sexual references, sexual images and/or sexual themes. |
| Other Classification Types | |
| User Generated Content | Sites with a primary focus on user generated content including blogs and bulletin boards. |
| Webmail | Sites with a primary focus on email services. |