Configuring Data Loss Prevention Notifications Parent topic

The following explains the steps required to configure data loss prevention notifications:

Procedure

  1. On the left menu, click Data Loss PreventionPolicies. The Data Loss Prevention screen appears.
  2. Click Add, to add a new policy, or click an existing policy from the Policy column. The Data Loss Prevention: Edit Policy screen appears.
  3. Click the Notification tab.
  4. Under People to notify, select Notify administrator to enable data loss prevention notifications.
  5. Under People to notify, click Show details and configure the following:
    • To—the global email address(es) appear in this field. You can enter additional email addresses, separated by a semicolon (;) to create unique notifications.
    • Subject—type a subject that will appear in the subject line of the email (for example: Data Loss Prevention Notification).
    • Message—you can create a unique message using variables like: [Server Name], [Data Loss Prevention Rules], [Date], [Time], [File Name/Web Content Title], [File/Web Content Location], [Action], and [Violator].
      Note
      Note
      The available variables appear in the left window, and the message body in the right window.
  6. Under Settings, choose the delivery options for this notification according to the following:
    • Send consolidated notifications every [xx] [hours or days]—select this option to send a notification according to the number of hours or days you type in the variable field.
    • Send consolidate notifications every [xx] occurrences—select this option to send a notification after a certain number of occurrences as you stipulate in the variable field.
    • Send individual notifications—select this option to send a notification each time an event occurs.
  7. Under Advanced Notification (SNMP), select SNMP to enable this option.
  8. Click Show details to expand the options, and configure according to the following:
    • IP Address
    • Community
    • Message
  9. Select Write to Windows event log to write each notification to the Windows event log.
  10. Click Save.