Reference Guide

Manage Policies
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Policy Default Setting Description
Protected Office Documents
This technology allows for Office documents (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) to be encrypted at the file
level. Encryption travels with the file wherever it goes, inside or outside the network.
Protected Office Documents
(Windows and Mac)
Off
On
Off
Toggle On to provide users with a menu option for protecting Office documents
(.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .docm, .xlsm, .pptm, and .pdf). On also allows you to enable
other Protected Office policies. If this policy is Off, no Office-protected formatting
takes place, regardless of other policies.
This policy is available at the Enterprise level.
Basic File Protection
(Windows and Mac)
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
When selected, the Basic File Protection Feature is enabled. This feature allows for
the key-per-file encryption of line of business files that are not covered within
Microsoft Office.
Basic File Protection
Configuration
(Windows and Mac)
String
String
Specifies which process and which extensions are included in Basic File Protection.
For Windows, specifies which process and which extensions are included in Basic
File Protection. For Mac and mobile devices, these encrypted files are read-only.
These encrypted files can be uploaded to the web portal. The following are
examples to follow for specific format inclusions:
Notepad.exe:txt.csv
Wordpad.exe:txt.rtf
Word.exe:txt.rtf
Note: Basic File Protection Configuration is supported in Data Guardian v1.6 and
later.
See Configure Basic File Protection Policies.
Block Print Screen
(Windows- 2.7 and earlier)
Selected
Selected disables the user's ability to take screen captures via the Windows Print
Screen capability while a protected office document is open.
Note: To block this option, Data Guardian must be installed and run on the
operating system, not a VM or Remote Desktop.
File Icon Overlay
(Windows)
Selected
An overlay icon for Windows that indicates a file is protected by Data Guardian.
See advanced settings
Policy Default Setting Description
Content Based Protection
This technology allows for files to be encrypted based on selected rule category level.
Content Based Protection
(previously Classification)
(Windows)
Off
On
Off
Toggle On to provide users with a menu option for protecting files based on
content rules.
If this policy is Off, files are not automatically protected based on content rules.
See Column_options_for_Content_Based_Protection_only__Windows.
Content Based Protection
Rules
(previously Data
Classification Rules)
(Windows)
test (default)
Public
Internal Use
Restricted
Selected
Not Selected
When selected, the selected content rule applies for encrypting files.