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Customized Data Pattern

Customized Data Pattern

Customized Data Pattern is user defined DLP (Data Loss Prevention) patterns and can be applied to Data Security Policy just as Predefined Data Patterns.

Customized Data pattern is located in Data Protection > Policies > Data Patterns > Customized Data Pattern tab.

Regex or PCRE(Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) plays the major role in determining the data pattern that the Customized Data Pattern should search for. Regex is regular expression that combines special character operators that can be constructed to search specific strings in files.

Configurable Parameters in Customized Data Pattern

Name Enter a name for the data pattern.
Description Enter a description for the data pattern.
Category Select a data category from the list.
Uncompressed File Size Specify the upper bound of an object size, in MB, for a full content scan.
Compressed File Size Specify the upper bound of a zip file size, in MB, for a full content scan.
Regex Context Enter in a Regex to search for specific string

Customized Data Pattern

Customized Data Pattern is user defined DLP (Data Loss Prevention) patterns and can be applied to Data Security Policy just as Predefined Data Patterns.

Customized Data pattern is located in Data Protection > Policies > Data Patterns > Customized Data Pattern tab.

Regex or PCRE(Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) plays the major role in determining the data pattern that the Customized Data Pattern should search for. Regex is regular expression that combines special character operators that can be constructed to search specific strings in files.

Configurable Parameters in Customized Data Pattern

Name Enter a name for the data pattern.
Description Enter a description for the data pattern.
Category Select a data category from the list.
Uncompressed File Size Specify the upper bound of an object size, in MB, for a full content scan.
Compressed File Size Specify the upper bound of a zip file size, in MB, for a full content scan.
Regex Context Enter in a Regex to search for specific string