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FortiDLP Agent Deployment Guide

FortiDLP Agent feature matrix

FortiDLP Agent feature matrix

The following tables outline the features the Agent supports by OS.

Monitoring
Feature Windows macOS Linux
Applications (foreground vs background changes)

Application changes are reported, but window changes and window title changes are not

Browsers (URL visits, downloads, and uploads) (see Web monitoring)
Clipboard (copies and pastes) (see Clipboard monitoring)

Browser copies and pastes only

DNS requests and responses
Emails (see Email monitoring)

For Classic Outlook desktop, inbound and outbound emails

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)
File accesses (opens, modifications, closes, moves, renames, and deletions) and executions

File content inspection (CI)

Preview support

File Microsoft sensitivity label inspection (refer to the FortiDLP Administration Guide)

Preview support

Email Microsoft sensitivity label inspection (see Email monitoring and refer to the FortiDLP Administration Guide)

For Classic Outlook desktop, inbound and outbound emails

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

Keystrokes (see Keystroke monitoring)
Locations (Wi-Fi landscaping)
Logins and failed login attempts

Logins only

Networks (TCP connections and disconnections)
Print jobs (see Print monitoring)
Process starts
USB devices (connections and disconnections)
User activity (idle vs active users)
Wi-Fi networks (connections and disconnections)

For macOS 14.4 and earlier only

Note

When performing CI, the FortiDLP Agent examines files of interest locally. File contents are not uploaded to the FortiDLP Infrastructure.

On Windows, CI cannot be performed on documents created using Microsoft Office 2003.

Note

On macOS, policies relating to pasting to desktop applications only monitor pastes via keyboard shortcuts.

Actions
Feature Windows macOS Linux
Block browser download

Preview CI support

Block browser upload

Preview CI support

Block file transfer to USB storage device
Block outbound email
Block print job

Preview CI support

Block USB storage device
Display message
Empty clipboard
Isolate/Deisolate
Kill process
Lock/Unlock
Make shadow copy
Reboot
Request debug bundle
Request performance report
Take screenshot

FortiDLP Agent feature matrix

FortiDLP Agent feature matrix

The following tables outline the features the Agent supports by OS.

Monitoring
Feature Windows macOS Linux
Applications (foreground vs background changes)

Application changes are reported, but window changes and window title changes are not

Browsers (URL visits, downloads, and uploads) (see Web monitoring)
Clipboard (copies and pastes) (see Clipboard monitoring)

Browser copies and pastes only

DNS requests and responses
Emails (see Email monitoring)

For Classic Outlook desktop, inbound and outbound emails

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)
File accesses (opens, modifications, closes, moves, renames, and deletions) and executions

File content inspection (CI)

Preview support

File Microsoft sensitivity label inspection (refer to the FortiDLP Administration Guide)

Preview support

Email Microsoft sensitivity label inspection (see Email monitoring and refer to the FortiDLP Administration Guide)

For Classic Outlook desktop, inbound and outbound emails

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

For New Outlook desktop and Outlook on the Web, outbound emails only

Keystrokes (see Keystroke monitoring)
Locations (Wi-Fi landscaping)
Logins and failed login attempts

Logins only

Networks (TCP connections and disconnections)
Print jobs (see Print monitoring)
Process starts
USB devices (connections and disconnections)
User activity (idle vs active users)
Wi-Fi networks (connections and disconnections)

For macOS 14.4 and earlier only

Note

When performing CI, the FortiDLP Agent examines files of interest locally. File contents are not uploaded to the FortiDLP Infrastructure.

On Windows, CI cannot be performed on documents created using Microsoft Office 2003.

Note

On macOS, policies relating to pasting to desktop applications only monitor pastes via keyboard shortcuts.

Actions
Feature Windows macOS Linux
Block browser download

Preview CI support

Block browser upload

Preview CI support

Block file transfer to USB storage device
Block outbound email
Block print job

Preview CI support

Block USB storage device
Display message
Empty clipboard
Isolate/Deisolate
Kill process
Lock/Unlock
Make shadow copy
Reboot
Request debug bundle
Request performance report
Take screenshot