Investigate details of an incident with information on the policy violation.Ĭompare legacy DLP and current DLP rule management.Alert administrators or others about policy violations or DLP incidents.Prevent sharing of sensitive data (such as a Social Security Number) with external users.Directly warn end users not to share sensitive content outside of the domain.Audit the usage of sensitive content in Drive that your users may have already shared to gather information on sensitive files uploaded by users.Plan your rules, Use audit-only rules to test rule results" for details. Go to Create DLP for Drive rules and custom content detectors, "Step 1.
If these rules are triggered, data related to the incident is written to the Rules audit log. You can test DLP rules by creating rules that don't have an optional action, such as blocking or warning users. Use an audit-only rule to test new DLP rules You are alerted of DLP rule violations.DLP enforces the rules you defined and violations trigger actions, such as alerts.DLP scans Drive contents for DLP rule violations that trigger DLP incidents.These rules define which content is sensitive and should be protected. DLP rules apply to both My Drive and Shared drives. You can allow controlled sharing for members of a domain, organizational unit, or group.
Rules determine the nature of DLP incidents, and incidents trigger actions, such as the blocking of specified content.
DLP gives you control over what users can share, and prevents unintended exposure of sensitive information such as credit card numbers or identity numbers.ĭLP rules trigger scans of files for sensitive content, and prevents users from sharing that content. Using data loss prevention (DLP), you can create and apply rules to control the content that users can share in Google Drive files outside the organization. Compare your editionĭLP for Drive is also available to Cloud Identity Premium users who are also licensed for Workspace editions that include Drive audit log. Supported editions for this feature: Enterprise Education Fundamentals, Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Plus.