How to setup McAfee DLP email protection

McAfee DLP email protection

How to configure Mcafee DLP email protection

To configure McAfee DLP email protection you must first configure your tags

AFTER YOU’VE CONFIGURED TAGS, YOU CAN CONFIGURE EMAIL PROTECTION. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? LOOK BELOW TO  STEP BY STEP MCAFEE DLP EMAIL PROTECTION CONFIGURATION

Step 1 to configure Mcafee DLP email protection

Logon to your EPO and go to DLP Policy, click Add New from the Menu and click email protection rule, like in fig-1

 fig-1 mcafee dlp email protection

Step 2  to configure Mcafee DLP email protection

Right click on email protection rule that you created and in Email Destination field type the name of the rule.. In my case “out of company”. Select the email destination field, uncheck the box  from “your company” and check box from “Other email domain”

  fig-2   mcafee dlp email protection

Step -3 to email protection

After this, click next until image displayed is like in fig 3. Here you must assign tag (ex. suppose we have Internal Use documents.) After creating a tag Internal Use, we must assign this tag  to our rule, like in fig.3

fig-3 email protection

Step 4 – to email protection

In fig-4 you must assign a reaction. Reactions can be: block, monitor notify user, request justification and store evidence. It depends to your wishes to assign what reaction you want. You can combine reactions .

fig-4 – email protection

Step 5 – to email protection

After that, you must assign this rule to a “group members” or to a “specific user”.

fig -5  - email protection

In this way you configure McAfee DLP email protection.

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