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Digital Guardian, has released DLP policy packs for top business communications and collaboration applications, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Slack, and Zoom.
The policy packs are free to all Digital Guardian customers and allow greater control over messages, file sharing and user actions in these increasingly popular applications. Using real-time, rule-based actions provided in the policy packs, system administrators can automatically block users from sharing confidential or sensitive files on both corporate and personal collaboration app accounts. Administrators can customise these rules to fit the needs of their organisation. For example, they may permit authorised users to share sensitive files on organisation-approved collaboration applications or simply warn users that they are about to share sensitive information.
“The work-from-anywhere environment has necessitated greater use of collaboration apps putting strain on IT teams to manage the increased risk of data egress,” said Ben Cody, Senior Vice President, Product Management. “With the addition of Digital Guardian’s collaboration policies, we’re enabling busy security analysts to easily regain control of their users’ messaging behaviour and mitigate risky data sharing.”
Essential Communications & Collaboration Use Cases Covered
The new policy packs cover these popular applications and use cases:
Microsoft Teams
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Control all file uploads to MS Teams (teams.exe).
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Control classified file uploads to MS Teams (teams.exe).
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Control file uploads to MS Teams (teams.exe) from the user’s online OneDrive account.
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Control MS Teams (teams.exe) chats that contain classified content.
Slack
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Control all file uploads by Slack (slack.exe).
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Control classified file upload by Slack (slack.exe).
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Control Slack (slack.exe) chats that contain classified content.
Zoom
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Control file downloads in Zoom (zoom.exe).
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Control all file uploads in Zoom (zoom.exe).
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Control classified file uploads in Zoom (zoom.exe).
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Control Zoom ability to share screen.
Skype
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Control all file uploads to Skype (skype.exe).
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Control classified file uploads to Skype (skype.exe).
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Control Skype (skype.exe) chats that contain classified content.
These policies are available at no cost to all Digital Guardian customers and included as part of the existing Windows DLP Control Policy Pack. Customers can access the content packs on the Content Server and can download documentation by visiting the Digital Guardian support portal and searching for the Content Server User Guide.
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