Inspection mode differences for Data Leak Prevention

Inspection mode differences for Data Leak Prevention

This section identifies the behavioral differences between Data Leak Prevention (DLP) operating in flow and proxy inspection.

Feature comparison between DLP inspection modes

The following table indicates which DLP filters are supported by their designated inspection modes.

  Credit

Card

Filter

SSN Filter Regex

Filter

File-

Type

Filter

File-Pattern Filter Fingerprint

Filter

Watermark

Filter

Encrypted

Filter

FileSize

Filter

Proxy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flow Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes*

*File-size filtering will only work if file size is present in the protocol exchange.

Protocol comparison between DLP inspection modes

The following table indicates which protocols can be inspected by DLP based on the specified inspection modes.

  HTTP FTP IMAP POP3 SMTP NNTP MAPI CIFS
Proxy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Flow Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No

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