Web Protection rule page

Web protection rules block data from being posted to websites, including web-based email sites.

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Option definitions

Category	Option	Definition
Rule options	Rule name	Enter a unique name for the rule. This field is required.
	Description	Click Edit to open the description text box. The maximum description length is 2000 characters. The character counter in the lower left of the window shows the number of characters still available. This field is optional.
	State	Select Enabled or Disabled from the drop-down list. You can also change this parameter on the DLP Rule Set page by selecting a rule or rules and selecting Actions → Change State. The default is Disabled.
	Severity	A relative measure of the gravity of violating this rule. The default is Warning. The color code that also appears in the DLP Incident Manager is displayed next to the field.
	Enforce on	Selects the Trellix DLP product enforcing the rule. The options are to enforce on either Trellix DLP Endpoint for Windows and McAfee Network DLP ( Trellix DLP Network Prevent).
Condition tab Note The default ALL can be used instead of a defined parameter.	Classification	Use the is any data (ALL) option to bypass applying a content classification, or use the is one of (OR) or is all of (AND) options to select predefined classifications. You can use the + icon to add multiple classifications, and define their relationship with the and/or option.
	End-User	Select a user group from the drop-down list. Using the + icon, you can select multiple groups using AND/OR logic. You can exclude groups using the Exceptions tab. Include at least one group before excluding any groups.
	Web address (URL)	Select a URL list definition or reputation. To add a URL definition to the list of values, select is one of (OR), and click ..., then select New Item.
	Upload type	is any data upload inspects all web uploads. is file upload inspects only files. This option allows other data types, such as webmail or web forms, to be uploaded without inspection.
Exceptions tab Note The Exceptions tab is optional.	Actions	Adds or deletes a rule exception.
	Name	Enter a unique name for the exception. This field is required.
	Description	Optional descriptive text.
	State	Select Enabled or Disabled from the drop-down list. The exception state is independent from the rule state.
	Classification	Select a classification. See above for option details. The exception classification is independent from the rule classification
	End-User	Select a user group from the drop-down list. See above for option details. The exception end-user is independent from the rule end-user.
	Web address (URL)	Select a URL list definition or reputation. The exception web address is independent from the rule web address.
	Upload type	Select an upload type. The exception upload type is independent from the rule upload type.
Reaction tab Data protection and device protection rules have a granular Action definition. You can define different actions for the following: Computer connected to corporate network Computer disconnected from the corporate network Trellix DLP Network Prevent (if licensed) Trellix DLP Network Monitor (if licensed)	Action	Select an action from the drop-down list. The default is No Action. Note Selecting No Action with Report Incident is sometimes referred to as Monitor. For a list of actions for different types of rules, see the available reactions table.
	User Notification	User notification definitions are stored in the DLP Policy in the Policy Catalog. Select a predefined definition, or click New Item to create one. For connected computers, you can also set when to close the notification.
	Report Incident	Select the checkbox for the rule to trigger a DLP incident.
	Store original file as evidence	Select to store the original file as evidence. If the hit highlighting option is enabled for the evidence server, the trigger text is highlighted and stored as a separate file.