Enable or Disable a Data Loss Prevention Rule

Newly added rules are automatically enabled for the Data Loss Prevention policy. When you navigate to Secure > Policy > Data Loss Prevention Policy, disabled rules appear faded. Note that enabling or disabling a rule does not impact any running Discovery Scan, it only impacts incoming events for the scan.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Disable a Rule
• Enable a Rule

Prerequisites

• Full Admin user role. For more information, see Manage Accounts.
• For Real Time DLP rules, HTTPS Inspection must be enabled either on the Web Default Policy, or at least one web policy ruleset where the same identity is configured in a DLP rule. For example, if the identity "Network A" is configured for a DLP rule, it must also be configured for a web policy ruleset where HTTPS is enabled. For more information, see Manage Traffic Decryption and Manage Web Profiles.

Disable a Rule

1. Navigate to Secure > Policy > Data Loss Prevention Policy.
2. Click the More Actions menu, and click Disable Rule.

3. Confirm disabling the rule and then click Disable.

Enable a Rule

1. Navigate to Secure > Policy > Data Protection Policy.
2. Click the More Actions menu, and click Enable Rule.

3. Confirm enabling the rule and then click Enable.

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