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4. If you want to send email alerts about detected controlled applications, select the Enable email
alerting check box.
5. Select the Enable SNMP messaging check box, if you want to send SNMP messages.
Note: Your anti-virus and HIPS policy settings determine email and SNMP messaging configuration and recipients. For more information, see
Set up anti-virus and HIPS SNMP messaging
(page 178).
8.6 Set up data control alerts and messages
If you use role-based administration:
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You must have the Policy setting - data control right to configure a data control policy.
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You cannot edit a policy if it is applied outside your active sub-estate.
For more information, see
Managing roles and sub-estates
(page 19).
Enterprise Console uses events and messages to report when the transfer of sensitive data is detected or blocked.
For information about data control policies and events, see
Data control policy (page 143).
When data control is enabled, the following events and messages are logged or displayed by default:
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Data control events are logged on the workstation.
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Data control events are sent to Enterprise Console and can be viewed in the Data Control -
Event Viewer. (To open the event viewer, on the Events menu, click Data Control Events.)
Note: Each computer can send to Enterprise Console a maximum of 50 data control events per hour.
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The number of computers with data control events over a specified threshold within the last seven days is displayed on the Dashboard.
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Desktop messages are displayed on the workstation.
You can also configure Enterprise Console to send the following messages:
Email alerts
SNMP messages
An email message is sent to the recipients that you specify.
An SNMP message is sent to the recipients specified in your anti-virus and HIPS policy settings.
To set up data control messaging:
1. Check which data control policy is used by the group or groups of computers you want to configure.
See
Check which policies a group uses
(page 32).
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