Verifying metadata extraction and enabling metadata detection

Products

• Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Prevent
• Data Loss Prevention Network Monitor
• Data Loss Prevention Network Prevent for Email
• Data Loss Prevention Network Discover
• Data Loss Prevention Network Protect
• Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Discover
• Data Loss Prevention
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Detection Service
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Package
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Detection Service for REST
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Detection Service for ICAP
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Service for Email
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Prevent for Microsoft Office 365

Issue/Introduction

Symantec Data Loss Prevention supports metadata detection for servers and endpoints. 
Symantec Data Loss Prevention provides a utility program called filter that you should always use to verify file format metadata support.
Using this utility helps you determine the metadata the system extracts for a specific file format.
Once you have verified metadata extraction for the desired file format or formats, you can enable metadata extraction and implement policies to detect file format metadata.

Resolution

Refer to the online help pages to understand metadata detection and how to use the filter utility to verify metadata extraction.

For DLP 16.0 use these links and their child links.

Supported file formats for metadata extraction
This link has child links for enabling metadata extraction servers and endpoints.

Best practices for using metadata detection
This link has child links for using the filter utility and other configuration tuning options.