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 Prevent for Web
• Data Loss Prevention Network Protect
• Data Loss Prevention for Tablets
• Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Discover

Issue/Introduction

Symantec Data Loss Prevention supports metadata detection for servers and endpoints, the latter as of version 11.5. 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 document "Metadata Detection Considerations" that is attached to this article. This document describes how to use the filter utility to verify metadata extraction, how to enable metadata detection for server and endpoint, and what to consider when implementing metadata detection.