Monitoring capabilities for DLP Endpoint Agent in different platforms

Products

• Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Prevent

Issue/Introduction

There appears to be different results for detection by the DLP Agent, depending on what type of OS, browser and content is involved.

An example of this would be inline (typed) data is not being monitored in Chrome when browsing HTTPs web sites.

How can we know which content is going to be monitored?

 

Environment

DLP Endpoint Agents, versions 15.7 and higher.

Cause

Detection of web content performs somewhat differently across different browsers, and on different OSs.

Resolution

For expected behavior, please review the details in the following table for HTTPS traffic.

Windows Support

Browser	Typed Text (Inline) Monitoring	File Upload Monitoring	Clipboard Monitoring (Copy / Paste)
Internet Explorer	Yes	Yes	Yes
Firefox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chrome	No	Yes	Yes
Edge	No	Yes	Yes

HTTP inline detection is supported on all Windows browsers.

 

Mac OSX support

Browser	Typed Text (Inline) Monitoring	File Upload Monitoring	Clipboard (Copy / Paste) Monitoring
Firefox	No	Yes	Yes
Chrome	No	Yes	Yes
Safari	No	Yes	Yes

 HTTP inline detection is NOT supported on any Mac OSX browsers.

Additional Information

See Online Documentation (15.7 / 15.8 / 16.0) for up-to date per browser monitoring details.  

See the Browser Beta Compatibility and Testing (15.7 / 15.8 / 16.0) for details on beta browsers.