Is DLP affected by the recently announced EOL for Adobe Flash Player

Article Id: 193755

Status: Published

Updated On: 24-06-2020 09:59

Products:

Data Loss Prevention , Data Loss Prevention Enforce

Issue/Introduction:

Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Enforce
Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has announced that the Adobe Flash Player will be put in an End-Of-Life (EOL) status on December 31st 2020.

Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page:
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

How will this affect DLP?

Resolution:

The Adobe Flash Player is only used for the Folder Risk Reports in the Enforce console.
The Folder Risk Reports will be deprecated once Adobe Flash Player reaches EOL.

Reference:
What's New and What's Changed in Symantec™ Data Loss Prevention 15.7

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/dam/broadcom/techdocs/symantec-security-software/information-security/data-loss-prevention/generated-pdfs/Symantec_DLP_15.7_Whats_New.pdf