What does the "Is Email Address" checkbox do on the Configure Custom Attribute page in the DLP Enforce Console?

Products

• Data Loss Prevention Enforce
• Data Loss Prevention
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Package
• Data Loss Prevention Core Package
• Data Loss Prevention Discover Suite
• Data Loss Prevention Cloud Service for Email
• Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Suite

Issue/Introduction

What happens when you check the "Is Email Address" box on the "Configure Custom Attribute" page in the Symantec DLP Enforce Console?

 

Environment

Symantec/Broadcom Data Loss Prevention Enforce

Resolution

When the "Is Email Address" box is checked, that custom attribute will appear as a checkbox in the To field in the "All: Send Email Notification" response rule action. This allows DLP admins to send the email notification to any custom attributes that are marked as email addresses.

 

Additional Information

Configuring the Send Email Notification action Broadcom tech doc