This is a "Getting Started..." guide for various DLP categories. This will help provide you with some basic information about a variety of DLP specific subjects.
Getting Started with DLP...
How to log into your Enforce Console:
Login to the DLP Console via the following url: https://<ServerIP>/
The login page will appear as below:
Login utilizing the default administrator created during the initial install:
Login: Administrator
Password: Password1
When you login, you will be taken to the default home page as seen below:
How to login using a specific ROLE:
A user can login with a specific role using by the following syntax on the login page (ROLE\USERNAME):
Using the above syntax will allow a user with multiple roles to login to a specific user role: Learn more about users and roles in the following documentation: About configuring roles and users
Navigating the USER menu:
The DLP User information for the currently logged in user is found in the top right hand corner and has the following 2 menu options:
1) Logout: Logs out the currently logged in user and shows the following:
choose the option "Logon to Enforce" to return to the main login page
2) Profile: The profile option displays the currently logged in user profile information.
The user profile contains information about the specific user. In particular this is where a user could find out if they have Multiple ROLES that they could log in under, and what their Default ROLE is currently set to (ie. what ROLE they log in as, when no ROLE is specified).
Navigating the main Symantec DLP Menu structure:
The Symantec Data Loss Prevention Menu breaks down into 5 main menu clusters:
1) Home: The default home page is an "Exec. Summary - Endpoint" dashboard, as the dashboard is a live pull of data from the database each login, this has been shown to impact login times.
To start, update the home page to allow for faster login's: System -> Servers and Detectors -> Overview
Select the "House" in the top right hand corner:
The home page will now default the Server Overview Page.
2) Incidents: This menu will allow you to navigate to all incidents currently found in the DLP Console.
The option "All Reports" allows you to view all currently available reports and options.
3) Manage: Using this menu will allow you to navigate to all policy components currently found in the DLP Console, this also includes all policy related components such as DATAIDENTIFIERS, EDM's, IDM's, Response Rules, etc...
4) System: This menu will allow you to navigate to all system components currently found in the DLP Console, this would include any hardware (servers or agents) or anything related to supporting the hardware such as licensing, indexing, database summary, incident deleter to help maintain the database, etc...
5) DLP Alerts: NEW in 16.0!: This menu will allow you to keep up on the latest news and alerts from DLP Support.
Use the following links to learn more about DLP Topics and Capabilities: