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Data control problem

I have been playing around with the data control policy again, assigned my own machine to a test group.

I have been trying to get Sophos to detect, allow and log bank account details that are attached to the Outlook client.

The following is a test word document named 'Bank details' I have been using:

Bob Smith

Bank account details – 31926819
Sort Code – 521051

Mastercard card – 5487 5489 5225 6554

Expires End – 11/12/12

CCV - 875

I have a rule set that checks for the following:

For any file

where the file contains:

1 or more matches of Bank account details near personally identifiable information [UK],

and 1 or more matches of Bank routing numbers with qualifying terms [UK],

and 2 or more matches of Combination of personally identifiable information [UK],

and 1 or more matches of Confidential document markers [UK],

and 1 or more matches of Credit or debit card numbers near personally identifiable information [UK],

and 1 or more matches of National insurance numbers near personally identifiable information [UK],

and 1 or more matches of National insurance numbers [UK],and 1 or more matches of National insurance numbers with qualifying terms [UK],

and where the destination is Outlook,

Allow file transfer.


Sophos does not log any email attachment that I attach containing those bank details. However, when I apply the following policy and add the header 'confidential' to the bank details word document it triggers the control and logs the event:

For any file

where the file contains:1 or more matches of Confidential document markers [Global],

and 1 or more matches of Credit or debit card numbers [Global],

and where the destination is Outlook,

Allow file transfer.  

Not sure why I can't get this working. I just need a policy that checks for bank details, credit card numbers etc that actually works.  

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  • Hi,

    A rule will logically "ANDs" each CCL listed so the rule will only trigger when all CCLs are matched.

    Your second rule fired because the document contains the label "confidential" AND a credit card number near to the term "master card".

    My advise would be to create seperate rules for each type of CCL you want to monitor. There is an implciit OR between rules in a data control policy. You may get some duplication between these rules but you can then simply remove the rules that are generating duplication.

    A handy tip for "debuging" data control rules is to enable "verbose logging" in the data control policy. This generate a local log on the endpoint which lists which expressions were matched when a file - that meets the file scanning conditions - is intercepted e.g. when a file is attached to an email.

    Best regards,

    John

    Product Manager

    :16067
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  • Hi,

    A rule will logically "ANDs" each CCL listed so the rule will only trigger when all CCLs are matched.

    Your second rule fired because the document contains the label "confidential" AND a credit card number near to the term "master card".

    My advise would be to create seperate rules for each type of CCL you want to monitor. There is an implciit OR between rules in a data control policy. You may get some duplication between these rules but you can then simply remove the rules that are generating duplication.

    A handy tip for "debuging" data control rules is to enable "verbose logging" in the data control policy. This generate a local log on the endpoint which lists which expressions were matched when a file - that meets the file scanning conditions - is intercepted e.g. when a file is attached to an email.

    Best regards,

    John

    Product Manager

    :16067
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