DLP Policy Modification

This admin procedure will provide background information on modifying an existing DLP rule.

Role Requirements

Procedure Scope: Administrators

Required Group Membership: Admin.Security

Modifying a DLP Policy

1. Navigate to DLP Policies – Purview portal, locate the policy you wish to alter. Select Edit Policy to begin the modification process.
   
2. Upon opening the policy, all the information of the policy will be displayed. 4 points of interest will be available to Edit. You can modify the sections as needed.
   1. Name: Adjust the non-functional elements of the policy, only Description is available for modification.
      
   2. Locations: Specifies the users or groups and platform that the DLP policy will be monitoring.
      
   3. Advanced DLP Rules: Specifies the conditions that will be checked and actions that will be applied to messages that fail compliance; a pop-up will display all current conditions and actions being applied; this window is where you can make any necessary tweaks to policy enforcement criteria.
      
   4. Policy Mode: Specifies the state of the policy if it is testing, on, or off.
      
3. Once the necessary change has been made, the last step is to finalize revisions by selecting Submit.
   
4. A final prompt will notify you that the label has been updated, select Done to finalize the modification process.
   

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