Data Leakage Prevention helps to avoid sensitive information from being inadvertently shared through the browser. It blocks actions like uploading confidential files to websites, capturing screenshots, or transmitting crash reports to external parties. This document will explain how to create the policy and about each configuration provided by Endpoint Central.
Kindly follow the steps given below to successfully create and deploy Data Leakage Prevention policy:
This document will explain each configuration under Data Leakage Prevention provided by Endpoint Central and the browsers it is applicable for.
Configuration | Description | Supported browsers |
Print webpage | By disabling this, users will not be able to print web pages. | Google Chrome, Microsoft edge |
Print from cloud storage | By disabling this, users will not be able to access Google cloud print. | Google Chrome, Microsoft edge |
Automatic browser sync | By disabling this, users will not be able to sync apps, themes, bookmarks, passwords, settings etc. between browser accounts with cloud account. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and other Chromium-based browsers |
Save browser history | By disabling this, browser history will not be remembered. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and other Chromium-based browsers |
Autofill | By disabling this, data entered in websites will not be remembered. eg., Address entered in one site will not automatically get filled in another site. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Other Chromium-based browsers |
File upload to webpages | By disabling this, data entered in websites will not be remembered. eg., Address entered in one site will not automatically get filled in another site. | Google Chrome, Microsoft edge, and other Chromium-based browsers |
Capture screenshots | By disabling this, users will not be able to capture screenshots. | Google Chrome, Microsoft edge |
Remember passwords | By disabling this, passwords of accounts will not be saved by the browsers. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Other Chromium-based browsers |
Site per process | Is this configuration is enabled, each domain will be opened as a new instance. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers |
Search Suggestions | Is this configuration is disabled, automatic suggestions as text is typed in the search bar, will be disabled. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers |
Metrics reporting to google | My selecting disable, telemetry reporting will not be sent to Google. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge |
Prompt for download location | By selecting disable, prompt for storing downloads in a specific folder, will not be displayed to users. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge |
Browser history deletion | By choosing disable, users will not be able to delete browser history. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and other Chromium-based browsers |
Background processing | By selecting disable, background processing will be disabled. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers |
Network Prediction | By selecting disable, network prediction will be turned off, which would increase the time taken to load webpages. | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers |
Third Party Cookies | Selecting 'never allow' will block all third party cookies. | Mozilla Firefox |