Creating a File Policy for Sensitive Files
Mike Miller
19 steps
2 minutes
Microsoft
1
Navigate to [https://security.microsoft.com/homepage?tid=6e76e499-78fc-458a-96d3-be3ea1bdab87](https://security.microsoft.com/homepage?tid=6e76e499-78fc-458a-96d3-be3ea1bdab87)
2
Click "Policy management"
3
Click "Information protection"
4
Click "Create policy"
5
Click "File policy"
6
Review the available templates if desired.
7
Provide a policy name
8
Edit the file filters as needed, this policy just needed to be told to look for externally accessible files
9
Expand "Inspection Method"
10
Click "Data Classification Service"
11
Expand "Choose inspection type..."
12
Click "Sensitive information type..."
13
Click the "Search..." field and look for your desired sensitive info types
14
Click the check box for each desired sensitive info type
15
Click "Done"
16
Create alerts as desired
17
add the email address for the appropriate individual(s)
18
modify the alert limit per policy if desired
19
Click "Create"
Creating a File Policy for Sensitive Files
Mike Miller
19 steps
2 minutes
Microsoft
1
Navigate to [https://security.microsoft.com/homepage?tid=6e76e499-78fc-458a-96d3-be3ea1bdab87](https://security.microsoft.com/homepage?tid=6e76e499-78fc-458a-96d3-be3ea1bdab87)
2
Click "Policy management"
3
Click "Information protection"
4
Click "Create policy"
5
Click "File policy"
6
Review the available templates if desired.
7
Provide a policy name
8
Edit the file filters as needed, this policy just needed to be told to look for externally accessible files
9
Expand "Inspection Method"
10
Click "Data Classification Service"
11
Expand "Choose inspection type..."
12
Click "Sensitive information type..."
13
Click the "Search..." field and look for your desired sensitive info types
14
Click the check box for each desired sensitive info type
15
Click "Done"
16
Create alerts as desired
17
add the email address for the appropriate individual(s)
18
modify the alert limit per policy if desired
19
Click "Create"
