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Configure Encrypt Actions in the User Policy

You must configure the Data In Motion control triggers and actions to encrypt sensitive files being copied.

To set up an Encrypt control action

1. Edit the required user policies.
   1. In the Administration console, expand the User Administration branch.
   2. Browse to the user group whose policy you want to edit.
   3. Right-click the user group and choose Edit Policy.
2. In the User Policy Editor, go to this folder:

   Control, Data In Motion, Control Triggers

3. Edit your trigger settings as required. For example, you can specify search text to detect prohibited words or phrases in files being copied. Pay particular attention to these settings:

   Which File Sources?

   Verify that that this setting includes the Client File System Agent.

   Use Content Agents for Files?

   Specify whether to use content agents to detect files that you have previously fingerprinted.

   Which Targets?

   ((Not applicable to file sync operations.) These settings allow you to target or exempt specific removable devices.

4. Go to this folder:

   Control, Data In Motion, Control Actions

5. Set up your control action as required. In particular, set the Intervention setting to one of the following:

   Advise Encryption

   CA DataMinder displays an advisory message. The user can then choose to encrypt the copied file (they must supply a password) or they can copy the file unencrypted. Or they can cancel the copy operation.

   Enforce Encryption.

   CA DataMinder displays an advisory message. The user must supply a password to encrypt the file, or they can cancel the copy operation. They cannot copy the file unencrypted.

6. Save the user policy changes.