topic Re: Content Awareness vs DLP in General Topics

Content Awareness vs DLP

Matlu — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:25:13 GMT

Hello, everyone.

Is there any specific difference between the use of the blades exposed in the SUBJECT of the POST?

According to the documentation I review, they both have "capabilities" to lock content such as files, folders, etc.

But they seem to have the same "purpose".
So, which one is more recommendable, to use in a production environment?

Do both blades protect LAN -> WAN and WAN -> LAN traffic?

Thanks for your comments.

the_rock — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:45:16 GMT

Below should help

Andy

Gist of is this...with content awareness and dlp, you NEED https inspection on.

As far as differences, see this

Matlu — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:27:37 GMT

Buddy,

So, in order to make sense, either using "CONTENT AWARENESS" or "DLP", you should have "Enabled" already, the HTTPs Inspection?

If we don't have it enabled, those blades will not work correctly?

the_rock — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:47:43 GMT

You can use them still, but you wont get full benefits if inspection is off.

Andy

Matlu — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:04:55 GMT

It is clearer to me.

Anyway, both blades, CONTENT and DLP, can work in both directions, can't they?

Both incoming traffic (from the Internet to the LAN) and outgoing traffic (from the LAN to the Internet), right?

the_rock — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:21:19 GMT

yup