Configuring DLP Policy for Slack
- Click Policy on the left panel of the Avanan Administrator Portal.
- Click Add a New Policy Rule.
- From the Choose SaaS drop-down list, select Slack.
- From the Choose Security drop-down list, select DLP and click Next.
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Select the desired protection mode (Detect and Remediate or Detect).
If required, you can change the Rule Name.
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Under DLP Criteria, select the DLP categories required for the policy.
For more information about the DLP Data Types and categories, see Appendix E: DLP Built-in Data Types and Categories.
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Select the sensitivity level required for the policy.
- Very high (hit count > 0)
- High (hit count > 2)
- Medium (hit count > 5)
- Low (hit count > 10)
- Very Low (hit count > 20)
- To exclude DLP policy for the messages and files shared only with the internal users, enable the Skip Internal items checkbox.
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Configure Actions required from the policy.
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To tombstone messages, enable the Tombstone Message checkbox.
Note:
This option is available only when Detect and Remediate protection mode is enabled.
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To tombstone files, enable the Tombstone File checkbox.
Note:
This option is available only when Detect and Remediate protection mode is enabled.
- To send email alerts to the sender about DLP in messages and files, enable the Alert sender - messages and Alert sender - files checkbox.
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To send email alerts to admins about DLP in messages and files, enable the Alert admin(s) - messages and Alert admin(s) - files checkbox.

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To customize email alert templates, click the gear icon to the right of the alert.
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To tombstone messages, enable the Tombstone Message checkbox.
- Click Save and Apply.