Configuring Watermark Settings on the Hidden Text Page

1. Select Add the following hidden text to the document.

2. Click Add, and select which fields should be inserted as encrypted hidden text into the document.

3. For the purpose of forensic tracking, hidden text can be viewed using the DLP watermark viewing tool (see Using the DLP Watermark Viewing Tool).

4. Click OK.

   If Microsoft Office 2007 (or higher) is installed on the same computer as SmartConsole Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on., a preview of the watermark shows on a sample file in the preview pane.

   Note - The preview pane is not available if you create or edit a watermark from the DLP policy rule base All rules configured in a given Security Policy. Synonym: Rulebase.. To see a preview, create a watermark from Additional Settings > Advanced > Watermarks > New.

5. In Additional Settings > Advanced > Watermarks section:

   1. Make sure Apply watermarks on Data Loss Prevention rules is selected.

   2. Set how existing watermarks are handled on documents that pass repeatedly through DLP gateways. You can keep or replace the current watermarks.

   Note - Hidden encrypted text is not removed, only added to by each DLP Gateway. Hidden text can later be used for forensic tracking.