How to configure DLP Policy to detect words in document Header & Footer only

Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,131 Reputation points
2024-10-28T09:48:15.7166667+00:00

I would like to create a DLP Policy that only detects keywords found in the attachment / document header & footers only. But can't seems to find the option in DLP policy settings. What I can see is only the "Header matches patterns" or "Header contains words or phrases". I believe this 2 are for Email message header instead of the document header.

Appreciate if anyone could advise on this. Thanks.

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  1. Chandra Boorla 2,990 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-10-29T17:26:59.5466667+00:00

    Hi @Marcus Wong Theen Nam

    Greetings & Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum! Thanks for posting your query!

    Currently, Microsoft Purview's Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies don’t directly support targeting only the headers and footers within the content of attached documents. The options you see like "Header matches patterns" or "Header contains words or phrases" are indeed focused on email message headers, not document headers or footers within attachments.

    Appreciate if you could share the feedback on our feedback channel. Which would be open for the user community to upvote & comment on. This allows our product teams to effectively prioritize your request against our existing feature backlog and gives insight into the potential impact of implementing the suggested feature.

    I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.


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  1. Sathish Babu, Padmanabhan 0 Reputation points
    2024-10-28T11:40:40.63+00:00

    To configure a DLP policy to detect words specifically in the header and footer of documents.

    The following link for your reference: "Data loss prevention Exchange conditions and actions reference"


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