McAfee Data Loss Prevention 9.2.2 Product Guide

12Using templatesTemplates are collections of components that eliminate the need to perform routine operationsrepetitively. They can be used to consolidate multiple queries, capture filter parameters, and ruledefinitions into a single entity.Standard templates are designed to serve a wide variety of business operations, and customizedtemplates are used for a single purpose. Custom templates are especially useful for streamlining theprocess of rule‐tuning.How templates are usedYou might use a template to create a name for a range of IP or email addresses so you can refer tothem as a group. You might even use a template to enable all of the endpoint protection rules, thenadd them to a rule that protects all data in use on a defined network path.Templates are designed to use the same organizational principles as rules, capture filters, and searches.Learn to construct a custom template by looking at the standard ones listed under on the Templates page.ContentsTypical scenariosHow templates workAdd, modify, and delete templatesTypical scenariosUse the following scenario to get a general understanding of how templates can be used in searches,rules, and capture filters.Monitor source code using a templateThe source code template contains most of the source code file types, so unless proprietary code isinvolved, it can be tracked. If you have to keep source code secure, you can add a template parameterto a rule definition to keep it from leaving the intranet.Pair the source code template with FTP and email protocols, and then add an action rule to notify aninformation security administrator if an attempt is made to transmit it to a location outside of theintranet.Find images using a templateFind images using templates to expedite searching of large graphics caches. The different image typesincluded can retrieve image data in any format.Add a Thumbnail Match column to your dashboard to scan results quickly. Avoid timeouts caused byretrieving large image files by adding additional search terms.McAfee Data Loss Prevention 9.2.2 Product Guide 239