Enterprise DLP
Add Custom Match Criteria to a Predefined Data Pattern
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Add Custom Match Criteria to a Predefined Data Pattern
Clone a predefined regex data pattern on Strata Cloud Manager to add custom match
criteria to enhance detection and prevention of data exfiltration.
On May 7, 2025, Palo Alto Networks is introducing new Evidence Storage and Syslog Forwarding service IP
addresses to improve performance and expand availability for these services
globally.
You must allow these new service IP addresses on your network
to avoid disruptions for these services. Review the Enterprise DLP
Release Notes for more
information.
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Or any of the following licenses that include the Enterprise DLP license
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Clone a predefined regular expression (regex) data pattern to add specific inclusion
or exclusion and provide custom match criteria to enhance detection and prevention
of data exfiltration of sensitive data. This allows users to enhance predefined
regex data pattern with more customized match criteria.
- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.Select .Locate the predefined regex data pattern.Expand the Actions and Clone.
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Add the custom match criteria to specify data to include or exclude from inspection and verdict rendering.Up to 50,000 characters are supported in each field. You can add multiple custom data match criteria requirements in a single field separated by a semicolon (;). You specify one, some, or all custom data match criteria.- Include Matches Starting With—Inclusive match criteria to inspect for and trigger Enterprise DLP enforcement for only data matches starting with one or more of the criteria added.This field is an AND operator.
- Include Matches End With—Inclusive match criteria to inspect for and trigger Enterprise DLP enforcement for only data matches ending with one or more of the criteria added.This field is an AND operator.
- Exclude Matches Starting With—Exclude match criteria from Enterprise DLP inspection and enforcement for data matches starting with one or more of the criteria added.This field is an OR operator.
- Exclude Matches Ending With—Exclude match criteria from Enterprise DLP inspection and enforcement for data matches ending with one or more of the criteria added.This field is an OR operator.
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