Quarantining Files with Identity Matches

The Quarantining Files feature is only available in Enterprise Edition.

 

 

When a file has sensitive identity match information in it and you wish to securely move the file to another location, you should utilize the Quarantine feature.

 

Quarantine will move your file and then shred the original so that it cannot be recovered by anyone who gains access to your computer.  It is important that you quarantine files to a location that is highly secure, such as an encrypted drive or a storage device to which unauthorized individuals do not have access.  

 

There are two ways to quarantine a single file:

  1. Single click the file result with the left mouse button to highlight it and click the "Quarantine" button on the Main ribbon.

  2. Single click the file result with the right mouse button to highlight it and bring up a context menu, then highlight and left-click on "Quarantine."

 

To quarantine multiple files at one time, check the checkbox of each file and then choose one of the methods described above to begin quarantining the files.  After clicking Quarantine, a  dialog box will open with your available options.  

 

Files may be moved to a default location, which can be specified in Settings, or to an Other location that you can set within the dialog box.

 

 

You may also choose to Leave Behind Warning Text Document in Place of File.  If you do, a text file will be created in its place named exactly the same as the original file including its extension but with a .txt appended to the end.  If your file was c:\test.doc then a file c:\test.doc.txt will be left in its place after it is quarantined.  You may also change this setting and the default setting on the Security Settings Page for Quarantine.