How to Create a Data Policy

Learn how to develop an effective data policy for your organization, including the key components to include and how to communicate it to stakeholders.

Written By Davit Asatryan (Administrator)

Updated at February 21st, 2024

Available on SpinDLP & SpinOne subscriptions.

The Data Policy is a vital component of our product, focusing on sensitive data management. It identifies potential risks like oversharing and unauthorized access, with actions including notifications, access control, and user suspension to ensure the security and integrity of your sensitive information.

Let's take a deep dive into the structure of the Data Policy.

 

GENERAL

In the General section, you can fill in basic policy information such as the policy name, category, severity and a brief description of its intended purpose. This will help you to classify incidents and separate different policies from each other.

 

CONDITION

In the Condition section you will specify events that will trigger the policy. For the Data Policy type specifically, you can choose from many events such as file name, who it's shared with, what it contains and much more.

You can combine multiple separate conditions together. Once you combine conditions, it will turn into an AND policy, and the policy will only be triggered when all separate conditions have been met.

When you enter different values for the same condition, that condition will be met when one of those events is detected. See the below image for more clarification.

 

ACTION

In the Action section you will specify the actions that will be taken when this policy has been triggered. For the Data Policy type specifically, you can choose from many actions such as revoking sharing permissions, making files read only, transferring ownership and much more.

Every action placed in the Action section will be performed if the conditions of the policy have been met.

 

SCOPE & EXCEPTION

Lastly, you can specify who the policy should apply to in the Scope & Exception section. You can have the policy apply to everyone, or to specific Groups and users. This will give you flexibility in creating different policies for different teams within your company.

 

Now you can create Data policies! Remember, that you can create as many policies as you'd like with different conditions, actions and scope & exceptions.

 

If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to us at support@spin.ai.

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