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Automate Document Encryption

This section describes the process involved in automatic document encryption. For this scenario you will create a policy to enforce document encryption for all Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets.

Scenario Description

In this scenario, the end user has:

  • Two user accounts
  • Microsoft Excel
Scenario Resolution

To In the following example we will show you how to automatically encrypt Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, perform the following steps:

To access the Application Control Policies page: 

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  1. In the Security Management Console, click the Policies tab.
  2. In the folder library in the left pane, navigate to Arellia > Application Control > Policies.
  3. Double-click the Policies folder.
  4. Click New > Automate Document Encryption

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Configure the policy details as follows:

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  2. In the

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  1. Create Item dialog box, enter

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  1. the name and description. 
  2. Click the Encrypt Common Application Documents link.

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  3. In the Select Items dialog box in the left pane, click MS Excel.

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  4. Click OK.
  5. Open Microsoft Excel.
  6. Create a new spreadsheet.
  7. Save the new spreadsheet.
  8. Close Microsoft Excel.
  9. Open Windows Explorer and

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  1. double-click the new

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  1. spreadsheet you created.
  2. To verify that the encryption is working, log on using a different user account and attempt to open the file.