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 automatically encrypt Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, perform the following steps:

To access the Application Control Policies page: 

• Once you are in Arellia > Application Control select the Policies tab.
• Select Application Control.
• Right-click Application Control Policies and select New > Automate Document Encryption.

Configure the policy details as follows:

• Enable the policy using the On/Off toggle.
• In the Name field, enter Encrypt Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets.
• In the Description field, enter "This policy will automate the encryption of all spreadsheets created or modified by Microsoft Excel."
• Click the Include: link and in the Select Items dialog, select MS Excel. Click OK.
• Click Save.

• Open Microsoft Excel, create a new spreadsheet, save it, and close the application.
• Open Windows Explorer and browse to the new file. The filename will appear green.
  Checking the Advanced Attributes on the file properties shows that the file is encrypted.
• To verify that the encryption is working, log on using a different user account and attempt to open the file.