Configuring the policy engine

This section outlines the steps to configure policy engine instances within your system module.

The policy engine is responsible for parsing data and using analytics to compare it to the rules in Forcepoint DLP policies. There can be multiple policy engines in a deployment to manage high transaction volumes.

Tip: To balance the load between policy engines, click Load Balancing in the System Modules toolbar. Refer to Balancing the load for more information.

Policy engines reside on the:

  • Management server
  • Supplemental Forcepoint DLP servers
  • Protectors
  • Content Gateway machines
  • Forcepoint Email Security machines

To configure the policy engine instances, select it on Deployment > System Modules, and then update the following fields in the Policy Engine Details page:

Steps

  1. Select or clear Enabled to enable or disable the module in your deployment.
  2. Enter a Description of the module (up to 4000 characters).

    The page also displays the module type, name, and FQDN, which cannot be changed.

  3. Enable the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) settings. See the Configuring the OCR section.