File tagging

Before you begin

Steps

  1. First create the default tags as a new column in SharePoint. This process is described below:
    1. In SharePoint, navigate to Documents.
    2. In the files view, select + Add column.
    3. Select Choice and then Next.
    4. Set the name to Classification and the choices as: Public, Internal, Confidential, Highly-Confidential. Select Save.
    5. Similarly create Compliance and Distribution columns (if required).
    6. Forcepoint and SharePoint's tags are now aligned.
  2. When tags are written to SharePoint files automatically over the API, as the tags are added by Forcepoint, Modified By changes to System Account.
    • Forcepoint preserves the Modified date where applicable.