June 19, 2023

Optical Character Recognition for Data Loss Prevention
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature enhances Data Loss Prevention in Cloudlock by scanning and extracting data from images in jpeg, gif, tiff, and png formats, and images embedded in various files, such as Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, PDFs and ZIP files. The text extracted from these files is scanned for violations. OCR evaluates the contents against the configured set of policies. For example, if a policy is configured to identify credit card numbers and raise incidents, an image file with a credit card number will also be identified as a violation and the corresponding Remediation Action will be enforced.

For more details, see Optical Character Recognition for Data Loss Prevention. For details on configuring the policy, see Configuring Optical Character Recognition for Data Loss Prevention.