File Blocking rules

This section gives an overview of the various settings that you can configure in a File Blocking rule, which is part of a File Blocking policy. You can have many rules within a single policy. You can define File Blocking rules when adding a new volume policy or by editing the properties of an existing policy.

In summary, a File Blocking rule defines the following:

The folders to monitor.
The file types to monitor.
Whether to scan inside compressed files.
What action to take when a file is found that breaks a rule.