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Enabling data exfiltration detection using the CLI

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Follow these steps to enable data exfiltration detection.

Prerequisites

To enable data exfiltration detection:
  1. Enable data exfiltration detection on the appliance.

    hostname (config) # smartvision exfil enable
  2. Verify your configuration change.

    hostname (config) # show smartvision status
    SmartVision State
            Detection                      : yes
            Context Service                : running
            Data exfil detection state     : running
                  .
                  .
                  .
    hostname (config) # show smartvision config
    
    SmartVision Config
    
            Detection Enabled             : yes
            Context Service enabled       : yes
            Data exfil detection enabled  : no
            Beaconing detection enabled   : no
            TLS detection enabled         : no
            Base version                  : 2
            Rule version                  : 3
                  .
                  .
                  .