Creating protection policy

To create a protection policy:

1. Open Application Data Protection.

2. In the left pane, click Protection Policies.

3. On the Protection Policies screen, click Add Protection Policy.

4. On the Create Protection Policy screen, enter/select the following fields.

   Field	Description
   Name	Unique name for protection policy.
   Algorithm	Algorithm to be used in the cryptographic operations. You can view the list supported algorithms here.
   Key	Key to be used in cryptographic operations.
   Character Set	Name of the character set. Refer to Creating Character Sets for details.
   Access Policy	Access policy to be associated with the protection policy. Access policies are set of rules that define how the decrypted data will be revealed to the application users. For more details, click here.
   Masking Format	Masking format to be associated with the protection policy. For more details, click here.
   Tweak algorithm	Tweak algorithm to be used in cryptographic operations. It is only applicable for FPE algorithms. Possible options are: — SHA1 — SHA256 — NONE — NULL For FF3, Tweak Algorithm can't be NULL. For the remaining FPE algorithms, Tweak Algorithm can be NULL.
   Tweak	Tweak data to be used in cryptographic operations. This field is mandatory if tweak algorithm is specified. If tweak algorithm is NONE, specify a 16-character HEX encoded string. If tweak algorithm is NULL, this field is not required.
   IV	Initialization vector to be used in cryptographic operations. This field will appear on the UI if FPE/AES or AES/CBC algorithm is selected. — For FPE/AES, IV is derived based on the character set length. To know how to calculate the required IV, click here. — For AES/CBC modes, a 16-byte IV is required. The value must be a HEX encoded string.
   Disable Versioning	If selected, protection policy can't be updated and only ciphertext is returned in the response.
   Version Header	Determines the location of version bytes. Possible options are: — Internal: version bytes are prepended to the ciphertext. — External: version bytes are stored in a separate field. For details, click here.

5. Click Create. A message stating, Protection policy created successfully is displayed and the newly created policy is listed on the Protection Policies page.

Important Notes