Create a Classification using Dictionary

Create Skyhigh Security Built-in Dictionary

To create a dictionary using a built-in dictionary:

1. Log In to Skyhigh CASB.
2. Go to Policy > DLP Policies > Classifications.
3. Click Actions > Create Classification. 
   • Classification Name. Enter a name for this classification. For example, My UK PII Dictionary. Enter an optional description to describe its use or purpose.
   • Category. Select a Category from the list. For this example, select PII.
   • Conditions. Click Select Criteria and select Dictionary. The Select Dictionaries cloud card displays.
     • Count each match string only one time. Activate or deactivate the checkbox to count the match string only one time or multiple times. Activating the checkbox eliminates the duplicate match counts during the DLP Policy evaluation. To learn more about the use case, see Count each match string only one time feature.
4. Search for and select one or more built-in dictionaries you want to start from. For example, select UK PII Keywords (Skyhigh), Admission Discharge (Skyhigh), and Australian PII Keywords (Skyhigh).

5. Click New to add a custom dictionary based on an existing Skyhigh Built-In Dictionary. For details, see Create a Custom Dictionary using Skyhigh Built-In Dictionary.
6. Click i to view the Keywords for the selected Dictionary displayed on the second side panel. You can also click Usage to see if the selected Dictionary is being used in other classifications.
7. Click the three-dot menu to:
   • Clone. Clone the Skyhigh built-in dictionary.
   • Export. Export the selected dictionaries with associated keywords and details (such as Case sensitive, Starts with, Ends with, and score) into a CSV file.

8. To close the side panel, click X.
9. Click Done.
10. The selected Dictionary is now added to the Classification editor. Optionally, you can edit the threshold by clicking [1]. Enter a number to indicate the weight of the Dictionary in threshold matching.
    
11. Add more classification conditions as needed and click Save.

Your new classification with Skyhigh Built-In Dictionary is saved to the selected category in the Classifications list. Add the classification to your data protection policies as needed.​​​​​​

Create Custom Dictionary using Skyhigh Built-In Dictionary

Create a custom dictionary using Skyhigh Built-In dictionary to meet your data protection needs. For example, if you need to protect sensitive personal information and want to use the Skyhigh PII Keywords dictionary as your basis, but you want to add terms to suit your organizational needs.

Perform the initial steps of creating your dictionary classification as provided in steps 1 to 4 in the Create Skyhigh Security Built-In Dictionary section. 

1. Click New. Enter a name and optional description for the dictionary.
   
2. To enter keywords into the dictionary:
   • Click the Add keyword to manually enter words or phrases. 
   • Click the three- dot menu for these options:
     • Import.csv. Import the keywords you want to add to this dictionary from a CSV file.  For details, see Import Keywords from CSV.
     • Advanced Settings. Advanced settings are flags that give more information to the DLP scanning engine. Define a keyword as Case-sensitive, Starts with, Ends with, and add a threshold Score to weight individual entries. Scores can be between negative or positive, -99 to 999. The higher the number, the greater the weight is given to the keyword, which will exceed the threshold and trigger an incident. 
       
   • Click Save. The custom dictionary My UK PII Keywords is added to the dictionary list. Select both the existing Skyhigh Built-In Dictionary and Custom Dictionary list to add to the Classification editor. 
     
3. Add more classification conditions as needed and click Save.

Your custom classification with the Custom Dictionary and Skyhigh Built-In Dictionary is saved to the selected category in the Classifications list. Add the classification to your data protection policies as needed.