Working with IBM Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes

Deployment and Installation Center | Data Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x

Applies to:

In this topic:

Data Security, v7.7.x

Before you begin

Getting started

Lotus Domino discovery

Lotus Domino fingerprinting

With Data Security, you can fingerprint and perform discovery on documents stored in an IBM Lotus Domino Data Management System (DMS). Data Security supports IBM Lotus Domino (Basic and Standard Editions) v7.x and 8.x on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008R2.

Domino environments normally consist of one or more servers working together with data stored in Notes Storage Format (NSF) files. There are usually many NSFs on any given Domino server. NSF repositories contain documents and email messages, but Data Security performs discovery only on documents.

These sections describe how to integrate your system with Data Security.

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure that you:

Install Lotus Notes on the machine where you will install the Data Security crawler. This can be the machine where you plan to install the Data Security server software; or it can be a stand-alone machine where you plan to install the crawler agent.


	Important The crawler you will use for Domino fingerprinting and discovery must be on the same machine as Lotus Notes.

Be sure that the installation is done for "Anyone who uses this computer."

Log on to Lotus Notes and supply a user.id file and password.

Connect to the Lotus Domino server from the Lotus Notes client. This should be done by the user who will be installing the crawler. For best practice, do not run Lotus Notes on this machine again after the crawler is installed.

Getting started

To integrate Data Security with your Domino Server:

Run the Data Security installation wizard on a machine with the Lotus Notes client. For best practice, do not run the Lotus Notes client on the machine on which the Data Security crawler is installed.

During installation, the installer detects the Notes client and displays the Lotus Domino Connections page. On this page:

Select the check box labeled Use this machine to scan Lotus Domino servers.

In the User ID file field, browse to one of the authorized users, then navigate to the user's user.id file.


	Note Select a user that has permission to access all folders and Notes Storage Format (NSF) files of interest, otherwise certain items may not be scanned.

In the Password field, enter the password for the authorized user.


	Note If you need to update the User ID and Password fields, run the installation wizard and select Modify.

Lotus Domino discovery

Lotus Domino discovery treats a document (body and attachments) as one unit. This way, a breach is reported even if the sensitive content is scattered in different parts of the document that individually would not cause an incident.

To perform discovery on documents:

Log on to TRITON - Data Security, and create a discovery policy. To do so:

Navigate to Main > Policy Management > Discovery Policies.

Select Locate regulatory & compliance data or Create custom policy.

Complete the steps in the wizard as described in the TRITON - Data Security Help. You can choose dictionary, RegEx, fingerprinting, or other classifiers as needed.

Create a Lotus Domino discovery task.

To do so:

Navigate to Main > Policy Management > Discovery Policies.

Select Add network task > Lotus Domino Task.

Complete the steps in the wizard as described in the TRITON - Data Security Help.

To deploy the policy and task to the Lotus Domino server, click Deploy. The Domino server will be crawled for your sensitive data at the next scheduled time. Incidents are reported under Main > Reporting > Discovery.

Lotus Domino fingerprinting

Lotus Domino fingerprinting treats the body of a document and each of its attachments as a separate item. This enables the system to show the full path down to the item inside a document that caused a breach.

To fingerprint documents:

Log on to TRITON - Data Security, and create a Lotus Domino fingerprinting classifier. To do so:

Navigate to Main > Policy Management > Content Classifiers > File Fingerprinting.

Select New > Lotus Domino Fingerprinting.

Complete the steps in the wizard as described in the TRITON - Data Security Help.

Create a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy using the following classifier:

Navigate to Main > Policy Management > DLP Policies.

Select Create custom policy.

Complete the steps in the wizard as described in the TRITON - Data Security Help. Be sure to select the fingerprinting classifier on the Condition page.

To deploy the policy and classifier to the Lotus Domino server, click Deploy. The data on your Domino server will be fingerprinted at the next scheduled time. Incidents are reported under Main > Reporting > Data Loss Prevention.