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title: "How to Quarantine to a Remote Location Using Spirion Sensitive Data Platform"
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# How to Quarantine to a Remote Location Using Spirion Sensitive Data Platform

archTIS Spirion highly recommends that in an Enterprise environment you use Quarantine to protect sensitive data.

## Overview

Quarantine is one of the remediation options available in a playbook using Spirion Sensitive Data Platform.

Spirion Support highly recommends the use of quarantine in an Enterprise environment as one of the first steps to protecting sensitive data.

## Before You Start

-   You need a service account with access to both the Target file server being scanned AND the destination that the quarantine folder would reside.
-   The service account needs both read and write permission on both the Target being scanned and the destination
-   Support recommends testing in the Agent to confirm that the service account you want to use has proper permissions
-   When entering the UNC path for the **Windows quarantine file path** ensure the Target in the path matches the authentication Target. 
-   -   That is, if your authentication target is using IP address, make sure the UNC path in the Windows Quarantine path is also an IP address.
-   If the Quarantine folder does not exist, it is created for you.
-   The quarantine file path will be preserved as the file path inside the quarantine folder.
-   When adding quarantine to a playbook the playbook must still maintain a classification function to be saved
-   When adding quarantine to a playbook it does not need to be a decision point of its own. A single decision point can both classify and quarantine. The playbook in this article is for demonstration purposes only.

## How to Set Up Quarantine

You set up Quarantine in two parts.

1.  The first part takes place in the "Application Settings" page (Settings > Application Settings) in the Spirion Sensitive Data Platform console.
2.  The second part takes place in the workbook.

## How to Configure Quarantine Paths on the Application Settings Page

Use the following steps to set up your quarantine paths. Quarantine paths are configured on the Application Settings page:

1.  From the blue navigation menu on the left side of Spirion Sensitive Data Platform, navigate to Settings > Application Settings > Scan Settings > Remediation.
2.  Enter the path that quarantined documents will reside in.
3.  -   **Syntax**: \\\\yoursever\\quarantine folder
    -   For details, see the embedded tooltips
4.  Click the blue gear next to "Windows quarantine file path".  
      
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5.  Navigate to the target that was entered in the path in step 2.
6.  -   If the target does not exist, you can select the blue **\+ Add Target** button. This enables you to create the Target on the spot.  
          
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    -   -   **Note**: If you create the Target on this screen, the Target address **must be in the same format as the Windows quarantine path**. That is, if you put an address in the Windows Quarantine file path that uses a NetBIOS in the UNC path then the Target created must also use NetBIOS.
7.  Click the 3 ellipses in line with the Target name and select **Assign**. If the assignment is successful, a green check appears next to the Target name.  
      
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## How to Set Up Manual or Automatic Quarantine Using a Scan Playbook

Once quarantine is set up in the Application Settings **it must be added to a playbook to be invoked**.

To add the quarantine action to a scan playbook use the following steps:

1.  Navigate to the decision point in which you wish to add the quarantine function.
2.  Select **Quarantine** from the toggle box.
3.  Check the **Automated Action** checkbox ONLY IF you want documents to be auto quarantined. 
4.  1.  If you wish to have a human manually review the documents first, leave this box unchecked.