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To prevent your sensitive content from being accidentally leaked, Smart Access enables you to configure access policies that Shield automatically enforces. With Smart Access, you can use automated controls to restrict sharing, viewing, downloading and printing, and requesting signatures based on content classification. To learn more, watch the following videos: 

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Access Policy limits

The following table describes the limits in access policies.
ItemLimit
Name80 characters
Description255 characters
Number of policies26 (25 for each of the no of classifications plus 1 for unclassified content)

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Access Policy enforcement and monitoring

Access policies affect how your users access content in Box. When you enforce a policy, the access becomes restricted right away. When you choose to monitor policy restrictions, you can monitor if and how users violate policies without imposing any actual restrictions. The Event API allows you to check the violations.   The following access policies support the monitoring mode:
  • External Collaboration Restriction
  • Download and Print Restriction
  • Integration Restriction
  • FTP Restriction

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Security Control types

Box Shield has several security control types that you can add to access policies:
  • External collaboration restriction
  • Shared link restriction
  • Download and print restriction
  • Integration restriction
  • FTP restriction
  • Watermarking
  • Box Sign request restriction
For details on security control types, see Security Control Types.