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Cisco Secure Access Help Manage the Data Loss Prevention Policy Supported File and Form Types

Last updated: Aug 07, 2025

Supported File and Form Types

The Data Loss Prevention policy can monitor or block the data being uploaded to the web. The policy discovers and protects the sensitive data contained in your cloud-sanctioned applications. The DLP scans the plain text of files up to 50 MB. DLP scans archives as well as files containing embedded files; for these, DLP can extract and scan content for up to 100 files nested up to 10 levels deep. Secure Access scans all files uploaded through the Secure Access SWG proxy that match the Real Time rules' criteria, as well as the files stored in the Secure Access authorized cloud tenants and performs a deeper analysis for the following mime types:

Mime Type File Type Supported for Internet Traffic Supported for Private Traffic
application/catia CATIA_CAD Yes
application/coreldraw COREL_DRAW Yes
application/dca-fft IBM DCA/FFT Yes
application/dca-rft IBM DCA/RFT Yes
application/dicom DICM Yes Yes
application/gzip GZ Yes Yes
application/illustrator ADOBE_ILLUSTRATOR Yes
application/java-archive JAVA_ARCHIVE Yes Yes
application/msword Word .doc, .docx Yes Yes
application/pdf PDF Yes Yes
application/postscript Postscript .ps Yes
application/pro-e PRO_ENGINEER Yes
application/rtf RTF Yes Yes
application/sldworks SOLIDWORKS Yes
application/x-tar POSIX_TAR Yes Yes
application/vnd.apple.keynote Apple iWork Keynote .key Yes
application/vnd.apple.keynote.13 APPLE_KEYNOTE Yes
application/vnd.apple.numbers Apple iWork Numbers .numbers Yes
application/vnd.apple.pages Apple iWork Pages .pages Yes
application/vnd.framework3 FRAMEWORK_SPREADSHEET Yes
application/vnd.hancell HANCOM_OFFICE_HANCELL Yes
application/vnd.hp-pcl Printer Command Language Yes
application/vnd.lotus-1-2-3 LOTUS_1_2_3 Yes
application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed MICROSOFT_CABINET_ARCHIVE Yes
application/vnd.ms-excel Excel .xlsx Yes Yes
application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroenabled.12 Excel Add-In with Macro .xlam Yes
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroenabled.12 Excel Binary with Macro .xlsb Yes
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroenabled.12 Excel with Macro .xlsm Yes
application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroenabled.12 Excel Template with Macro .xltm Yes
application/vnd.ms-resourcefile Windows Resource File Yes
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template Excel Template .xltx Yes
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template Word Template .dotx Yes
application/vnd.ms-outlook Microsoft Outlook .msg Yes
application/vnd.ms-outlook-olk15-msgsource Microsoft Outlook for Mac Message Source Yes
application/vnd.ms-paint IMAGE_MS_PAINT Yes
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint PowerPoint .ppt Yes Yes
application/vnd.ms-visio.drawing MICROSOFT_VISIO_DRAWING Yes
application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroenabled.12 Word with Macro .docm Yes Yes
application/vnd.ms-works MICROSOFT_WORKS Yes
application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument MICROSOFT_XPS Yes Yes
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation OpenDocument Presentation .odp Yes
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet OpenDocument Sheet .ods Yes
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text OpenDocument Word .oth Yes
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation PowerPoint .pptx Yes Yes
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Excel .xlsx Yes
application/vnd.paradox PARADOX_DATABASE Yes
application/vnd.prowrite Professional Write Yes
application/vnd.rar RAR archive format .rar Yes Yes
application/vnd.tcpdump.pcapng PCAP Yes Yes
application/vnd.visio MICROSOFT_VISIO Yes
application/vnd.wordperfect; version=4.2 WordPerfect 4.2 Yes Yes
application/vnd.wordperfect; version=5.0 WordPerfect 5.0 Yes Yes
application/vnd.wordperfect; version=5.1 WordPerfect 5.1 Yes Yes
application/vnd.wordperfect; version=6.x WordPerfect 6 Yes Yes
application/vnd.wordstar; version=5 WordStar 5 Yes
application/vnd.wordstar; version=2000 WordStart 2000 Yes
application/vnd.xy-write XyWrite Yes
application/x-dbf DBASE_DATABASE Yes
application/x-hwp Hangul Yes Yes
application/x-isys-index ISYS_INDEX_FILE_ISYS_IX Yes
application/x-mathcad MATHCAD Yes
application/x-msaccess MICROSOFT_ACCESS_DATABASE_MDB Yes Yes
application/x-mswrite Windows Write Yes
application/x-step STEP_3D_CAD Yes
application/x-adobe-indesign ADOBE_INDESIGN Yes
application/x-ace-compressed ACE_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-alz-compressed ALZ_ARCHIVE Yes Yes
application/x-archive UNIX_AR_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-arj ARJ_ARCHIVE Yes Yes
application/x-bzip bz Yes
application/x-bzip2 bz2 Yes
application/x-compress COMPRESS_ARCHIVE_Z Yes
application/x-corelpresentations COREL_PRESENTATION Yes
application/x-cpio CPIO_UNIX_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-dosexec+rar RAR_ARCHIVE_SFX Yes
application/x-dosexec+zip ZIP_ARCHIVE_SFX Yes
application/x-dosexec+7z SEVEN_ZIP_ARCHIVE_SFX Yes
application/x-egg-compressed EGG_ARCHIVE_EGG Yes Yes
application/x-iso9660-image ISO_DISK_IMAGE Yes
application/x-jt JT_CAD Yes
application/x-lha LHA_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-lzh LZH_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-msbinder MICROSOFT_BINDER Yes
application/x-ms-object Microsoft Outlook MSO object Yes
application/msonenote ONE Yes Yes
application/x-ms-outlookexpress Microsoft Outlook Express Yes
application/x-quattro-pro QUATTRO_PRO_SPREADSHEET Yes
application/x-rpm RPM_PACKAGE Yes
application/x-stuffitsea STUFFIT_SELF_EXTRACTING_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-stuffit STUFFIT_ARCHIVE Yes Yes
application/x-stuffitx STUFFIT_X Yes
application/x-tar Tape archive .tar Yes
application/x-xz XZ_ARCHIVE Yes
application/x-7z-compressed 7 Zip Format .7z Yes Yes
application/zip Zip archive .zip Yes Yes
audio/mpeg AUDIO_MPEG Yes
image/bmp BMP Yes Yes
image/brk IMAGE_BROOKTROUT_FAX Yes
image/cgm CGM Yes
image/emf * EMF Yes
image/iff IMAGE_IFF Yes
image/jpeg JPEG Yes Yes
image/jpeg JPG Yes Yes
image/gif GIF Yes Yes
image/png PNG Yes Yes
image/sgi SGI_IMAGE_FILE Yes
image/starview-metafile STARVIEW_METAFILE_SVM Yes
image/svg+xml SCALABLE_VECTOR_GRAPHIC Yes
image/tiff TIFF Yes Yes
image/vnd.adobe.photoshop PSD Yes Yes
image/vnd.dgn INTERGRAPH_MICROSTATION_CAD_DGN Yes
image/vnd.dwg AUTODESK_AUTOCAD Yes Yes
image/vnd.dxf AUTOCAD_DXF Yes
image/vnd.imnet-c4 IMNET_MEDICAL Yes
image/vnd.microsoft.icon ICO Yes Yes
image/vnd.ms-modi IMAGE_MDI Yes
image/vnd.wap.wbmp WBMP Yes
image/webp WEBP Yes
image/wmf * WMF Yes
image/wmf WINDOWS_METAFILE_WMF Yes Yes
image/x-bitmap XBM Yes
image/x-cals CALS Yes
image/x-macpaint IMAGE_MAC_PAINT Yes
image/ncr IMAGE_NCR Yes
image/x-paintshoppro IMAGE_PAINTSHOP_PRO Yes
image/x-pcx PCX Yes
image/x-pict PICT Yes
image/x-portable-bitmap PBM Yes
image/x-tga TGA Yes
image/x-xpixmap XPM Yes
image/x-xwindowdump IMAGE_X_WINDOW_SYSTEM_SCREEN_DUMP Yes
message/rfc822 E-mail Yes Yes
model/iges IGS_CAD Yes
model/prt PRO_ENGINEER_MODEL Yes
model/vnd.dwf AUTODESK_WHIP Yes
model/vnd.parasolid.transmit.binary PARASOLID_MODEL_PART Yes
model/x.stl-ascii STEREOLITHOGRAPHY_CAD_TEXT Yes
model/x.stl-binary STEREOLITHOGRAPHY_CAD_BINARY Yes
multipart/related Microsoft Web Archive Yes
text/csv CSV Yes Yes
text/html HTML/XML Yes
text/obj-cad OBJ_3D_IMAGE Yes
text/plain Plain text .txt Yes
text/plain UNIX_SCRIPT Yes Yes
text/rtf RTF Yes
text/tab-separated-values TSV Yes
text/url URL Yes

* EMF and WMF are both wrapper file types. In DLP reports these files will display as the types of the files they contain — PNG, or JPG.

The Real Time DLP rules can scan the content of all applicable web requests of the following form types:

  • JSON
  • XML
  • URL encoded
  • Multipart form


 
The DLP engine decompresses and scans 10 levels of sub-folders in the zipped and archive types for both Realtime and SaaS API DLP.


 

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) supports scanning and extracting data from images in jpeg, jpg, gif, png, and tiff formats; and images embedded in various files, such as Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, PDFs and ZIP files. Secure Access supports scanning images with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and a minimum font size of 10 points. The text extracted from these files is scanned for violations.

Currently only the English language is supported