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Screen Capture Control Feature Update

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MonitorDog Team
MonitorDog Team
MonitorDog Team
💡 Enhanced security for MonitorDog.

MonitorDog can now detect screen capture attempts made via keyboard shortcuts or capture software, and records these events for centralized management.

📝 Key Update Highlights​

✨ At a Glance

• Detection and logging of capture attempts via keyboard shortcuts
• Blocking of capture attempts via capture software, with event logging
• Support for organization-level and user-level policy configuration
• Administrators can register and manage capture programs directly

🔄 What Has Changed?​

📂 1. Screen Capture Control​

When the MonitorDog Agent detects a screen capture attempt, it performs the following actions:

  • Records and stores the event
  • Blocks the screen capture
  • Automatically terminates the capture program (when applicable)
  • Saves a screenshot of the attempted capture and the user’s webcam image

→ This allows administrators to clearly identify who attempted a capture, when, and how.

Screen capture attempts are detected in two categories:

  • Keyboard-shortcut capture (hotkeys)
  • Capture software execution and capture attempts

⚙️ 2. Organization-Level and User-Level Policy Settings​

You can apply capture control policies across the entire organization, while also configuring exceptions for specific users who may legitimately require screen capture functionality.

Customizable Policy Settings

User-level policies take priority over organization-wide policies. However, if the organization updates a policy using the “Apply to all users” option, the organization-level settings will override individual user settings.

⚠️ Important Notice​

This feature is available in MonitorDog Agent version 1.0.17 or later.