Security News > 2022 > July > Imagination is key to effective data loss prevention

At the epicenter of this is data loss prevention, a category of tools that inspect content and contextually analyze data in any state.

While there are instances of staff actively leaking data, many data leaks occur due to employees losing sensitive data in public, providing open Internet access to data, or failing to restrict access in line with organizational policies - often genuine mistakes which result from a lack of awareness and training rather than any bad intentions.

DLP is a key component of XDR because it provides intelligence in addition to protecting an enterprise's data.

Scanning network systems to identify and protect sensitive files and data: DLP components are not limited to keyword searches - DLP can extract data from picture files for sensitivity according to enterprise rules.

Providing intelligence to identify what data has been compromised: When combined with any applicable anomalous user behavior analysis, DLP provides a basis for a more efficient IR workflow and makes the response team's job easier when - not if - a data breach occurs.

Achieving this enables security teams to have the flexibility to create data protection parameters tailored to their own specific needs, creating an environment where the only limit on what they can achieve is their imagination.

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