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DLP Technology Brief |
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Earlier IT managers were putting Firewalls, IPS, Antivirus in the organizations network and thinking that they are safe from attacks if they keep these devices updated. But these devices can only prevent the hackers and attackers from outside. Inside the organization there can be disgruntled employees, employees with minimal knowledge of security which can become potential threats in terms of loosing sensitive information |
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Data Loss Prevention |
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The Traditional Way Insufficient to Prevent Data Leakage |
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Who and How Data will be leaked |
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· Employees who are not aware of implications of leaking sensitive data · Disgruntled employees who would like to malign the company image · Wrong processes followed in the organization ( full access to Copy data on the usb drives, full access to print any documents |
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· Financial reports( Any organization) · Future Plans (Any Organization) · Merger and Acquisition Plans (Any organization) · Credit Card Data of Customers (BPO) · Social Security Numbers (BPO) · Intellectual Property (Patents) · Medical records of Customer (Hospitals, Medical Transcription industry) · |
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What Type of Data Leakage Can Happen |
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· Data at Rest– Storage Devices( SAN, NAS) · Data in Use– Computers · Data in Motion– Network |
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· You can define the policies which data is sensitive for you · DLP will find out where the sensitive data is (Computers, Storage ) · It will implement the policies as you have defined 1. Blocking the printout of sensitive data 2. Blocking the copy of sensitive data on USB drives 3. Blocking the leakage of sensitive data through Webmail, IM, Torrents, FTP, SMTP |
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How DLP will prevent Data Leakage |