Noah Schiffman has written an article tackling the latest industry buzz phrase, DLP.
From SearchSecurity:
The traditional business-centric view of computer security has focused on the external threat landscape, often overlooking internal vulnerabilities. Subsequently, recent studies from Ponemon, Orthus and Vontu have revealed that a majority of corporate data loss, often termed data leakage, is caused unintentionally by an organization’s own actions.
The potential legal liability and brand-reputation damage from corporate data loss has spurred growing demand for data leakage prevention (DLP) technologies. These technologies have largely focused on the need for automated data management. This “inside-out” security paradigm has resulted in corporations striving to achieve rapid data governance via products that emphasize outbound content compliance (OCC) policies, insider threat management, and extrusion prevention systems (EPS).
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Tags: DLP, Data Loss Prevention, Data Security
