Recent high profile breaches underscore the fact that data loss prevention (DLP) technologies are not as effective as we would hope. There are two major reasons for this: 1) traditional DLP technologies focus too much on content which can be maliciously manipulated and 2) traditional DLP discards non-policy violations (yes, events are simply dumped). DLP’s Content-Aware […]
So, RSA is just around the corner and like previous years, there are a number of DLP vendors that have nothing at all to do with “data loss prevention,” yet leverage this phrase to describe themselves. With all the hubbub about protecting data, many vendors just want their piece of the DLP pie, regardless of […]
Recent trends show an increase in organizations searching for information on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Loss Prevention (DLP). That tells us it’s that time of year again. Time for Gartner’s annual report on Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention, which, according to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and MarketScopes information page has been slated for release Q2 […]
A new article from banktech.com says that companies in the financial services industry “are finding that data loss prevention is taking on a new urgency.” With the daily laundry list of new data breaches and the never-ending media coverage, it’s no wonder financial services companies–and those in many other industries–are taking note. At DLP Experts […]
With Gartner estimating the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) market to reach $400 million in 2011[1] and with adoption of DLP technologies moving quickly down to the small to medium enterprise, DLP is no longer an unknown quantity. In spite of this progress, DLP remains a market shrouded by confusion over everything from the definition of […]
Again, I’ll take some heat from a number of vendors because of this post, but it’s something I’ve said before and DLP buyers need to be aware of it. In the past, I’ve spoken of the “perfect” DLP solution, but it’s unfair of me to use that word. So, I’ll retract the word “perfect” and […]
I read a blog post today from Midwest IT Professional entitled Myths of Data Loss Prevention (DLP). The post didn’t really address the kind of thing I consider to be myths about DLP, but it did get my thought process going. So, over the coming days, I’ll present a series of myths related to Data […]
I’ve been hearing about how data loss prevention (DLP) would someday explode on the security scene since I first heard a security analyst claim that 2007 would be the “year of DLP.” Then I heard the same analyst claim that 2008 would be the “year of DLP.” The economy single-handedly proved that wasn’t going to […]
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