What is Data Loss Prevention?
Data Loss Prevention is a security strategy that identifies, monitors, and protects sensitive information such as personal data, financial records, or intellectual property from being leaked or misused. DLP solutions inspect data in motion across networks, data at rest in storage systems, and data in use on endpoints, flagging or blocking actions that violate security policies such as emailing a customer list to a personal account or uploading confidential files to an unapproved cloud service. DLP is a critical component of compliance programs for regulations like HIPAA and GDPR, and works best when combined with a strong IAM strategy to ensure that only authorized users can access sensitive data in the first place.
