“Gartner believes DLP is emerging as an important information security control, with capabilities beyond those traditionally affiliated with monitoring. DLP assists management to identify and correct faulty business processes, identify and prevent accidental disclosures of sensitive data, and provide a mechanism for supporting compliance and audit activities.” From “Magic Quadrant for Content Monitoring and Filtering and Data Loss Prevention” by Eric Ouellet and Paul E. Proctor. Published on June 17, 2008.

The DLP Problem

Use Cases