Data Loss Prevention Software Overview
What is Data Loss Prevention?
Data Loss Protection and Prevention software aids the enterprise's DLP strategy through policy controls and detection of potential data breaches, blocking sensitive data or preventing unauthorized access to it through various methods (e.g. automatic encryption) during breaches or infiltration of the corporate network and protocol.
Data Loss Prevention Software Features & Capabilities
- Fingerprinting of document files and document file sources (watermarks, etc.)
- Pattern matching capabilities allowing data to be easily and correctly identified even when encrypted.
- Monitoring of Internet, e-mail, and instant messaging protocols
- Archiving capabilities
- Multiple inspection modes, both proxy, and flow-based
Beyond standard protections (e.g. firewalls), advanced security may include machine learning or activity-based verification, user activity monitoring, and other methods of detecting and preventing malicious or accidental transmission of secure data.
Pricing Information
Data loss prevention software is often provided as either on-premise or cloud deployments. Cloud software ranges in price from about $5 per seat to $50 per seat or more, depending on the number of users and the contract term. Enterprise deployments usually start at about 5,000 seats.