This buyer’s guide highlights the most important capabilities for a modern information protection solution. It sums up what Proofpoint has learned building successful data loss prevention (DLP) programs for organizations of all sizes around the globe and across all verticals. It’s meant to be a handy reference guide for readers who are just starting out on their DLP journey or who are updating their existing DLP systems.
Key elements of a modern DLP solution
If you want to manage data loss and stop insider threats, you need to be able to detect, analyze, prevent and respond to incidents. It’s only when you do all this in a coordinated way that you decrease your risks.
There are three primary ways that organizations lose data. All of them are caused by people. A human-centric information protection platform must address:
Careless users, who are not careful with sensitive data
Careless users, who expose sensitive data when using generative AI (GenAI) apps
Malicious insiders, who intend to cause harm
