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Data loss prevention

Data loss prevention

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Data loss prevention

- [Instructor] One of the challenges in controlling Social Security numbers in your organization is insuring that you found all the hidden corners of your organization's digital systems that might contain this sensitive information. Data loss prevention, or DLP solutions, provide technology that helps an organization find those forgotten stores of Social Security numbers and other sensitive information. DLP tools search systems and networks for stores of sensitive information that might be unsecured and they monitor network traffic for potential attempts to remove sensitive information from the organization. DLP systems can act quickly to block transmissions before damage is done and alert administrators to the attempted breach. DLP systems work in two different environments. Host-based DLP systems use software agents installed on a single system that search that system for the presence of sensitive information. These…

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