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Data loss prevention

Data loss prevention

- [Instructor] Organizations handle many different types of sensitive information on a regular basis. This includes trade secrets, proprietary business plans, health records, and the personal identifying information of employees and customers. Unwanted disclosures of this information could lead to very serious security incidents that expose an organization to fines, sanctions, and reputational damage. Data loss prevention, or DLP, solutions provide technology that helps an organization enforce information handling policies and procedures to prevent data loss and theft. DLP systems search 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 then act quickly to block the transmission before damage is done and alert administrators to an attempted breach. DLP systems work in two different…

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