Data Loss Prevention
Information is the life blood of the modern economy. Organisations of all sizes have come to depend on the ability to share, access and disseminate information in unlimited volume. Workforces are becoming increasingly mobile and the ubiquity of high-speed internet access, smart mobile devices, and portable storage means that the “office” can be anywhere. As a consequence, it has become more difficult than ever for organisations to prevent the loss of their sensitive data.
Data losses can be accidental, caused by broken business processes and insufficient controls allowing sensitive information to be transmitted via insecure channels such as email or IM. They can be the result of well meaning users copying data to unencrypted USB sticks, laptop hard drives or Smart Phones. Disgruntled or terminated employees may steal customer contact lists or proprietary information for profit or to aid them in a new role. Or they can be part of an orchestrated, structured attack on your organisation by organised criminals for profit or industrial espionage.
The impact of these data breaches can be costly. There are not only the remediation costs to consider but also brand and reputational impact, loss of customer confidence, financial penalties from regulatory bodies and loss of competitive advantage if confidential product or client data is leaked to a competitor.
The actual content of the data that’s lost may not even be important. If an unprotected laptop is found on the back seat of a taxi containing your organisation’s sensitive information and that loss is made public, the simple fact that you did not take sufficient precautions to protect that information may be enough to inflict irreparable damage to your organisation’s reputation.
NetIntegrity understands that preventing the loss of your organisation’s sensitive data is not just about implementing a specific vendor’s latest DLP technology solution. It’s about combining effective information security policy with user awareness, business process improvement, incident response and appropriate technology solutions into a comprehensive Data Loss Prevention strategy.
DLP enforcement technology is defined as “systems that identify, monitor, and protect data in use (e.g., endpoint actions), data in motion (e.g., network actions), and data at rest (e.g., data storage) through deep content inspection, contextual security analysis of transaction (attributes of originator, data object, medium, timing, recipient/destination, etc.), and with a centralized management framework. The systems are designed to detect and prevent the unauthorized use and transmission of confidential information.”
Our DLP vendor partners have been selected for their completeness of vision, their ability to execute on that vision and most importantly their ability to provide consistent quality support throughout the project lifecycle to both NetIntegrity and our clients wherever they do business.
Our consultants have a wealth of experience implementing information security solutions for some of the largest organisations in the world, in highly complex heterogeneous technology environments. All of our consultants hold the CISSP certification and hold a host of vendor certifications.
Benefits
Content aware DLP solutions give organisations the ability to realise significant benefits in terms of cost, risk reduction and improved efficiencies.
By enabling an organisation to first discover and categorise its sensitive data, then to create policies that govern how and were that data is accessed, processed and transmitted, the risk of data losses is reduced.
Reducing the number of data breach incidents realises cost avoidance benefits associated with incident management, remediation, notification and financial penalties from regulatory bodies.
Simplification and automation of DLP enforcement reduces operating costs associated with manual enforcement of DLP policy.
Gaining visibility and control of how their sensitive data is stored, processed and transmitted, enables organisations to open up access to new business tools such as remote working, mobile devices, smart phones and instant messaging in the knowledge that this does not compromise the security of that data.
Information is the life blood of the modern economy. Organisations of all sizes have come to depend on the ability to share, access and disseminate information in unlimited volume. Workforces are becoming increasingly mobile and the ubiquity of high-speed internet access, smart mobile devices, and portable storage means that the “office” can be anywhere. As a consequence, it has become more difficult than ever for organisations to prevent the loss of their sensitive data.
Data losses can be accidental, caused by broken business processes and insufficient controls allowing sensitive information to be transmitted via insecure channels such as email or IM. They can be the result of well meaning users copying data to unencrypted USB sticks, laptop hard drives or Smart Phones. Disgruntled or terminated employees may steal customer contact lists or proprietary information for profit or to aid them in a new role. Or they can be part of an orchestrated, structured attack on your organisation by organised criminals for profit or industrial espionage.
The impact of these data breaches can be costly. There are not only the remediation costs to consider but also brand and reputational impact, loss of customer confidence, financial penalties from regulatory bodies and loss of competitive advantage if confidential product or client data is leaked to a competitor.
The actual content of the data that’s lost may not even be important. If an unprotected laptop is found on the back seat of a taxi containing your organisation’s sensitive information and that loss is made public, the simple fact that you did not take sufficient precautions to protect that information may be enough to inflict irreparable damage to your organisation’s reputation.
NetIntegrity understands that preventing the loss of your organisation’s sensitive data is not just about implementing a specific vendor’s latest DLP technology solution. It’s about combining effective information security policy with user awareness, business process improvement, incident response and appropriate technology solutions into a comprehensive Data Loss Prevention strategy.
DLP enforcement technology is defined as “systems that identify, monitor, and protect data in use (e.g., endpoint actions), data in motion (e.g., network actions), and data at rest (e.g., data storage) through deep content inspection, contextual security analysis of transaction (attributes of originator, data object, medium, timing, recipient/destination, etc.), and with a centralized management framework. The systems are designed to detect and prevent the unauthorized use and transmission of confidential information.”
Our DLP vendor partners have been selected for their completeness of vision, their ability to execute on that vision and most importantly their ability to provide consistent quality support throughout the project lifecycle to both NetIntegrity and our clients wherever they do business.
Our consultants have a wealth of experience implementing information security solutions for some of the largest organisations in the world, in highly complex heterogeneous technology environments. All of our consultants hold the CISSP certification and hold a host of vendor certifications.
Benefits
Content aware DLP solutions give organisations the ability to realise significant benefits in terms of cost, risk reduction and improved efficiencies.
By enabling an organisation to first discover and categorise its sensitive data, then to create policies that govern how and were that data is accessed, processed and transmitted, the risk of data losses is reduced.
Reducing the number of data breach incidents realises cost avoidance benefits associated with incident management, remediation, notification and financial penalties from regulatory bodies.
Simplification and automation of DLP enforcement reduces operating costs associated with manual enforcement of DLP policy.
Gaining visibility and control of how their sensitive data is stored, processed and transmitted, enables organisations to open up access to new business tools such as remote working, mobile devices, smart phones and instant messaging in the knowledge that this does not compromise the security of that data.