Data Leakage
Up to 78 percent of data breaches come from authorised insiders of an organisation. Loss of proprietary information and intellectual property can trigger fines, litigation, brand damage, and bad press. Enterprises have deployed protective measures—such as VPNs, firewalls, and network monitors—to provide audit trails and prevent unauthorised external access to proprietary information.
However, these solutions don’t address the rising threat from internal users. Because they have access to data assets, insiders are a major channel for information leaks, whether through deliberate policy breaches or accidental data loss (such as losing a mobile device containing personal records). To protect sensitive data, enterprises need effective data leak prevention (DLP) solution that monitors potential information leaks at the point of use.