IDC Info Snapshot – Why It Matters: Navigating Data Loss Prevention in the Cloud

Organizations Get Serious About Data Security

Over the past few years, we have heard the cliché of “data being the new oil,” with organizations across the globe generating, exchanging, and storing exponential volumes of data. In addition to managing data across its life cycle, organizations must contend with the added challenge of meeting compliance and governance requirements. This has led to deployment of data loss prevention (DLP) solutions as a compliance requirement — rather than as one part of a holistic data security strategy.

Canadian organizations need to take a strategic approach to DLP that includes proper planning, preparation, and policies.

This Info Snapshot discusses:

• Data identifcation, classifcation, and monitoring
• Application of data security
• User behaviour and training
• Data governance
• DLP life cycle