Optimizing Your DLP Solution - Aurora IT

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Optimizing Your DLP Solution - Aurora IT
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Data is an essential part of any organization. As
business-critical data is increasingly stored
online, an organizations health is dependent on
the protection of that online data. If sensitive
data is leaked or stolen by malicious actors,
confidential information can be exposed. The
breach of confidential business information can
be detrimental to an organizations finances and
reputation. While the threat of losing sensitive
data will always be apparent at some level,
adding cybersecurity solutions such as data loss
prevention (DLP) can help minimize these risks.
Many security- conscious organizations already
have DLP in their environment, however, if it
has been reviewed or updated recently, critical
data may be left out and at greater risk of an
attack. Shifting to the Cloud Over the past
several years many organizations have been
undergoing a digital transformation. Even before
the pandemic, organizations were moving data to
the cloud to promote efficiency and sharing
between several office locations. Now,
organizations are adopting the cloud even more to
accommodate remote workers. DLP solutions that
already exist within your environment will not
extend to the cloud without additional services.
Many organizations integrate their DLP solution
with Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) to
extend DLP capabilities to the cloud. CASB DLP
integration helps enforce existing DLP policies
to the data the moves in the cloud. CASB will
monitor the traffic that is coming to and from
the cloud and enforce DLP policies to that
traffic. This has been a common
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problem-solving tool for organizations that have
an effective DLP program but are first
introducing the cloud to their environment. As
you introduce new cloud data, its a good idea to
revisit if your CASB DLP integration is still
effectively monitoring all cloud data. Other
Organizational Changes Even if you have not added
sensitive data to the cloud, your data loss
prevention program should be continuously
monitored as you make changes in your
organization. For example, if your company has
invested in new software, added a significant
number of new employees, or changed systems in
place, its best to review your DLP program.
Experts will help you identify sensitive data
and what level of sensitivity that data has, they
will then assign policies to each type of data.
We often find that when reviewing DLP policies,
new data has been added and was not previously
being protected by existing DLP policies. For
this reason, frequent DLP services in addition
to having a DLP solution more effectively
prevent data loss. To learn more about DLP
Services and Integrating CASB DLP, visit
https//aurorait.com/casb-dlp/.