Data Loss Prevention
Keep Your Confidential Data Private
Data breaches pose a heavy threat to organizations of all sizes, because the number of incidents and associated costs are on the increase. Whether an information leak was intentional or not, it also can cause permanent reputation damage to your organization. WatchGuard Data Loss Prevention(DLP) is a comprehensive service that helps keep your confidential data private. It prevents data breaches and enforces compliance by scanning textbook and files to detect sensitive information trying to exit your network.
Key Features
Protects confidential data transmitted via email, web, and FTP
Built-in library of over 200 rules for 18 countries, including common compliance mandates like PCI DSS and HIPAA
Automatically updates available rule sets to remain current with data definitions and compliance mandates round the world
Parses data from over 30 files types, including PDFs, Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint
Decompresses archived files to extract data
Seamlessly integrates with WatchGuard Dimension for complete visibility
Protect the Data You Care About Most
With WatchGuard DLP, you get automatic inspection and protection of your data in motion, whether it’s transferred via email, web, or FTP. WatchGuard DLP includes a predefined library of over 200 rules for 18 countries, protecting your personally identifiable information (PII), financial data, healthcare information, and other confidential data. The rule sets are automatically updated monthly to remain current with data definitions and compliance mandates round the world, including PCI DDS and HIPAA. you’ll also create and apply customized rules to satisfy your organization’s specific needs.
Data Protection and Compliance Made Easy
From an intuitive management console, easily and quickly apply rule sets and choose to block or log flagged transmissions, also as quarantine them for further review. you’ll also create custom rule sets, set exceptions for specific users and groups, and choose the action taken when data can’t be scanned, like corrupted or password protected files. Set alarms for when a transmission is flagged to instantly stay top of potential threats.
See Your Data in Motion
Use WatchGuard Dimension to view how many total connections were scanned and also the number of violations were identified, including allowed, denied, and quarantined. you’ll also view specific details for every violation, including the rule that was triggered, the source destination for IP addresses, and sender and recipients for emails.
How It Works
DLP examines outbound traffic using pattern matching to identify the exfiltration of sensitive information. If sensitive information is identified, the connection is blocked or quarantined and the administrator is notified.
