From the course: ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) (2024) Cert Prep

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Data loss prevention

Data loss prevention

From the course: ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) (2024) Cert Prep

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Data loss prevention

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- [Instructor] Organizations handle many different types of sensitive information on a regular basis. This includes trade secrets, proprietary business plans, health records, and the personal identifying information of employees and customers. Unwanted disclosures of this information could lead to very serious security incidents that expose the organization to fines, sanctions, and reputational damage. One of the challenges in controlling social security numbers in your organization is ensuring that you've found all of the hidden corners of your organization's digital systems that might contain this sensitive information. Data loss prevention or DLP solutions provide technology that helps an organization find those forgotten stores of social security numbers and other sensitive information. DLP tools search systems and networks for stores of sensitive information that might be unsecured, and they monitor network traffic for…

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