DLP

Today's security trends are the usual acronym soup. Here are 3 you'd do well to avoid and 3 worth your attention.

9 questions you must ask and answer before deciding on any DLP solution.

Data-leak prevention is growing at 10% a year, a bit slower than anticipated but still pretty fast compared to other security technologies. In this year's research we see DLP use or active evaluation among 36% of research participants. The primary driver is compliance, as with most security funding. In looking at DLP deployment over time we noticed something very interesting: quite a few companies that deployed DLP last year pulled back on their deployments because of a backlash from users and management.

IBM Thursday announced it has added capabilities for Web application protection and data-loss prevention (DLP) to the basic technology platform for its intrusion-system prevention (IPS) product line.

The good, the bad and the ugly of data-loss prevention tools and technologies got a solid once over from Gartner analyst Eric Ouellet, who spared no punches during his presentation on the topic during the first day of Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit.

Symantec upgraded four of its product suites, but more importantly, they're starting to work together in ways that they never have before. You might like it.

Websense Tuesday announced Triton, a unified security architecture, which merges its data-loss prevention and e-mail security products, keeping much of the security-as-a-service approach it already supports, but with a common management and reporting console.

Symantec has updated its Data-Loss Prevention Suite so that if the software finds a data issue that needs fixing, it can apply third-party encryption and digital-rights management (DRM) controls to the problem.

Adobe Systems and McAfee will jointly develop a product that combines digital rights management capabilities with technology designed to prevent data from leaking outside corporate networks, the companies said Monday.

Data-loss prevention products can potentially save organizations a bundle by preventing the escape of sensitive information. But the six-figure starting price for a typical enterprise deployment of host and gateway-based DLP is tough for many to swallow.

Data-loss prevention is rapidly becoming the next big battlefield in IT security.