Data Loss Prevention and Encryption
A growth area in the encryption market is data loss prevention (DLP). In its 2007 Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Encryption, Gartner states, "Companies that invested in DLP initially monitored traffic for policy violations or to understand how their businesses used sensitive data. However, as soon as companies turn to an enforcement mode, e-mail encryption becomes an important mechanism for allowing the transit of sensitive data."
The report goes on to note that many DLP providers are finding email encryption vendors to partner with to offer automated encryption of sensitive data through filters. Examples of Proofpoint's OEM of Voltage Security technology into a single appliance, as well as IronPort Systems integration of its PostX technology, which it inherited with the PostX acquisition last year, were offered. Gartner predicts that these "email content monitoring and filtering (CMF) / DLP service capabilities will continue to be rolled into larger, corporate CMF/DLP initiatives that target not only the endpoint and network, but also the data at rest/data discovery segments." TMP
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