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Data Loss Prevention

What is Data Loss Prevention?

Technologies and processes that detect and prevent unauthorized transmission, sharing, or leakage of sensitive information outside the organization.

Information Security

Terms that appear alongside data loss prevention

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data loss prevention. The number is how many controls name both.

Frameworks that govern data loss prevention

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →

What the standards actually require on data loss prevention

Requirements naming data loss prevention across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents1 control

Outbound web and email data loss prevention to detect and block large or unusual volumes of data or sensitive data being transferred.

ASD37-27 · Outbound data loss prevention (Very Good) →
CIS Controls v81 control

Implement an automated tool, such as a host-based Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tool to identify all sensitive data stored, processed, or transmitted through enterprise assets, including those located onsite or at a remote service provider, and update the enterpr...

CIS-3.13 · Deploy a Data Loss Prevention Solution →
CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model1 control

Detect and prevent unauthorized data movement across endpoint, network, and cloud channels.

ZTMM-DAT-4 · Data Loss Prevention →
Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.11 control

Deploy data loss prevention technology and rules to managed endpoints in line with a risk assessment.

CCM-UEM-11 · Data Loss Prevention →
NIST SP 800-171A Rev 3 - Assessing CUI Security Requirements1 control

Implement an automated tool, such as a host-based Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tool, to identify sensitive data on enterprise assets and prevent unauthorized exfiltration.

3.13 · Deploy a Data Loss Prevention Solution →
NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices2 controls

Protect enterprise data on mobile devices through device level encryption, application containerization, and data loss prevention controls.

800-124r2-4.1 · Data Protection on Mobile Devices →

Questions people ask about data loss prevention

What is Data Loss Prevention?
Technologies and processes that detect and prevent unauthorized transmission, sharing, or leakage of sensitive information outside the organization.
Why is Data Loss Prevention important for compliance?
Data Loss Prevention is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding data loss prevention helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Loss Prevention?
Data Loss Prevention appears in the requirement text of ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents, CIS Controls v8, CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, NIST SP 800-171A Rev 3 - Assessing CUI Security Requirements. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Loss Prevention?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data loss prevention applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.