I’ve been hearing and reading about a lot of interesting comments made by various info sec professionals regarding whether or not DLP or anti-virus has outlived its usefulness.  Believe it or not, both of these important technologies are still viable protection mechanisms that must continue to be evolved.  Both are relevant especially in today’s fast-paced information and malware flows and attacks.

With Data Loss Prevention, you get a thorough understanding where your sensitive data (including Intellectual Property) is throughout your environment, being able to put it back where it belongs, and preventing it from moving to where you don’t want it.  But, the real value is in the intelligence you’ve gained from that effort. 

As security professionals we often complain about how the business doesn’t get involved in security, they don’t understand why they need security or they’re just see it as a roadblock to...