Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Data can be traditionally grouped under three categories based on their criticality. They are as follows:
Personally Identifiable Information (PII): Examples include birth dates, employee numbers, Social Security Numbers, national identification numbers, credit card information, personal health information, and so on.
Intellectual Property (IP): Examples include product design documents, the source code of software, research information, patent applications, and customer data.
Non-Public Information (NPI): Examples include financial information, mergers—and acquisitions-related information and activities, corporate policies, legal and regulatory matters, executive communication, and so on.
Compromising any of the preceding data will have adverse impacts on corporations. Additionally, risk factors, such as employee behavior, customer treatment, and financial controls, will also have an effect on organizations.
Data, whether it is PII, IP, or NPI, can exist in three...
