07-11-2014, 01:01 PM
Abstracts: Data leaks involve the release of sensitive information to an untrusted third party, intentionally or otherwise. Many vendors currently offer data leak prevention products; surprisingly, however, there is very little academic research on this problem. In this paper, we attempt to motivate future work in this area through a review of the field and related research questions. Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) has grown in popularity for the last decade and is now becoming a mature technology. With the growing amount of digitally stored assets, the need for enterprises to detect and prevent data loss is increasing. DLP software that analyses traffic, detects and blocks unauthorized use of confidential data is therefore a result of this growing need, but do these security products live up to their own claims?