Fortinet introduces its first standalone endpoint DLP product

“FortiDLP integrates with the Fortinet Security Fabric and complements the existing FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention (DLP) service,” said Shah. “Fortinet customers can apply consistent data authentication policies across the environment, network and cloud.”

How FortiDLP identifies sensitive data

A common challenge with DLP technology is the process of first identifying and deciding what data to protect.

FortiDLP automatically separates IP and sensitive data from the access point, and tracks and controls the egress of that data. FortiDLP includes a number of methods to accelerate onboarding, including Secure Data Flow that identifies sensitive data at its point of origin and can log all data tampers from that point.

Shah explained that FortiDLP does not require upfront work such as discovery, classification and labeling of data, or creation of policies, before data protection occurs.

“These functions are found in legacy DLP solutions and lead to very long protection periods of months to even years before effective data protection can be achieved, as well as ongoing support costs,” he said. “Because FortiDLP is cloud-native/SaaS and agent-based, the solution can be deployed in minutes to provide immediate visibility into business data flows, and enable user data innovation.”