Building a resilient data protection program.
A practical, phased framework for CISOs and security leaders, from cross-functional scoping and team development through DLP deployment, monitoring, training, and continuous improvement. Seven phases combined for one sustainable program.
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Built for Scale
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Practitioner-Tested
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Actionable
Seven phases. One sustainable, scalable program.
Governance informs policy. Policy drives enforcement. Enforcement generates monitoring data. Monitoring fuels training and improvement. And then cycle continues for a resilient data protection program.
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Team & Scope
Executive sponsorship, cross-functional stakeholder involvement, RACI.
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Classify Data
Discover what you have, where it lives, how its sensitivity level.
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Policy & Goveranance
Translate regulations and risk tolerance into enforceable rules.
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DLP Selection
Choose, pilot, and roll out controls that won’t crush workflows.
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Manage Risk
Monitor, investigate, and respond based on severity level.
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Train Your Team
Role-based employee training that turns culture into a control.
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Improve Continuously
Audit, adapt, and keep pace with shifting risk and regulations.
Plus: The Checklist
A phase-by-phase roadmap you can hand to stakeholders on day one.