Data Leak Prevention (DLP) — Stop Sensitive Data Loss Before It Happens

Classify, monitor, and block sensitive data across cloud, email, endpoint, and SaaS. Purpose-built for Indian data protection requirements.

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What Is DLP?

What is a data leak prevention solution?

A data leak prevention solution is a set of tools and processes that monitor, detect, and block the unauthorized transfer of sensitive data outside an organization. It inspects data in motion (email, uploads, messaging), data at rest (cloud storage, endpoints), and data in use (clipboard, printing, screen capture) — and enforces policies that prevent sensitive information from leaving through unauthorized channels.

For Indian enterprises, a data leak prevention solution serves a dual purpose: it protects business-critical data (customer PII, source code, financial records) from insider threats and accidental leaks, and it satisfies the "reasonable security safeguards" requirement under India's DPDP Act 2023 — avoiding penalties of up to ₹250 crore per breach incident.

The Problem

Sensitive data leaks through more channels than most organizations track

Customer PII, financial records, source code, board presentations — your most sensitive data is one forward-email or Google Drive share away from an incident. Most organizations only discover a leak after it's a breach.

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Email forwarding
Employees emailing customer lists, financial data, or client files to personal accounts — deliberately or accidentally.
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Uncontrolled cloud uploads
Files uploaded to personal Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive — outside the organization's visibility or control.
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Messaging apps
Sensitive screenshots, documents, or data sent via WhatsApp Web, Telegram, or personal Slack channels.
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Print and USB transfer
Physical data exfiltration through printing, USB drives, or screenshotting — often invisible to IT teams.
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Departing employees
Employees taking customer lists, source code, or IP when leaving — the most costly and common form of data leak.
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AI tool submissions
Employees pasting sensitive data into ChatGPT, Gemini, or other AI tools — creating uncontrolled data exposure.
DPDP Act 2023 — India

DLP is a legal requirement under India's DPDP Act

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 requires data fiduciaries to implement "reasonable security safeguards" to prevent personal data breaches. DLP is a foundational control that directly fulfils this obligation — and failing to implement it can result in penalties of up to ₹250 crore per breach. Read our complete DPDP Act guide →

How It Works

Managed DLP in four stages

NxgSecure deploys, tunes, and operates your DLP program — so your team gets the protection without the operational overhead.

Data Discovery
Automated scanning of your endpoints, cloud storage, and email to map where sensitive data lives and how it's flowing today.
Policy Definition
We define DLP policies aligned to your compliance requirements (DPDP, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and business context — not generic templates.
Detection & Enforcement
Real-time content inspection across email, cloud, endpoint, and web. Alerts for violations, blocks for critical data exfiltration attempts.
Investigation & Response
Our analysts triage DLP alerts, separate noise from real incidents, and provide forensic-quality evidence for HR or legal follow-up.
Coverage

What our DLP solution protects

Comprehensive coverage across every channel data can leave your organization through.

Data channels covered
✓ Email (Office 365 & Google Workspace)
✓ Cloud storage (OneDrive, Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox)
✓ Web uploads & form submissions
✓ Endpoint (USB, print, clipboard, screenshot)
✓ Collaboration tools (Teams, Slack, WhatsApp Web)
✓ AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot)
Data types detected
✓ Customer PII (Aadhaar, PAN, mobile, email)
✓ Financial records & payment card data
✓ Healthcare & patient records
✓ Source code & intellectual property
✓ Employee & HR records
✓ Custom data patterns (your business-specific data)
FAQ

Common questions about DLP

A data leak prevention (DLP) solution monitors and controls data flows across an organization to prevent sensitive information — customer PII, financial records, intellectual property — from leaving through unauthorized channels like email, cloud uploads, USB drives, or messaging apps.
The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023 requires data fiduciaries to implement "reasonable security safeguards" to prevent personal data breaches. DLP is a foundational control that directly fulfils this requirement by detecting and blocking unauthorized data transfers before a breach occurs.
NxgSecure's DLP covers email (Office 365, Gmail), cloud storage (Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Dropbox), web uploads, endpoint devices (USB, print, screenshot), and collaboration tools (Teams, Slack, WhatsApp Web).
NxgSecure's managed DLP can be deployed in 2–4 weeks. The first week covers discovery and policy mapping, the second week covers agent deployment and tuning, and weeks 3–4 cover monitoring, alerting, and team training.
DLP (Data Loss Prevention) focuses on controlling what data can leave your organization and through which channels. CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) focuses on governing access to cloud applications. NxgSecure's solution combines both functions — content inspection (DLP) with cloud app visibility and control (CASB) — in a single managed service.

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