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Data loss prevention (DLP) tools: The new way to prevent identity theft?

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Data theft incidents dominated the information security scene in 2006 and only increased in 2007. If the trend continues, 2008 should prove to be the worst year yet.

While organisations looking to thwart data theft have spent thousands, if not millions, of dollars implementing the best perimeter security technologies, these efforts have seemingly had little effect; massive breaches of confidential information continue unabated, despite dire consequences for enterprises and their customers. This has driven security professionals toward new tools that can lessen their chances of becoming the next top news story.

Over the past couple of years, vendors like McAfee, Trend Micro and Symantec have been among the many information security vendors aggressively pitching a product set that promises to help. This product category, called data loss prevention, or DLP, is drawing so much attention that some antimalware and antispam vendors have even modified their primary focus in order to enter the DLP market. For example, Clearswift's primary focus a few years back was antispam tools. Although the content security vendor's product line continues to include antispam technology, Clearswift now focuses on creating better network-based data prevention products.

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