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DLP Systems: How to Prevent Data Leaks Without Disrupting Business

May 19, 2025 · 10 min read · System Networks

According to InfoWatch, over 1.7 billion personal records leaked in Russia in 2024. Most were not external hacks — they were employee actions, intentional or accidental. DLP (Data Loss Prevention) monitors all data movement channels and blocks unauthorised data exfiltration.

Leak Statistics 2024

68%of leaks are caused by employees (accidentally or intentionally)

₽8.7Maverage cost of a single personal data breach in Russia

42%of companies did not self-detect the breach — they learned from third parties

What Channels DLP Monitors

Email (outbound)

Outgoing mail, attachments, forwarding to external recipients

Messengers

Telegram, WhatsApp, Skype — file transfers and text

USB and printers

Writing to flash drives, external disks, printing documents

Cloud storage

Yandex.Disk, Google Drive, OneDrive — file uploads

Web browser

File uploads to websites, web forms with confidential data

Clipboard

Copying document content via clipboard

Russian DLP Solutions

Product	FSTEC cert	Strength	From
InfoWatch Traffic Monitor	✅	Maximum channel coverage, large enterprises	₽500K/yr
SearchInform КИБ	✅	Deep behaviour analytics, incident investigation	₽300K/yr
Solar Dozor	✅	SOC/SIEM integration, government sector	₽400K/yr
Safetica	❌	Simple deployment, SMB, lower cost	₽150K/yr

What DLP Cannot Do

✗Protect data a employee memorised and transmitted verbally or via personal phone

✗Detect leaks through analogue channels (photographing the screen with a personal phone)

✗Automatically classify data without pre-configured policies

✗Replace security culture — DLP works only alongside employee training

✗Protect against an external attacker who has already gained system access

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DLP Systems: How to Prevent Data Leaks Without Disrupting Business

What Channels DLP Monitors

Russian DLP Solutions

What DLP Cannot Do

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