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Glossary: Cloud and Data Security

Data loss prevention (DLP)

Also written: DLP

Tools that inspect content against rules, such as "a card number that passes Luhn", find sensitive data where it shouldn't be, and stop it leaving. Possible actions are allow and log, warn, block or quarantine.

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