Integration Woes Plague Data Loss Tools
Some early adopters of data loss protection tools are running into serious integration problems.
Beyond mistaking simple endpoint device control and encryption technologies as true DLP offerings, market watchers and customers who buy into the integration problem are overlooking the fact that most companies are only just beginning to work with DLP, and that those organizations will benefit from more mature, tightly integrated products, said Vontu Chief Executive Joseph Ansanelli.
"We're still refining the integrated suite. We have to do more to deliver across infrastructure. There's still a lot to do there," Ansanelli said. "We know that we need to be integrated into the right technologies at certain points in the infrastructure and then overlay the context of how the content is used.
"A lot of people tried to do the context thing first. But when people try to lock down the data in only one way, they still have huge holes around what is allowed, whether at the endpoint or the gateway," Ansanelli said. "The issue is that DLP is a data problem, not an endpoint-only problem. If you only have one product like that in place, you just can't get that integrated view."
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