About Data Leak Prevention

Kaspersky Security comprises the DLP (Data Leak Prevention) Module designed to protect data against leaks. The component monitors file uploads by users to SharePoint websites in real time and detects data leaks according to the following parameters:

• Type of data in the file and data contents;
• Name of the user transferring the file;
• SharePoint website to which the file is transferred.

You can configure these settings using application categories and policies.

If a user attempts to transfer a file containing confidential data (such as salary information of fellow employees) to a SharePoint website through which a leak may occur (such as a publicly accessible portal), the application registers this event as a data leak.

If national law requires notifying individuals that their network activity is being monitored, you must warn users about the operation of the DLP Module in advance.

You can configure the operations of Kaspersky Security as it registers data leaks. The application can perform the following operations automatically:

• Generate incidents (records documenting instances of corporate security violations)
• Assign priorities to incidents according to corporate security requirements
• Block file uploads to SharePoint
• Notify users and other officers about corporate security violations.

Information contained in incidents can be used to investigate corporate security violations.