Move Away from Existing DLP Programs. Data breaches continue to expose personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property (IP), and other sensitive data at an alarming scale. Human error and credential theft are often involved; 82% of data breaches involve the human element and 61% involve credentials, meaning that intentional and unintentional data loss by both malicious and well-meaning employees is a predominant cause of a breach in addition to the malicious data exfiltration conducted by external cybercriminals. All of these trends must be tactically addressed as part of an overall data protection strategy. Data breaches are costly events that carry lingering consequences.

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