DLP · Policy-Driven Data Protection
Sensitive data moves constantly through everyday work. GuardStance DLP detects policy violations in real time and enforces granular controls across endpoints, email, web uploads, cloud apps, and AI tools.
See DLP Policies in ActionWhether a confidential document is copied to a USB drive, attached to an email, uploaded through a browser, or pasted into an AI tool, GuardStance evaluates the file content, user context, and destination under a single policy.
Security teams can apply graduated responses—from silent monitoring to user justification or blocking—with complete audit evidence.
Not every policy violation requires the same response. Some activities should be monitored. Others may require a user warning, additional context, or an immediate block.
GuardStance supports policy-driven responses that help organizations balance information protection with legitimate business activity.
Gain full visibility into how sensitive data moves without interrupting users.
Prompt the user with policy guidance and require a business justification to proceed.
Capture signed audit events, matched detectors, and evidence for investigation.
Stop unauthorized transfers immediately before sensitive data leaves your control.
Labels and the Detection Engine say what the file really is.
USB, print, email, web, a cloud app or an AI prompt.
Monitor, warn, record or block, by data, user and destination.
The user sees why; the analyst sees the evidence.
USB, print, clipboard, screenshots, sync folders and browser uploads.
Inspect outbound emails and attachments to prevent accidental or unauthorized disclosures.
Uploads, webmail and messaging on the way out.
Control file uploads, downloads, and external sharing across connected cloud applications.
Prompts and uploads are checked like any other channel.
Scan and classify files across endpoints, servers, and shares before data ever moves.
Classification attaches a persistent sensitivity signal to the file itself. Instead of relying only on regex patterns or file names at the moment of transfer, DLP policies can act immediately on the file's classification label, content, and user context—dramatically cutting false positives.
No. A phased approach allows security teams to begin with monitoring, review the results, and adjust policies before enabling warnings or blocking actions. The appropriate enforcement level depends on the sensitivity of the information and the business workflow.
Data Classification identifies what a file is and labels it (visually and in metadata). DLP enforces what can happen to that file when someone tries to copy it to USB, print it, email it, upload it to the cloud, or paste it into an AI tool.
