How To Build A Dlp Program That Delivers
Symantec, Thursday, June 19th, 2025
A practical roadmap to early wins, long-term value and stakeholder buy-in
If you were asked to build a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) program today, from scratch, where would you even start? With data zipping across SaaS applications, endpoints and GenAI tools, sensitive information moves faster than most security teams can track, making the task of locking it down feel insurmountable. But you don't need to solve everything overnight.
Kevin Garvey, SANS Certified Instructor, and I laid out a cheat sheet to fast value in the recent SANS webinar, 'Be a DLP Hero.' With the right starting points-by focusing on small, scalable changes-and stakeholder buy-in, you can build momentum and rack up wins with your DLP program.
Here are the highlights of what you need to see value from the start.