Across each division of every company, individuals share data using multiple applications and a variety of protocols, which creates a tremendous challenge for corporate security and compliance officers. Some messages or transactions are allowable but should be encrypted to ensure data privacy. Other types of messages or their recipients are simply unacceptable at any time and these transmissions must be blocked. Enforcing the right policies at the right time to ensure data security, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property protectionis— essential.

McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Prevent protects against inadvertent or intentional data leakage by allowing companies to proactively protect sensitive information from leaving the network and enforce correct business processes. Polices for information movement are enforced not matter how it is transferred— whether through email, webmail, Instant Messaging, wikis, blogs, portals, HTTP/HTTPS, and FTP transfers by integrating with Message Transfer Agent (MTA) gateways using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) or ICAP-compliant web proxies. If a policy violation is detected, McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Prevent allows a number of actions to be taken, including: applying encryption, blocking, redirecting, quarantining and more. This reduces security breaches and ensures compliance with privacy regulations.