What’s inside The 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention

About the Gartner Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention

The Gartner Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving DLP landscape. It introduces current trends and highlights essential features that organizations must consider when protecting sensitive data effectively in the modern business environment. 

Mimecast is recognized for its integrated DLP (IDLP) solutions. 

By expanding beyond traditional email-focused DLP, Mimecast now encompasses advancements in endpoint, browser, and cloud protection through intelligent behavior-based analytics. 

Understanding the advancements in DLP solutions is crucial in tackling insider risks, regulatory compliance, and data exfiltration challenges. This report serves as a strategic tool to refine your organization’s data security approach. 

The Gartner Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention explores how the DLP market is rapidly adapting to meet modern data security demands. Key recommendations include adopting user-centric, risk-based strategies to strengthen organizational data security. Businesses are encouraged to align their DLP initiatives with broader governance and risk management frameworks to ensure holistic protection. 

The report identifies a critical shift toward integrated and adaptive DLP solutions. These approaches enhance efficacy by using contextual analysis, user behavior insights, and real-time remediation to address insider threats and evolving data risks. 

For businesses striving to remain competitive, these insights mark an essential pivot to comprehensive DLP strategies. 

Mimecast’s role in DLP innovations 

Mimecast’s advancements in DLP move beyond email into endpoint, browser, and cloud protection. The following innovations enable businesses to manage sensitive data across various channels effectively.

• Email DLP: Mimecast’s email DLP integrates seamlessly with its endpoint and cloud solutions to prevent unauthorized data transfer. This capability includes intelligent policies that analyze email content and behaviors to mitigate insider risks like accidental data leaks or malicious insider activity.
• Endpoint and browser DLP: With the integration of IP from its Code42 acquisition, Mimecast now monitors data exfiltration activities on endpoints and browsers. These capabilities include real-time behavior analysis, such as detecting unusual downloads or file transfers, and applying protective actions like blocking, quarantining, or encryption.
• Cloud DLP: Mimecast’s extended cloud DLP secures data stored on SaaS platforms and public clouds by ensuring compliance with regulatory policies while mitigating risks associated with hybrid or fully cloud-based organizational structures. The cloud solution addresses complex issues like shadow IT and ensures that sensitive information remains protected across diverse environments.

Mimecast’s unified platform offers granular incident reporting, policy management, and powerful analytics, helping organizations focus on proactive risk management and broader data security goals.

Understand trends, stay ahead, and refine your DLP strategy 

Reading the full Gartner Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention serves as a vital resource for organizations navigating the complexities of safeguarding sensitive data. The report offers insights into trends such as adaptive DLP, consolidated risk strategies, and cloud-native solutions, including actionable recommendations tailored to modern business environments. 

Learn how Mimecast’s multi-channel DLP capabilities demonstrate how innovative solutions can be leveraged to manage and protect data effectively. The report provides invaluable clarity for businesses developing long-term strategies to combat data loss, ensuring that they meet regulatory and operational challenges with confidence. 

Organizations must adapt to stay competitive and proactive in today’s digital landscape. This report is your roadmap to understanding the current DLP market's complexities and selecting solutions that align with your organization's cybersecurity goals.

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