Burton Group names Websense among best data loss prevention vendors
The Burton Group analysis surveyed vendors on their market and product strategy and included interviews with the customers to gauge customer satisfaction.
A live demonstration of each vendor product was also conducted using a scenario designed by the analysts. Once completed, the vendors were ranked based on vendor viability, customer satisfaction, market leadership, sales, service, support and product evaluation.
“DLP has been used to track data in motion, but now another part of the software is its ability to look at repositories and file shares and even fingerprint data to control data changes by either blocking it or putting an alarm on it,” said Eric Maiwald, vice president and research director for Burton Group Security and Risk Management Strategies.
“Some of [the] tools have [the] ability to identify who owns a particular set of information and send a message to that data owner if a policy has been violated.”
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