A DLP for Email helps organizations prevent sensitive data within email from being lost, leaked, misused or accessed by unauthorized individuals. It monitors outbound messages, and it searches for any content or attachments that may be sensitive, confidential, private or protected by regulation. When a message that contains sensitive data is found, email DLP systems may flag it, block it or delete it based on security policies.

Since email is a predominant form of business communication, DLP for email is now considered an essential data security technology. DLP for email solutions are designed to help address the many potential causes of data leaks and loss, including cyberattacks, malicious insiders, security negligence and human error.

Some key features of Forcepoint DLP for Email are:

• Managing policies from one dashboard
• Effortlessly integrating with Microsoft and Gmail
• Maintaining data sovereignty and integrity

With a DLP for email solution, such as Forcepoint DLP for Email, organizations can get control over data by extending policy coverage to outbound emails. More specifically, it provides agentless control over outbound emails and prevents exfiltration where it's needed most.

DLP for email works by inspecting messages and attachments to look for content that may represent a potential data threat. Techniques to identify sensitive information and then take action may include the following: 

• Rule-based searches
• Exact matches
• Pre-built categories
• Flagging the situation
• Blocking the action
• Deleting the message

Email messages and attachments may contain a variety of sensitive material, including Social Security numbers, credit card information, intellectual property, financial data and more. Given the importance of safeguarding sensitive information in emails, DLP for email helps protect data against threats such as the following: 

• Inadvertent leaks 
• Insider threats 
• Cybercriminals

Absolutely. With Forcepoint DLP for Email, organizations can easily deploy on major email providers such as Microsoft Exchange, Gmail for Business and others.

A secure email gateway helps protect your business from malicious content contained within emails by preventing them from reaching their intended recipient.

Secure email gateways offer protection against malicious messages and attachments. By using robust email security solutions, organizations can dramatically reduce the number of successful and attempted attacks against their business.

A secure email gateway offers a robust framework of technologies that protect against email-borne threats. Most secure gateways offer a minimum of four security features: virus and malware blocking, spam filtering, content filtering and email archiving.