Why traditional data protection tools like Symantec DLP fall short
Data loss prevention (DLP) tools like Symantec DLP utilize classification and policies (aka “rules”) to identify sensitive data, trigger alerts and block file activities. With DLP, the system is only as good as your rules:
- Make rules too sensitive and you trigger false positive alerts that block legitimate work
- Make rules too specific and high-value data slips past your defenses
The constant fine-tuning drains security time and money while damaging employee productivity. Ultimately, a rules-based approach provides a false sense of security for businesses: 69% of organizations with a DLP still experience an insider data breach.
| Symantec DLP | Code42 IncydrTM | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Rules-based, compliance centric & limited visibility | Risk-based |
| Data Risk | Categorize data that matters: Anything that doesn’t match policy is not logged or monitored | Full visibility into all file activity across computers, cloud and email systems to accurately assess data exposure |
| Signal | Creates excessive, and often false positive alerts, meaning risky events are lost in noise | High-fidelity signals inform alerts to distinguish between trusted and untrusted activity |
| Response | Can monitor and alert but highly focused on blocking file exfiltration | Prioritizes Incydr Risk Indicators for fast, informed response |
| Employee Collaboration | Disrupts legitimate collaboration and encourages circumvention | Built to enable secure collaboration |
| Supported Environment | Windows and Mac (Lagging support for new macOS versions) | Environment agnostic: Windows, Mac, Linux, G Suite or Microsoft 365 |
| Deployment Time | Months or years until full deployment is complete | Deploys in 48 hours; assess data risk in under 2 weeks |
| System Complexity | Consistent maintenance required to fine-tune policies | Comprehensive monitoring with no policy setup |
How Incydr Works
A better way to protect data for the collaborative enterprise
With Incydr, your valuable files and IP (ex: source code, customer data, product roadmaps) are protected across web, cloud storage, email and apps without overwhelming security teams or inhibiting employee productivity.
- Minimize time spent defining and maintaining policies because Incydr monitors all file activity
- Automatically prioritize your highest data risks with Incydr Risk Indicators and investigate with contextual information on the file and user
- Reduce admin time with high-fidelity alerts that surface risk that goes unnoticed by DLP
- Eliminate the blind spots of policy-based approaches
What our customers are saying about Incydr
“If it wasn’t for the Code42 Incydr ability to actually see the files, we wouldn’t really understand what the person is doing…it provides us both speed and thoroughness of investigations”
Tim Briggs, Director of Incident Response and eDiscovery at CrowdStrike
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