Netskope Global Technical Success (GTS)
Objective
Ensure that sensitive data is identified, monitored, and protected across all environments, including cloud services, web traffic, email, and private applications , by applying appropriate Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls and policies based on Netskope’s capabilities.
Prerequisite
A Netskope Next-Gen Advance DLP license is required to enable inline DLP inspection, as well as API Data Protection capabilities for sanctioned SaaS applications.
Context
Organizations across industries must prevent the unauthorized exposure of sensitive data such as PII, PCI, PHI, or intellectual property.
Netskope DLP provides visibility and control over sensitive information moving across sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud applications, web uploads, email, and endpoint traffic.
Key objectives include:
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Preventing accidental or intentional data leaks to personal or unsanctioned apps.
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Maintaining compliance with regulations such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, and others.
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Applying DLP to both data in motion (real-time protection) and data at rest (API-based protection).
Do You Know?
Netskope DLP enables organizations to build context-aware, granular policies using predefined and custom identifiers:
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Over 3,000 predefined identifiers for common data types (e.g., credit card numbers, medical records, tax IDs).
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Exact Data Match (EDM) and Indexed Document Matching (IDM) for organization-specific data such as internal databases, client lists, or legal contracts.
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Machine learning classifiers to detect document categories like résumés, financial forms, or source code.
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Support for real-time (inline) and API-based (out-of-band) data protection.
Author Notes
This content focuses on DLP enforcement across multiple channels , cloud applications, web uploads/downloads, email, and private applications, rather than specific third-party integrations.
It emphasizes the importance of defining and tuning DLP policies according to organizational requirements and compliance obligations.
Organizations are encouraged to:
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Start with visibility (alert-only) policies before moving to enforcement.
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Use custom rules and dictionaries to reduce false positives and detect unique sensitive data.
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Continuously review and refine policies based on incident feedback and business evolution.
VIDEO 1 -API Data Protection DLP Policy
VIDEO 2-DLP real time policies
Terms and Conditions
- All documented information undergoes testing and verification to ensure accuracy.
- In the future, it is possible that the application's functionality may be altered by the vendor. If any such changes are brought to our attention, we will promptly update the documentation to reflect them.
Notes
- These videos and articles are authored by Netskope Global Technical Success (GTS).
- For any further inquiries related to this article, please contact Netskope GTS by submitting a support case with 'Case Type – How To Questions'.
