Tagging Data to Prevent Data Leakage (Forming Content Repositories)

Over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is produced in a single day. Monitoring this data is no longer effective, nor is it sustainable, using the solutions of the past. The data leakage prevention (DLP) tools of today struggle to filter through large quantities of unstructured data: images, videos, audio and the like. At the same time, these tools need to stay abreast with new sharing mechanisms, such as Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter and WhatsApp.To solve this problem, some DLP solutions are pursuing advancements in artificial intelligence. Others are beginning to collaborate with existing tools in the enterprise, like the Firewall or anti-virus product. Either way, the unfettered sharing of sensitive information from one internal department to another, is still easy to come by. A centralcontrol mechanism is needed that can determine how, where and when the information is shared from one person or group to another. By leveraging Content Management Systems, pockets of data are stored to curb the flow of information within - and out of - the enterprise. Rather than monitor every communication mechanism a workstation may have, the flow of information is constrained to a single interface - from the outset. The Content Management System becomes the portal through which data is moved from one workstation to another, starting from one division to an entire enterprise.