8 Criteria for Evaluating DLP Solutions
A Cyberhaven guide for security leaders evaluating or replacing DLP. Eight criteria for modern DLP, built for the cloud, endpoint, and agentic AI risk legacy tools miss.
Eight criteria for evaluating modern DLP
A full DLP evaluation checklist by category
Real questions to ask every DLP vendor
Why legacy DLP misses agentic AI risk
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What's inside
Traditional DLP gaps
p. 03
The eight criteria
p. 04
Evaluation checklist
p. 20
The Cyberhaven difference
p. 26
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The case for modern DLP
Four Numbers Behind the Case for Moving Off Legacy, File-Centric DLP Tools
70%
Consolidation Is Coming
of CISOs at large enterprises will unify insider risk and DLP into one program by 2027 (Gartner).
33%
Real-Time Response Pays Off
reduction in insider risk from adding intent detection and real-time remediation by 2027 (Gartner).
16%
Shadow Data Adds Up
added to average breach costs by data sitting in unmanaged, undiscovered locations (IBM CODB 2025).
68%
Most Incidents Aren't Malicious
of breaches involve a non-malicious human element like error or misuse, not intent (Verizon DBIR 2024).
"The most important architectural question in a modern DLP evaluation is not how the software is delivered. It's where the platform starts."