Outbound content compliance
Outbound content compliance or outbound content security is a relatively new segment of the computer security field, which aims to detect and prevent outbound content that violates policy of the organization and/or government regulations.[1] It deals with internal threats, as opposite to more traditional security solutions (firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam etc.), that are dealing with external threats. Therefore, it is sometimes called inside-out security.
Business environment
In the business environment, the purpose is to prevent confidential and/or private data leaks. The protected information may belong to the company itself or to its customers. US, Canada , European and some other countries enacted laws, mandating protection of some types of the computer-based information. Some of the US laws, including related provisions: Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
The interest to the segment was heated after a string of high-profile data breaches, when personal information of millions of people was stolen or endangered.
See also
- Information Leak Prevention
- Data Loss Prevention
Related terms
- information leak detection and prevention
- outbound content monitoring
- inside-out security
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