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Why Does Linux Need Data Loss Prevention?

Linux has earned a reputation of being the most secure operating system, but it still has its own security flaws despite this.

Deploying a secure operating system is an important starting point for every business, but even the most secure networks can be invaded. Like the myth of the invulnerable Mac, there is a misconception that Linux OS is completely secure – but in fact, we have to admit that no operating system is fully immune to security threats.

Linux has gained more popularity among users over the past few years, as well as more attention from attackers. Although the open-source operating system is secure by design, as its adoption continues to soar, there is an increased risk for external and internal threats. Most Linux distros come with some advanced security tools, but security incidents have proved that these are not enough anymore to prevent data breaches.

Linux Security Concerns

The latest Linux vulnerabilities include “Dirty Sock“, an exploit discovered by Chris Moberly, a security researcher. This vulnerability affected Ubuntu primarily and could have been used to gain total access and control to a target system. Last year Gentoo, a widespread Linux distribution, had its GitHub repository hacked. The incident was a reminder of how hard it is to keep everything secure in a cloud-centric world, where multiple people have access to information, multiple repositories deal with traffic, and a growing number of attackers with ranges of motivations want access to digital data.

Besides external threats, internal ones are both common and extremely harmful, regardless of the used operating system. For organizations, it is crucial to make a difference between the security of an operating system and the security of the data created, which is edited and handled by people and saved on the operating system. Human error and insider threats are some of the main reasons for data loss and data theft, which can and do still occur even in a “secure” environment.

For years, Linux was primarily used by smaller, more tech-centric groups, but nowadays, several sectors – including education, government, nuclear, and aviation are extensively relying on it. It is also worth keeping in mind that, with the rise of BYOD, more and more companies have mixed OS networks that include machines running on Linux and either Windows or macOS (and sometimes even on all three operating systems).

Boosting Security with Data Loss Prevention

As data security has been a hot topic for years and new privacy regulations proliferate, organizations using Linux operating systems and those with multi-platform environments can enhance their security with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions, safeguarding both sensitive data and intellectual property.

Controlling Data in Transit and at Rest

With a DLP product, organizations can gain control of who can access sensitive data through safeguarding endpoints, gateways, and cloud services, thus protecting it from malicious threats that attempt to compromise data integrity. Portable storage devices such as USB flash drives, smartphones, tablets, and cloud services like Skype, Dropbox, or Google Drive may put companies’ sensitive data at high risk. Therefore, it is critical to control data use within and outside the company.

Although the number of Linux vulnerabilities is growing, the number of available security solutions is limited. Cross-platform solutions, such as Endpoint Protector, help secure sensitive data and prevent data loss, data leaks, or data theft on an organization’s entire network, whether it is Windows, macOS, or Linux-based. It also provides Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention, Device Control, and eDiscovery for various Linux versions and distributions.

A DLP solution can help organizations using Linux to manage the portable devices connected to the computers and to monitor all transfers of data to authorized devices. Thus they can prevent users from taking unauthorized data outside the company or bringing potential harmful files on storage devices.

Another important feature of DLP products is data discovery, which helps businesses identify and locate sensitive data to properly protect it or securely remove it. Data discovery can minimize both internal and external attack vectors: unauthorized employees storing sensitive data on their computers and outsiders who manage to bypass the network defense and try to get access to the company’s records.

Safeguarding Sensitive Data and Intellectual Property

The best DLP solutions on the market can give organizations using Linux OS detailed control over sensitive data leaving the company’s network through efficient content inspection. Therefore it is possible to safeguard not only sensitive data, like name, phone number, or bank account, but also the intellectual property, such as software source code or Rich Media Content.

Endpoint Protector makes it possible to block the transmission of files depending on the file type; filters can be created based on predefined content, thus blocking the transmission of the selected sensitive data.

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Why is Data Loss Prevention essential?

Being subject to outside attacks or insider threats is inevitable but data leaks, data loss and data theft can be mitigated. A content and context-aware DLP solution can inspect and control file transfers containing sensitive information like personal data or intellectual property, manage what USB storage devices can or cannot be used and, ensure enforced encryption is used. Ensuring the best possible outcome, all these actions should occur at the endpoint level, the riskiest point of attack.

With a Server-Client architecture, Endpoint Protector provides cross-platform DLP, without disrupting users daily work. The Server can be accessed by administrators through a user-friendly web interface, while the Client has the smallest footprint possible, offering the best user experience for the end user.

We are focused on providing solutions for modern information security challenges. Our Data Loss Prevention Solution provides several vital elements. All of them working together form a powerful cross-platform DLP solution that protects Windows, macOS and Linux endpoints as well as iOS and Android mobile devices.

Protect high-value data from persistent security threats and challenges

Intellectual Property Protection

Endpoint Protector uses advanced technologies such as N-gram-based text categorization to accurately discover intellectual property, such as source code, within hundreds of file formats and then monitor and control any transfers.

Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Protection

Scan and safeguard Personally Identifiable Information (PII), including Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers with the top-notch eDiscovery feature available within Endpoint Protecor.

Insider Threat Protection

Prevent data loss or theft with Endpoint Protector by monitoring activity related to device use and file transfers. Monitor what sensitive data leaves your company and prevent data exfiltration with an all-in-one Data Loss Prevention solution.

Compliance and Regulations

Endpoint Protector can help organizations achieve compliance and meet the requirements of data protection regulations such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOX and others, avoiding fines and other damages imposed by regulatory entities.

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Discover, monitor and protect confidential data on your Linux endpoints with our full DLP solution

The most granular DLP solution for Linux on the market

With over 15 years of experience in the field, Endpoint Protector offers top-notch DLP technology for the ultimate protection of your sensitive data in motion and at rest. Prevent data loss, data leakage and data theft with our full Data Loss Prevention software.

Protect high-value data from persistent security threats and challenges

Intellectual Property Protection

Endpoint Protector uses advanced technologies such as N-gram-based text categorization to accurately discover intellectual property, such as source code, within hundreds of file formats and then monitor and control any transfers.

Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Protection

Scan and safeguard Personally Identifiable Information (PII), including Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers with the top-notch eDiscovery feature available within Endpoint Protecor.

Insider Threat Protection

Prevent data loss or theft with Endpoint Protector by monitoring activity related to device use and file transfers. Monitor what sensitive data leaves your company and prevent data exfiltration with an all-in-one Data Loss Prevention solution.

Compliance and Regulations

Endpoint Protector can help organizations achieve compliance and meet the requirements of data protection regulations such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOX and others, avoiding fines and other damages imposed by regulatory entities.

Comply with industry regulations

Endpoint Protector safeguards your sensitive data like credit card numbers or source code against data breaches and helps you to become compliant with data protection regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS etc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Although the open-source software operating system is known to be secure by design, as its adoption continues to soar, there is an increased risk for both external and internal threats. Most Linux distros come with some advanced security tools, but security incidents have proved that these are not enough anymore to prevent data breaches.

Besides external threats, internal ones are both common and extremely harmful, regardless of the used operating system. For organisations, it is crucial to make a difference between the security of an operating system and the security of the data created, which is edited and handled by people and saved on the operating system. Human error and insider threats are some of the main reasons for data loss and data theft, which can and do still occur even in a “secure” environment.

With a Data Loss Prevention program, you can set-up policies on Linux endpoints, control exit points, and detect and block sensitive data in your organization.

DLP can help you protect confidential business information and employees’ records against data breaches on Linux machines (various distributions like Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS, OpenSUSE), taking you step by step through the policies building. Stop users from uploading, sending, and copying/pasting confidential data from Linux workstations to the cloud, to online applications and to portable storage devices.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools have become an indispensable part of risk assessments. They support the identification stage by discovering and monitoring sensitive data in motion and at rest within the company environment. Solutions such as Endpoint Protector use Personally Identifiable Information (PII) scanners to search for, remediate, and monitor over 100 file types for sensitive data. Even more conveniently, some of its policies are already predefined for data protection requirements for regulations such as GDPR, PCI-DSS, or HIPAA.

DLP monitoring allows companies to identify not only where data is stored within their network, but also how it is being processed and used by its employees. This is an important aspect of risk assessment as many times the way an organisation’s workforce handles data is a major source of vulnerabilities.

Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions help organizations protect their sensitive data stored on laptops, workstations, and other portable storage devices. These solutions safeguard data regardless of an endpoint’s physical location, offer content discovery capabilities as well as different remediation actions. With endpoint DLP, it is possible to choose different levels of trust for devices based on specific criteria.

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Cross-Platform DLP

Discover, monitor, and protect your sensitive data with Endpoint Protector, advanced multi-OS data loss prevention.

Remote deployment in 30 minutes

Ensure regulatory compliance

Comprehensive Data Loss Prevention

Device Control

USB & Peripheral port control

Lockdown, monitor and manage devices. Granular control based on vendor ID, product ID, serial number and more.

Content-Aware Protection

Scanning data in motion

Monitor, control and block file transfers. Detailed control through both content and context inspection.

Enforced Encryption

Automatic USB encryption

Encrypt, manage and secure USB storage devices by safeguarding data in transit. Password-based, easy to use and very efficient.

eDiscovery

Scanning data at rest

Discover, encrypt and delete sensitive data. Detailed content and context inspection through manual or automatic scans.

Protect high-value data from persistent security threats and challenges

Intellectual Property Protection

Endpoint Protector uses advanced technologies such as N-gram-based text categorization to accurately discover intellectual property, such as source code, within hundreds of file formats and then monitor and control any transfers.

Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Protection

Scan and safeguard Personally Identifiable Information (PII), including Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers with the top-notch eDiscovery feature available within Endpoint Protecor.

Insider Threat Protection

Prevent data loss or theft with Endpoint Protector by monitoring activity related to device use and file transfers. Monitor what sensitive data leaves your company and prevent data exfiltration with an all-in-one Data Loss Prevention solution.

Compliance and Regulations

Endpoint Protector can help organizations achieve compliance and meet the requirements of data protection regulations such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOX and others, avoiding fines and other damages imposed by regulatory entities.

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Data Loss Prevention

Secure your company’s sensitive data and stay compliant while employees are working from home. Remote deployment of Endpoint Protector in 30 minutes.

Develop a remote work policy with DLP

If your organization supports telecommuting, it is essential that privacy and data security concerns are addressed in a clearly outlined telecommuting policy and program.

Our next-generation DLP solution ensures protection for sensitive data on your corporate network, performs compliance scanning, and helps to prevent compliance policy violations on Windows, macOS and Linux computers. Monitor and control removable media, scan data in motion and at rest, secure USB devices and inspect file transfers with our advanced security tool.

Enforce endpoint compliance

Our endpoint security solution protects your sensitive information and helps in your compliance efforts with data protection regulations such as GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GLBA, NIST 800-171, and CCPA.

Fast, remote client deployment

Our enterprise-grade endpoint DLP is highly scalable, and it has a lightweight agent. Leverage Active Directory, JAMF or other GPO solutions to remotely deploy the Endpoint Protector Clients.

Outside network and outside hours policies

Allow companies to set different monitoring and control policies when a computer is taken outside the company network or used outside of regular working hours.

Real-time data protection with an advanced DLP solution

The components of our DLP solution can be used separately or all together to defend your data against loss, theft, and leaks.

Content Aware Protection

Device Control

Enforced Encryption for removable storage

eDiscovery

Multiple deployment options

Virtual appliance

Available in VMX, PVA, OVF, OVA, XVA and VHD formats, being compatible with the most popular virtualization tools.

Cloud services

Available for deployment in the following cloud services: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Reduce deployment complexity & cost. Focus more resources on identifying and mitigating risks to your sensitive data and less on maintaining the infrastructure.

Benefits

Cross-platform protection

Protect sensitive data including Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Intellectual Property regardless of the operating system.

Control multiple data flows

Limit or block the use of USB storage devices and control data transfers over the internet through emails, messaging applications, web browsers, social media and more.

Flexible deployment options

Our DLP software can be deployed as a hardware appliance, a virtual appliance or through cloud services, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Choose the one that best suits your needs and organizational infrastructure.

Single console control

Set data loss prevention policies across your network and endpoints from a single dashboard offering an enhanced user experience.

Predefined compliance profiles

Get started quickly with our predefined policies that address common regulatory and IP protection use cases, including GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and PCI DSS.

Easy-to-define & granular policies

Set granular policies and minimize the risk of a data breach. Create your own customized policies in a few quick steps and ensure data protection.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, our enterprise-grade endpoint DLP is highly scalable, and it has a lightweight agent. Leverage Active Directory, JAMF or other GPO solutions to remotely deploy the Endpoint Protector Clients.

Having all of an organization’s employees working remotely means an unprecedented amount of sensitive data will be leaving company premises. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) can diminish the risks of unsecured WiFi networks and ensure that company network security policies are still applied remotely. However, data is still stored locally on endpoints making it vulnerable to theft and loss.

This is where Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions come into play. By applying policies on the endpoint, they protect sensitive data whether a computer is connected to the company network or outside it and ensure that compliance efforts with legislation such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) carry on uninterrupted.

You should revisit who in your organization has access to sensitive data. Employees should only have regular access to the data they need to complete their daily tasks. Limiting the amount of data each individual can access mitigates the damage one employee’s security lapse can cause.

Your company should also use a corporate virtual private network (VPN) to limit access to your sensitive data. The VPN will encrypt your employees’ connection to your servers, letting them safely and securely access your company’s network. The corporate VPN’s encrypted tunnel will help keep your data safe in transit. It will also prevent attackers that do not have your corporate VPN from accessing your servers.

Our DLP platform enhances the data security features of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to include policy-based data access and controls. Endpoint Protector helps to audit and enforce policies equally in physical or virtual environments.

This allows organizations to consistently monitor and govern sensitive data transfers between internal and mobile users, outsourced workforces and system administrators.

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