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      <div class="TC-TitleChapter"><a name="561994">Overview</a></div>
      <div class="IN-TopicInfo"><a name="625911">Administrator Help | Forcepoint DLP | Version 8.7.x</a></div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="637156">Forcepoint DLP protects organizations from information leaks and data loss at the perimeter and inside the organization, as well as in certain Infrastructure as a Service platforms.</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="628838">It includes an analytics engine that identifies and ranks high-risk incidents. Incidents generated by DLP policies across all core Forcepoint DLP components are evaluated to report on those with the highest data loss or data theft risk score.</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="628692">It can operate alone in the network, or be paired with Forcepoint Web Security or Forcepoint Email Security to provide a well-rounded security solution. </a></div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="625565">Forcepoint DLP Network prevents data loss through email and over web channels such as HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="628877">Includes Forcepoint DLP Email Gateway, which is deployed in Microsoft Azure to provide DLP policy enforcement for Microsoft Exchange Online</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="628907">Supports the scanning of content supplied by third-party solutions, such as Citrix FileShare, via the ICAP protocol</a></div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="620845">Use Forcepoint Data Discovery to learn the location of sensitive data within on-premises data centers and cloud hosted applications. It can scan data on file servers, email servers, databases, and content collaboration applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint and Box.</a></div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="606788">Forcepoint DLP Endpoint prevents data loss over endpoint channels, such as removable storage devices, mobile devices, browser uploads, email clients, and applications&mdash;for example, IM and file share clients.</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="628940">It can also discover and remediate sensitive data stored on laptop and desktop systems.</a></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><a name="628970">The endpoint agent lets administrators analyze content within a user's working environment and block or monitor policy breaches as defined by the endpoint profiles.</a></div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="623096">A mobile agent applies DLP policies to corporate email traffic that is synchronized to mobile devices using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.</a></div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="612898">Consult a Forcepoint sales representative for more information about the full range of Forcepoint DLP options.</a></div>
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