As recent high-profile data breach victims have discovered, the increased sophistication of today’s cyberattacks makes them more difficult to thwart and tougher to contain once they occur. Sophisticated attacks demand sophisticated defenses, and today, data loss prevention (DLP) is among the new generation of protective measures that is proving it’s up to the task, especially when it’s deployed as part of a multi-layered security strategy.

For organizations entering 2023 feeling confident they won’t become the latest victim of a costly data breach, IBM provides this sobering dose of reality: “For 83% of companies, it’s not if a data breach will happen, but when. Usually more than once,” the company warned in announcing findings from its 2022 Cost of a Data Breach report.