Data Loss Prevention for the Cloud: Protecting Sensitive Information with German Technology
What Is Data Loss Prevention?
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) refers to technologies and strategies designed to prevent confidential information from leaving an organization — whether accidentally, through misdelivery, or due to human error.
Modern DLP systems identify sensitive content based on defined patterns (e.g., credit card numbers, social security numbers, or keywords such as confidential) and respond automatically — by blocking, encrypting, warning, or logging the event.
The Challenge for European Organizations
Many of today’s DLP solutions are SaaS products developed in the United States or Israel — regions with different privacy laws and governance frameworks.
For organizations in Germany and across Europe that must comply with GDPR, NIS2, and DORA, this poses a challenge:
Data transmitted for analysis or classification may be processed outside the EU, introducing potential compliance and sovereignty risks.
As a result, the demand for a trustworthy, German-developed DLP solution is growing — one that ensures full transparency and data sovereignty across every processing step.
Why DLP and Encryption Belong Together
Traditional DLP systems detect data before it is lost.
But what happens after detection? This is where the combination of DLP and encryption becomes truly powerful:
- Instant protection: Sensitive content is detected and immediately protected — automatically and rule-based.
- End-to-end security: The eperi sEcure encryption layer safeguards data against unauthorized access — even from the Cloud Service Provider (CSP).
- Controlled data flows: Security and productivity remain perfectly balanced.
This is precisely the approach taken by eperi.
With the planned DLP module for eperi sEcure, the company is creating an integrated solution that combines detection, classification, and protection in a single step.
How eperi DLP Works
eperi builds on its extensive expertise in data structures and tokenization profiles, enabling highly precise pattern recognition — similar to how replacement tokens are generated in identical formats.
Through an intuitive interface, administrators can define which data types to detect (e.g., IBANs, email addresses, or credit card numbers) and which actions should follow: Log only, Warn, Block, Encrypt, or Tokenize.
Advantages of a German DLP Solution by eperi
- Made in Germany: Developed according to German data protection and security standards
- Data Sovereignty: No transfer of sensitive information to external cloud analysis services — analysis occurs directly within eperi sEcure
- Seamless Integration: Fully compatible with existing eperi encryption and tokenization policies
- Audit & Compliance: Transparent reporting to support GDPR, DORA, and NIS2 compliance
- Intelligent Detection: Predefined patterns for banking and personal identifiers
- Future-Ready: A European alternative to US vendors — fully GDPR-aligned
Outlook
With the integration of Data Loss Prevention, eperi sEcure evolves into the central control point for sensitive information — from data detection and classification to protection through encryption or tokenization.
The result:
A new level of cloud security that is preventive, compliant, and 100% data sovereign.
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