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Cato DLP Data Loss Prevention India — Stop Data Leaks Inline

Cato DLP inspects every byte inline — before data leaves via upload, email, or cloud app — protecting PAN numbers, Aadhaar, SWIFT codes, and custom sensitive data patterns. DPDPA 2023 ready.

How Data Leaks in Indian Enterprises

These aren't hypotheticals. They happen every day — and most organizations have no visibility when they do.

Cloud Uploads

Employees uploading customer databases to personal Google Drive, Dropbox, or WeTransfer — often to "work from home" — with no awareness of the data classification risk.

Email Attachments

Financial reports, customer PII, and source code sent to personal or competitor email addresses — sometimes accidentally, sometimes intentionally, always outside your control.

Messaging Apps

Sensitive files shared via WhatsApp, Telegram, and consumer chat apps — completely outside your visibility, unencrypted in transit to unknown endpoints, and impossible to recall.

Shadow IT & AI Tools

Data entered into free AI tools, form builders, and browser extensions — employees pasting customer records into ChatGPT or Bard — all potential data exfiltration you cannot see.

What Cato DLP Protects

Predefined patterns built for Indian regulatory requirements — plus full custom rule support.

Built-in Data Patterns for India

  • Aadhaar numbers (12-digit UID)
  • PAN card numbers
  • Indian bank account numbers
  • SWIFT / IFSC codes
  • Credit/debit card numbers (PCI DSS)
  • Passport numbers
  • Indian mobile numbers
  • Indian driving licence formats

Custom Pattern Support

Define your own DLP rules — product codenames, internal project IDs, classified document headers, proprietary data formats. Cato's regex-based pattern engine supports any data type.

EXAMPLE USE CASES
  • Custom regex for internal employee IDs or project codes
  • Document fingerprinting for NDAs and contracts
  • Exact data match against CRM export of customer records
  • Keyword-based rules for classified or confidential documents

Policies apply across all channels simultaneously — web uploads, email, cloud sync, SaaS apps — without managing separate tools.

How Cato DLP Works

Inline inspection — every byte checked before it leaves your network.

1

Universal Inline Inspection

All outbound traffic passes through Cato's inline inspection engine — no data leaves without being checked. On-premises, remote, and cloud-destined traffic are all covered equally.

2

Real-Time Pattern Matching

DLP engine matches against 70+ predefined patterns plus your custom rules — in real time, before transmission. TLS-encrypted traffic is decrypted, inspected, and re-encrypted transparently.

3

Block, Alert & Audit

Violations are blocked or alerted — with a full audit trail: user, application, data type, destination, and timestamp. Every policy match is logged for compliance reporting.

Compliance Coverage

Cato DLP maps directly to India's key regulatory frameworks — giving compliance teams the evidence they need.

DPDPA 2023

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act requires organizations to know where personal data goes and prevent unauthorized processing. Cato DLP provides the audit trail and prevention controls required — with per-user, per-app visibility.

RBI IT Framework

The Reserve Bank of India mandates DLP controls for financial institutions. Cato's inline DLP with full logging satisfies RBI's data protection requirements — including controls on transmission of financial PII and transaction data.

CERT-In

CERT-In's 2022 directive requires detailed logging of security incidents including data exfiltration attempts. Cato DLP automatically logs every policy match with full context — user, destination, data classification, and timestamp.

PCI DSS

For organizations handling card data, Cato DLP enforces cardholder data restrictions inline — blocking transmission of PANs over non-compliant channels and satisfying PCI DSS Requirement 3 and 4 controls.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — Cato SWG performs TLS inspection, so all encrypted traffic is decrypted, inspected by the DLP engine, and re-encrypted before forwarding. There are no blind spots. TLS 1.3 is fully supported. Certificate trust is managed centrally through the Cato management console.
Yes — custom regex patterns, document fingerprinting for specific file types, and exact data match for structured data like customer databases. You can also combine multiple pattern types into composite rules — for example, flagging a document that contains both an Aadhaar number and a bank account number together.
DLP policies have configurable sensitivity levels — you can start in monitor-only mode to baseline normal behavior before moving to block mode. This lets you identify false positives and tune rules before enforcement begins. Users can also trigger a justification flow for legitimate exceptions — submitting a business reason that is logged for audit purposes.
Cato DLP is network-based — it covers all traffic flowing through the Cato SASE platform, including from remote users connected via the Cato Client. For endpoint DLP covering USB ports and printing, Cato integrates with endpoint security tools. Ogma can architect a complete DLP solution combining Cato's network DLP with endpoint-level controls for comprehensive coverage.

Find Out What Sensitive Data Is Leaving Your Network

Run a 30-day DLP discovery — no blocking, just visibility. You may be surprised what you find.