Data Loss Prevention — Controls intended to detect and prevent unauthorized disclosure or transfer of sensitive information.
Why Data Loss Prevention matters in finance
Financial institutions hold valuable customer, transaction and operational data across many channels.
Security is also a market-infrastructure question
In financial services, data loss prevention should be understood in relation to operational continuity, data integrity, payments, market infrastructure and interconnected dependencies. A control can be technically effective while still leaving material resilience risk if critical services cannot continue or recover during disruption.