Monitoring & AuditingDLP Reports & Dashboards

DLP Reports & Dashboards

25 mins

Understanding the Concept

DLP reports provide aggregate views of policy matches, user activities, and policy effectiveness. Built-in reports include: DLP policy matches, DLP incidents, and false positive overrides.

Reports can be filtered by date, policy, user, location, and severity. Export to CSV enables further analysis. Scheduled reports can be emailed to stakeholders.

Dashboards provide at-a-glance views of DLP health: match trends, top policies triggered, top users, and geographic distribution of matches.

Key Points

  • Policy Match Reports: What content matched which policies
  • Incident Reports: High-severity matches requiring attention
  • Override Reports: Track justifications provided by users
  • User Activity: Which users are triggering policies
  • Trend Analysis: Match patterns over time

Why This Matters in Real Organizations

Reports demonstrate DLP effectiveness to leadership and auditors. They reveal policy gaps, identify training needs, and help optimize policies based on actual data patterns.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Not reviewing reports regularly
Missing the 'false positive' signal in override reports
Not sharing reports with stakeholders
Ignoring trends indicating policy problems

Interview Tips

  • Discuss metrics you would track
  • Explain how reports inform policy tuning
  • Mention stakeholder reporting requirements

Exam Tips (SC-401)

  • Know available report types
  • Understand report filtering options
  • Know how to schedule/export reports

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