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Product	Symantec Data Loss Prevention by Broadcom View product	Proofpoint Information Protection by Proofpoint View product
Overview
What it is	Symantec Data Loss Prevention from Broadcom focuses on cloud data governance. Key capabilities: cloud SaaS DLP. Compare it with the leading Data Security alternatives.	Evaluating Proofpoint Information Protection? See how this Data Security tool handles incident forensics, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Platform	People-Centric Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Platform
Best for	Banking, Healthcare, Insurance, Government, Global Enterprise, Financial Services, Large Enterprise	Financial Services, Healthcare, Legal, Pharmaceutical, Enterprise
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hybrid / On-premises & Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Enforce Server & Cloud Detection Servers	Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid; Cloud-native SaaS; Lightweight endpoint agent
Data residency	Customer data centers; Hybrid cloud environments	US; EU; Global cloud
Key features
What it offers	Exact Data Matching (EDM) Indexed Document Matching (IDM) Endpoint DLP agent Network traffic inspection Cloud SaaS DLP Automated remediation playbooks Intellectual property protection Regulatory data compliance	Unified cross-channel DLP Insider threat telemetry Sensitive data classification Endpoint exfiltration blocking Incident forensics Intellectual property theft prevention Departing employee data tracking Cloud file sharing governance
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	WorkstationsLaptopsNetwork GatewaysCloud RepositoriesFile Shares	CloudEndpointsEmailWebCloud SaaS
Compliance	PCI-DSSHIPAAGDPRCCPAGLBAISO/IEC 27001NIST SP 800-53	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft Information ProtectionActive DirectorySplunkServiceNowBox	Microsoft 365Google DriveBoxSalesforceSplunkWindowsmacOS
Industries	BankingHealthcareInsuranceGovernmentGlobal EnterpriseFinancial Services+1 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareLegalPharmaceuticalEnterprise
Regions	GlobalMulti-region	GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific
Vendor
Company	Broadcom	Proofpoint
Headquarters	Palo Alto, California, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA
Company size	10,001+	4,000+
Founded	1961	2002

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

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Proofpoint Information Protection

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Overview

What it is

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Symantec Data Loss Prevention from Broadcom focuses on cloud data governance. Key capabilities: cloud SaaS DLP. Compare it with the leading Data Security alternatives.

Proofpoint Information Protection

Evaluating Proofpoint Information Protection? See how this Data Security tool handles incident forensics, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Platform

Proofpoint Information Protection

People-Centric Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Platform

Best for

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Banking, Healthcare, Insurance, Government, Global Enterprise, Financial Services, Large Enterprise

Proofpoint Information Protection

Financial Services, Healthcare, Legal, Pharmaceutical, Enterprise

Pricing

Pricing model

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Contact Vendor

Proofpoint Information Protection

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Proofpoint Information Protection

Deployment

Deployment options

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Proofpoint Information Protection

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Hybrid / On-premises & Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Enforce Server & Cloud Detection Servers

Proofpoint Information Protection

Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid; Cloud-native SaaS; Lightweight endpoint agent

Data residency

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Customer data centers; Hybrid cloud environments

Proofpoint Information Protection

US; EU; Global cloud

Key features

What it offers

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Exact Data Matching (EDM)
Indexed Document Matching (IDM)
Endpoint DLP agent
Network traffic inspection
Cloud SaaS DLP
Automated remediation playbooks
Intellectual property protection
Regulatory data compliance

Proofpoint Information Protection

Unified cross-channel DLP
Insider threat telemetry
Sensitive data classification
Endpoint exfiltration blocking
Incident forensics
Intellectual property theft prevention
Departing employee data tracking
Cloud file sharing governance

Platform & access

API access

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Proofpoint Information Protection

Single sign-on (SSO)

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Proofpoint Information Protection

Role-based access (RBAC)

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Proofpoint Information Protection

Multi-tenant

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Proofpoint Information Protection

Mobile app

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Proofpoint Information Protection

Supported platforms

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

WorkstationsLaptopsNetwork GatewaysCloud RepositoriesFile Shares

Proofpoint Information Protection

CloudEndpointsEmailWebCloud SaaS

Compliance

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

PCI-DSSHIPAAGDPRCCPAGLBAISO/IEC 27001NIST SP 800-53

Proofpoint Information Protection

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Microsoft Information ProtectionActive DirectorySplunkServiceNowBox

Proofpoint Information Protection

Microsoft 365Google DriveBoxSalesforceSplunkWindowsmacOS

Industries

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

BankingHealthcareInsuranceGovernmentGlobal EnterpriseFinancial Services+1 more

Proofpoint Information Protection

Financial ServicesHealthcareLegalPharmaceuticalEnterprise

Regions

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

GlobalMulti-region

Proofpoint Information Protection

GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific

Vendor

Company

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Broadcom

Proofpoint Information Protection

Proofpoint

Headquarters

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Palo Alto, California, USA

Proofpoint Information Protection

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Company size

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

10,001+

Proofpoint Information Protection

4,000+

Founded

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

1961

Proofpoint Information Protection

2002