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SaaS Data Leak & Loss Prevention Solution

DLP from Spin.AI gives security teams complete visibility into how sensitive data is being shared across your SaaS environment, and the automated enforcement power to stop unauthorized exposure before it reaches the wrong hands.

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Reduction in security incidents
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out-of-the-box sensitive data types detected
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of data breaches involve cloud-stored data
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Named Top 10 Best Data Loss
Prevention Solutions

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In SaaS environments, unauthorized data exposure is a matter of when, not if.

When it comes to sensitive data in cloud environments like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, without the right security controls in place, unauthorized exposure is a daily reality. With a few clicks, employees can share files externally, connect third-party apps with broad OAuth permissions, or paste sensitive data into an unapproved AI tool, and it won’t trip a firewall or leave an obvious audit trail. The consequences range from compliance violations and regulatory fines to reputational damage that can take years to recover from.

What is data loss prevention (DLP)?

Data leak prevention is the set of strategies, policies, and technologies used to detect and stop sensitive information from being exposed or transmitted outside authorized channels — whether through accidental sharing, insider threat, or deliberate exfiltration.

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VISIBILITY INTO ACCESS & SHARING

In SaaS environments, leaks don’t happen at the network perimeter. They happen when an employee shares a Google Drive folder with anyone who has the link, when a connected OAuth app quietly reads and transmits file contents, when a user pastes a customer record into ChatGPT, or when a departing employee downloads a contact list before their last day. Data leak prevention is the discipline of seeing those events in real time and acting on them before the exposure becomes a breach.

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REAL TIME PROTECTION

DLP from Spin.AI is purpose-built for this environment, delivering continuous visibility into how sensitive SaaS data is shared, by whom, and where it’s going, with automated policy enforcement that acts the moment a rule is broken.

Real-time alert for sensitive data exposure

Protect PII, PHI, PCI, and every sensitive data type with our DLP Policy Engine

DLP from Spin.AI continuously scans mailboxes, attachments, user drives, and shared folders to identify and flag sensitive data being shared in violation of your security policies. It comes with 15+ out-of-the-box sensitive data detectors, organized into four categories that mirror the structure of its policy builder:

Identity Information Protected

  • Names
  • addresses
  • phone numbers
  • emails
  • usernames
  • passwords
  • SSNs
  • IP addresses
  • domain names

Financial Information Protected

  • Credit card numbers
  • bank account numbers
  • tax IDs
  • SWIFT codes
  • IBANs
  • ITINs
  • financial records

Health Information Protected

  • Protected health information (PHI)
  • HIPAA-regulated ePHI
  • patient records
  • clinical notes
  • insurance numbers

Custom Data Types Protected

  • Define your own detectors using regular expressions and your organization’s proprietary data dictionary
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Detect unauthorized exposure

across the following incident types:

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Zip files

Our DLP solution also scans the contents of zip files and encrypted zip archives, ensuring sensitive data cannot bypass detection by being compressed or packaged.

Unintentional internal exposure

Viewing or editing permissions granted too broadly inside the organization

Unintentional external exposure

Files shared externally via link or direct grant without authorization

Third-party app and extension access

OAuth apps or browser extensions with permissions to read or transmit sensitive data

Phishing-related incidents

Sensitive data exposed through phishing attacks corresponding with insider threat or accidental leak scenarios

Intellectual property exfiltration

Source code, trade secrets, or proprietary documents leaving your controlled environment

How DLP from Spin.AI detects and stops unauthorized data exposure

Spin.AI DLP uses a combination of content inspection, behavioral analytics, and automated policy enforcement to identify sensitive data sharing violations in real time — going well beyond the keyword filters and regex patterns that legacy tools rely on.

Our DLP solution’s detection logic centers on three questions for every data event:

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What data does your organization consider sensitive?

Defined by your security policies and our pre-built DLP detectors

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How is the data being shared?

Externally, internally, via link, through an app, or to an AI tool

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Who is sharing it?

User identity, role, access history, and behavioral baseline

Every policy trigger is evaluated against all three. This is what separates our DLP solution from tools that only catch what a predefined rule anticipated.

How our DLP works

Content inspection and sensitive data classification

Content inspection and sensitive data classification

DLP from Spin.AI scans files, emails, shared folders, and drive contents against its library of pre-built sensitive data detectors. When a policy match is detected, like a shared Google Drive containing SSNs, an outbound email with credit card data, or a Teams message containing PHI, our DLP tool logs the event, alerts the appropriate admin, and executes the automated response action you’ve configured.

Behavioral analytics and anomaly detection

Spin.AI DLP’s user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) approach monitors user behavior patterns across your SaaS environment and flags deviations that indicate insider risk — unusual spikes in external sharing, bulk file transfers to personal accounts, access to sensitive folders outside normal working patterns. Rather than only catching what a predefined rule anticipates, behavioral detection catches intent-based exposure that static content scanning misses.

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Automated policy enforcement

When a sharing policy is violated, our DLP solution acts immediately — no manual triage required.

Automated response actions include:

  • Removing external sharing links
  • Making files private
  • Transferring file ownership to an admin
  • Suspending the user’s access
  • Removing external collaborators from shared resources
  • Sending real-time alerts to Splunk, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, or Teams

All policies are fully configurable: 

  • granular control over what constitutes a violation
  • who the policy applies to
  • what action fires when it triggers
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How does SpinOne help
reduce security incidents by 95%?

SpinOne DLP uses 7 key methods to reduce security incidents by 95%

AI scanning

METHOD 1 / 7

Data scanning with AI detection

It continuously scans multiple sources and uses AI to identify sensitive information users are attempting to share:

  • Emails employees compose and attempt to send to users outside your organization
  • LLM prompts being submitted to LLM tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Deep Seek, etc.
  • Files being uploaded to personal drives like Box, DropBox, personal Google Drive accounts, etc.)

Behavior tracking

METHOD 2 / 7

AI Behavior Tracking / UEBA

The system learns how employees normally use data. It automatically flags unusual or anomalous actions, such as massive data downloads or unexpected file sharing.

SaaS sharing

METHOD 3 / 7

SaaS data sharing

SaaS environments make collaboration – and unauthorized data exposure – easier. Users can share sensitive files inside or outside your organization in seconds, often without realizing the risk.

Auto enforcement

METHOD 4 / 7

Automated Enforcement

When the system spots a risky action (like an employee sharing confidential files publicly), it acts instantly. It revokes access and blocks the transfer without needing a human to fix it.

Third-party apps

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High-risk third-party apps

OAuth apps available in marketplaces frequently request broad permissions to SaaS data. A single misconfigured or compromised app can silently exfiltrate intellectual property, PII, or financial records.

Shadow AI

METHOD 6 / 7

GenAI and shadow AI

Employees are actively pasting proprietary data into ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and hundreds of unsanctioned AI tools. Traditional tools don’t see these flows. DLP from Spin.AI gives you both visibility and shadow AI governance.

Instant alerts

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Instant Alerts

Instead of overwhelming IT teams, SpinDLP sends instant notifications directly to tools teams already use, such as Splunk, ServiceNow, Slack, Teams, or Jira.

METHOD 1 / 7

Data scanning with AI detection

It continuously scans multiple sources and uses AI to identify sensitive information users are attempting to share:

  • Emails employees compose and attempt to send to users outside your organization
  • LLM prompts being submitted to LLM tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Deep Seek, etc.
  • Files being uploaded to personal drives like Box, DropBox, personal Google Drive accounts, etc.)

Meet GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, SOC 2 Type II and more requirements with automated data controls

Unauthorized data exposure is where regulatory penalties originate. Our solution’s continuous monitoring, access governance, and audit-ready reporting give compliance teams the evidence that controls are active, not just documented.

GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation requires organizations handling EU personal data to implement technical safeguards preventing unauthorized access and disclosure. Violations can result in fines of up to 4% of global annual turnover or €20 million, whichever is higher. We give you automated monitoring, access controls, and incident logging provide the demonstrable controls GDPR auditors look for.

HIPAA

HIPAA’s Security Rule requires covered entities and business associates to implement controls protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI) from unauthorized disclosure. Our DLP solution classifies PHI across your Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Salesforce environments, enforces sharing policies, and generates audit-ready incident reports.

CCPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act requires organizations to protect personal data from unauthorized exposure. DLP from Spin.AI provides PII monitoring and access governance capabilities to ensure sensitive consumer data is identified, tracked, and appropriately controlled across your SaaS environment.

PCI DSS

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard prohibits unauthorized transmission of cardholder data. Our pre-built PCI detectors continuously scan for credit card numbers, CVVs, and related financial data across all connected SaaS environments, alerting and acting the moment a sharing violation occurs.

NIST CSF

Our solution aligns with NIST Cybersecurity Framework controls to help you implement sensitive data governance and continuously updates its detection frameworks as federal standards evolve.

SOC 2 Type II

Our solution gives you the monitoring, alerting, and access controls you need to provide the operational evidence required for SOC 2 Type II security and availability trust service criteria.

Stop sensitive data from flowing into
ChatGPT, Copilot, and shadow AI tools

Generative AI has created a new and largely invisible exposure surface. Employees are actively pasting PII, financial records, source code, and proprietary documents into ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and hundreds of other AI tools — often with no malicious intent, and no awareness that sensitive data has left your controlled environment.

Network controls miss browser-based paste events. Native SaaS controls don’t govern what leaves through a browser tab. 

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Our DLP, combined with SpinCRX enterprise browser security, closes this gap with powerful AI governance:

  • Monitor data flows to generative AI services in real time
  • Classify sensitive content before it reaches an unauthorized AI tool
  • Enforce policies that block, mask, or alert on sensitive data transfers to unapproved AI platforms
  • Give security teams full visibility into which AI tools employees are using, including shadow AI accessed through personal accounts

Complete visibility and automated response
— from first signal to closed incident

Most tools stop at detection. SpinOne DLP closes the full incident lifecycle.

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For incidents requiring immediate action, our DLP solution’s automated response engine acts at the moment of detection:

  • remove access
  • revoke links
  • alert your team before exposure escalates

Get everything needed to investigate and respond:

  • event timestamp
  • user involved
  • specific file or data object
  • sharing destination
  • policy triggered
  • a complete audit trail of data movement and access patterns 
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Weekly and monthly incident reports help you:

  • find and address long-term compliance risks
  • track insider risk data leak trends
  • prepare for internal audits & reviews 

What DLP from Spin.AI
protects you from

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Insider threat and accidental exposure

Whether an employee intentionally downloads a customer list before their last day, or accidentally shares a Google Drive folder with anyone who has the link, SpinOne DLP detects the exposure and responds automatically. Behavioral monitoring catches patterns that don’t fit any predefined rule. The deviation itself is the signal.

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Third-party app and OAuth risk

Every app connected to your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 environment is a potential exposure channel. SpinOne DLP works alongside SpinSPM to assess the risk of OAuth apps and browser extensions that have permission to read, write, or transmit your sensitive SaaS data.

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GenAI and shadow AI exposure

Employees using personal ChatGPT accounts, unauthorized Copilot plugins, or unapproved AI browser extensions are creating exposure events your existing tools can’t see. We’ll surface these flows and give you the policy controls to govern them without blocking legitimate AI productivity.

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Employee offboarding

The window around an employee’s departure is one of the highest-risk periods for intentional data exfiltration. Our DLP solution monitors access patterns and sharing activity during offboarding, alerting on anomalous behavior and enforcing access revocation automatically.

BYOD environments

DLP from Spin.AI provides visibility across your Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 data regardless of what device employees use. Corporate laptops, personal phones, tablets — our agentless, API-based architecture covers all access points without requiring an endpoint agent.

PLATFORM COVERAGE SECURITY OPERATIONS

Works natively with the SaaS environments
your organization runs on

This tool is built for the SaaS-first enterprise. No proxies, no endpoint agents, no complex deployment. API-based, agentless architecture means our DLP solution has full visibility across your environment in hours, not weeks.

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Platform coverage:

  • Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Shared Drives, Meet, Chat)
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Platform coverage:

  • Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams)
Integration of SIEM and ITSM applications

SIEM and ITSM integrations:

Our DLP will send real-time alerts to Splunk, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, integrating with your existing security operations workflow without adding a new console to manage.

Trusted by 2,000+ organizations
to keep sensitive SaaS data secure

5/5
“Spin.AI directly addresses the sophisticated challenges faced in safeguarding Microsoft 365 environments against data breaches and loss.”
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Hermann RamacherDistribution Partner of Spin.AI
5/5
“Managing our overall risk daily, it is perfect for reporting, managing.”
Graham C.
Graham C.Managing Director, Security & Compliance
5/5
“SpinOne is a powerful and reliable platform that brings peace of mind by continuously monitoring your environment and providing strong security.”
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Frequently asked questions
about DLP from Spin.AI

Organizations prevent sensitive data from being shared with AI tools by implementing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies that identify sensitive information before it leaves the organization. Modern DLP solutions monitor user activity across SaaS applications, browsers, email, and AI assistants to detect and prevent unauthorized sharing of regulated, confidential, or proprietary data. Depending on organizational policies, DLP can alert users, block sensitive content from being submitted, or require additional approval before information is shared. This helps organizations reduce data leaks while enabling employees to use AI tools securely.

Data leak prevention focuses on stopping sensitive information from being exposed or transmitted to unauthorized parties — the concern is unauthorized outbound access, sharing, or exfiltration. Data loss prevention is a broader term that encompasses leak prevention but also covers scenarios where data is destroyed, deleted, or made unavailable due to accidental deletion, ransomware, or system failure. This DLP solution is Spin.AI’s data leak prevention product. Organizations that also need protection against data loss through deletion or ransomware can find those capabilities in SpinBackup and RDR within the SpinOne platform.

Our DLP solution detects 15+ out-of-the-box sensitive data types organized into four categories: identity information (names, SSNs, email addresses, IP addresses, usernames, passwords, domain names); financial information (credit card numbers, bank account numbers, tax IDs, SWIFT codes, IBANs); health information (PHI, HIPAA-regulated ePHI, patient records, insurance numbers); and custom data types defined using regular expressions and your organization’s proprietary data dictionary.

Native controls in Google Workspace and Microsoft Purview provide a baseline for content policy enforcement, but leave meaningful gaps. They don’t provide visibility into abnormal user sharing behavior, don’t cover data flowing through browser extensions and OAuth apps, and can’t monitor sensitive data entering AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini. Spin.AI’s DLP solution fills these gaps with behavioral analytics, third-party app risk monitoring, GenAI data flow governance, and automated incident response — all in a single agentless deployment that takes hours rather than weeks.

Each of these regulations requires organizations to implement technical controls that prevent unauthorized access to and disclosure of sensitive data. DLP from Spin.AI addresses this directly: it automatically identifies and classifies regulated data types (PII, PHI, PCI), enforces sharing policies that restrict unauthorized transmission, generates audit-ready incident logs, and provides continuous monitoring that demonstrates controls are operational — not just configured. GDPR violations can reach 4% of global annual turnover. HIPAA violations can result in penalties of up to $50,000 per record. Our DLP tool reduces that exposure by catching violations before they become incidents.

Spin.AI DLP monitors and classifies your data — it does not directly modify company files. It uses 256-bit AES encryption, two-factor authentication, and robust access controls to ensure the data it processes is never itself exposed. Monitored data is stored on AWS, GCP, Azure, or your own storage (BYOS), giving you full control over where it resides.

Yes. Our DLP, working with SpinCRX continuous enterprise browser security, monitors and governs data flows to generative AI services including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and other GenAI platforms. It classifies sensitive content before it reaches an unauthorized AI tool, enforces policies that block or alert on those transfers, and gives security teams visibility into which AI tools employees are using — including shadow AI accessed through personal accounts.

Yes. Spin.AI’s DLP’s agentless, API-based architecture provides visibility across all devices accessing your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 environment — corporate laptops, personal phones, and tablets — without requiring an endpoint agent on each device.

Yes. Spin.AI DLP scans the contents of zip archives including encrypted zip files to detect sensitive data and enforce sharing policies, ensuring that compression cannot be used to bypass detection.

Our DLP solution can automatically: remove external sharing links, make files private, transfer file ownership to an admin, suspend the user’s access, remove external collaborators from shared resources, and send real-time alerts to Splunk, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, or Microsoft Teams. All responses are configurable — administrators define which actions apply to which policies, users, and data types.

Legacy enterprise DLP tools were designed for on-premises networks and endpoint environments. They require agents, proxies, or inline deployment — and they can’t cover SaaS data that never touches a corporate network perimeter. DLP from Spin.AI is purpose-built for cloud-first organizations. It connects directly to your SaaS APIs, deploys in hours rather than weeks, and delivers full visibility across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 without any on-premises infrastructure.