# Data Security & Privacy — where is your sensitive data, what leaves, and what still protects it after it has gone

*A TechBag category guide. Last reviewed 2026-10-03.*

- Canonical: https://www.thetechbag.com/browse/data-security-privacy
- Routes: 3

## The routes

### DLP & Insider Risk

Every DLP deployment starts by discovering that nobody agrees what “sensitive” means here. The policy work is the project; the licence is the small number.

- 21 products compared
- Guide: https://www.thetechbag.com/browse/data-security-privacy/dlp-insider-risk
- Boundary terms resolved: DLP vs insider risk · Insider risk vs UEBA · Endpoint vs network DLP · Cloud DLP vs the rest

### DSPM & Data Discovery

DSPM will find data you did not know existed, in places you did not know it was stored. The finding is fast. The remediation is not.

- 18 products compared
- Guide: https://www.thetechbag.com/browse/data-security-privacy/dspm
- Boundary terms resolved: DSPM vs CSPM · DSPM vs DLP · Discovery vs classification · Classification vs cataloguing

### Encryption & Rights Management

Every other control protects data while it is inside your boundary. This is the only one that still works after the file has left.

- 22 products compared
- Guide: https://www.thetechbag.com/browse/data-security-privacy/encryption-rights
- Boundary terms resolved: Encryption at rest vs in transit · Encryption at rest vs in use · EDRM/IRM vs encryption · EDRM/IRM vs DLP

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*Vendor-neutral. Nothing gated. https://www.thetechbag.com/browse/data-security-privacy*