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Safetica On-Prem
Secure the front door. Email is where most attacks arrive — Safetica On-Prem is the self-hosted deployment — the same full DLP and insider-risk protection as the cloud platform, but running entirely on your own infrastructure, so your data-security system and its data never leave your environment.
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Safetica On-Prem is the self-hosted deployment of Safetica's Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Insider Risk Management — the same effective, practical data protection as the cloud platform, but running entirely on your own infrastructure, for organisations that need or prefer full local control over their data-security system and its data. It exists because some organisations — particularly in regulated industries, government, or those with data-sovereignty and data-residency requirements — cannot or do not want to run their data-security tooling in a vendor's cloud: they need the DLP and insider-risk system, and the sensitive activity data it processes, to stay entirely within their own environment, under their own control, on their own servers. Safetica On-Prem delivers exactly that: you get Safetica's proven DLP (discover and classify sensitive data; control how it moves via email, USB, cloud uploads, print and more — block, warn or audit) and Insider Risk Management (monitor user activity and behaviour to catch risky insiders), but self-hosted — so everything runs on your infrastructure, your data never leaves your environment, and you retain complete control. This suits organisations with strict compliance mandates, data-residency laws (relevant under India's DPDP and for government/PSU/BFSI), air-gapped or tightly-controlled networks, or simply a policy preference for on-premises security tooling. It provides the same core data protection — endpoint DLP, insider-risk monitoring, alerting, reporting and compliance evidence — in a self-hosted model. Safetica (founded 2007, Prague) is channel-led with strong India presence. On-Prem is quote-priced (custom, by environment). TechBag scopes, licenses and supports it in INR/GST for Indian organisations.
The Safetica platform family
This page covers Safetica On-Prem — self-hosted. The rest of the Safetica family:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Safetica On-Prem — self-hosted DLP + insider risk
- Vendor
- Safetica (founded 2007 · Prague)
- The category
- DLP + Insider Risk (on-premises)
- The difference
- Self-hosted — runs on your infrastructure
- For
- Regulated, government, data-residency needs
- The control
- Your data never leaves your environment
- Same protection
- DLP + insider risk, self-hosted
- Suits
- Air-gapped, sovereignty, on-prem policy
- Pricing
- Custom quote (by environment)
- In India via
- TechBag — licensing, quotes, GST invoicing, support
Understand self-hosted DLP before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is Safetica On-Prem?
Self-hosted DLP + insider risk — the same full Safetica protection, but running entirely on your infrastructure, so data stays local.
Cloud-only tooling vs self-hosted control — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Unprotected / signature email | Safetica On-Prem (Safetica) |
|---|---|---|
| Where the system runs | Cloud only (if that's all offered) | Your infrastructure |
| Where system data lives | Vendor cloud | Your environment |
| Data residency | Possibly out of jurisdiction | Local & sovereign |
| Air-gapped networks | Can't use cloud tools | Fully supported |
| Regulated/gov fit | Cloud may not comply | On-prem meets mandates |
| Protection capability | — | Full — same as cloud |
| Control | Shared with vendor cloud | Entirely yours |
| Deployment choice | One option | Cloud or on-prem |
Choose On-Prem only if you genuinely need self-hosting (compliance, residency, air-gap, governance) — otherwise cloud is simpler. On-Prem is the same full protection, self-hosted. TechBag advises honestly and deploys locally.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Self-Hosted
The entire Safetica system — server, management, and the data it processes — runs on your own infrastructure, so your data-security tooling and its sensitive activity data never leave your environment.
Same DLP
The same proven DLP as the cloud platform — discover and classify sensitive data, and control how it moves (block, warn or audit across email, USB, cloud uploads, print) — self-hosted.
Same Insider Risk
The same Insider Risk Management — monitor user activity and analyse behaviour to catch risky and malicious insiders — running entirely within your controlled environment.
Data Residency
Because it's self-hosted, all data stays within your environment and jurisdiction — meeting data-residency and sovereignty requirements (relevant under India's DPDP and for government/PSU/BFSI) that cloud tooling can't.
Your Governance
You control the deployment, updates, access and operation entirely — fitting organisations with strict governance, air-gapped or tightly-controlled networks, or a policy preference for on-premises security systems.
One agent on every machine, one console over all of them — modules attach without a second operational world.
Twelve capabilities. Host, protect, govern.
On-Prem gives you the same full DLP and insider-risk protection, self-hosted, so data stays local — the self-hosted deployment of the portfolio, and paired with the human firewall.
Fully Self-Hosted Deployment
Run the entire Safetica system on your own infrastructure — server, management console and all processed data stay within your environment — for organisations that need full local control.
Data Residency & Sovereignty
All data stays within your environment and jurisdiction — meeting data-residency and sovereignty requirements (relevant under DPDP and for government/PSU/BFSI) that a vendor cloud can't satisfy.
Air-Gapped & Isolated Networks
Suits air-gapped, isolated or tightly-controlled networks that can't connect to external cloud services — so even the most restricted environments can run effective DLP and insider-risk protection.
Endpoint DLP
Discover and classify sensitive data, and control how it moves — block, warn or audit sensitive data leaving via email, USB, cloud uploads, print, clipboard — the same proven DLP, self-hosted.
Insider Risk Management
Monitor user activity and analyse behaviour to detect risky or malicious insiders — departing-employee data theft, unusual access, policy violations — the same IRM, within your controlled environment.
All Leak Channels
Control sensitive data across the channels it leaks through — email, USB and removable media, cloud uploads, printing, clipboard, network — self-hosted, so you close the ways data leaves, on your own terms.
Real-Time Alerts
Get real-time alerts on risky activity and policy violations, processed within your environment — so your security team sees incidents as they happen, with all the data staying local.
Reporting & Auditing
Clear reporting and audit trails of data flows and incidents — kept within your environment — for visibility and to evidence data protection and compliance, with the data never leaving.
Compliance & Data Residency
Meet GDPR, DPDP, HIPAA, PCI — and, uniquely for on-prem, strict data-residency and sovereignty requirements — by keeping data-security data entirely within your jurisdiction and control.
Full Operational Control
You control the deployment, updates, access and operation entirely — fitting organisations with strict governance policies that require security tooling to be owned and run in-house.
Same Proven Protection
You get the same effective, practical data protection Safetica is known for — not a stripped-down version — just deployed on your infrastructure instead of in the cloud. Full capability, local control.
AI Contextual Defense
The AI/behavioural Contextual Defense adapts protection to how your teams work — available on-prem too — reducing false positives while catching real risk, all within your environment.
Watch Safetica in action
The overview, getting started, and protecting M365 email.
Introducing Safetica
Data protection & insider risk, explained.
Safetica: Data Loss Prevention
DLP in action.
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Here’s what genuinely sets Safetica On-Prem apart.
Some organisations must keep everything on-premises — and Safetica lets them
The core reason Safetica On-Prem exists is that some organisations cannot or will not run their data-security tooling in a vendor's cloud — they need it, and the sensitive data it processes, entirely within their own environment — and On-Prem lets them have effective DLP and insider-risk protection without compromising that requirement. Who needs on-premises: several categories of organisation have genuine reasons: regulated industries (banking/BFSI under RBI, healthcare, government/PSU) where regulations or policy mandate that sensitive systems and data stay in-house; organisations with data-residency or data-sovereignty requirements (data must remain within a jurisdiction or under national control — increasingly relevant under India's DPDP and for government); organisations with air-gapped or tightly-controlled networks that can't connect to external cloud services; and organisations with a firm governance policy preferring or requiring on-premises security tooling. For these, a cloud-only data-security product simply isn't an option — running the DLP/insider-risk system in a vendor's cloud (with sensitive activity data processed there) conflicts with their compliance, sovereignty, isolation or policy requirements. The dilemma: they still need data protection (they handle sensitive data and face the same threats and obligations), but the cloud tools they'd otherwise use don't fit. Safetica On-Prem resolves this: it provides Safetica's full, proven DLP and insider-risk protection in a self-hosted model, so these organisations get effective data protection while keeping everything — the system and its data — within their own controlled environment. This means regulated, sovereign, air-gapped and governance-strict organisations don't have to choose between proper data protection and their control/residency requirements — they get both. For the significant segment of Indian organisations (government, PSU, BFSI, defence-adjacent, and the compliance-strict) with these needs, On-Prem is often the only viable way to deploy effective DLP and insider-risk protection. TechBag helps these organisations deploy Safetica on-premises.
Data residency and sovereignty — your data stays yours, here
A defining value of Safetica On-Prem is data residency and sovereignty: because the entire system is self-hosted, all data — including the sensitive user-activity and data-flow information the DLP/insider-risk system processes — stays within your environment and jurisdiction, never leaving to a vendor's cloud. This matters increasingly, and specifically for India. Why data residency matters: data-protection regulations and government policies increasingly require or favour keeping certain data within national borders or under national/organisational control — data sovereignty. India's DPDP Act and various sector and government requirements make data residency a real consideration, and for government, PSU, defence-adjacent and BFSI organisations, keeping sensitive data (including security-system data) within India and within their own control is often a firm requirement or strong preference. The sovereignty concern with cloud tooling: a cloud-hosted data-security product processes and stores its data (which includes sensitive information about your data flows, users and incidents) in the vendor's cloud, potentially outside your jurisdiction or control. For organisations with data-residency or sovereignty requirements, this is a problem — their security tooling's own data would leave their control. How On-Prem solves it: because Safetica On-Prem runs entirely on your infrastructure, all its data stays within your environment, your jurisdiction and your control — satisfying data-residency and sovereignty requirements that cloud tooling can't. Your data-security system's data is as local and controlled as your most sensitive systems. For Indian organisations navigating DPDP and sovereignty considerations — especially government, PSU and regulated sectors — this on-premises, data-stays-local model is often exactly what's required, and a key reason to choose On-Prem over cloud. It lets you protect your data effectively while keeping full sovereignty over the protection system itself. TechBag helps organisations meet data-residency and sovereignty requirements with Safetica On-Prem.
The same effective protection — just self-hosted, not stripped down
An important point about Safetica On-Prem is that it delivers the same effective, practical data protection Safetica is known for — full DLP and insider-risk capability — just deployed on your infrastructure rather than in the cloud; it's not a limited or stripped-down version, so choosing on-premises doesn't mean sacrificing protection. Sometimes on-premises options are second-class — older, less-capable versions that vendors maintain reluctantly while pushing everyone to cloud. Safetica On-Prem isn't that: it provides Safetica's proven data-protection capabilities — sensitive-data discovery and classification, DLP controlling how data moves across all the channels (email, USB, cloud, print), Insider Risk Management monitoring user behaviour, real-time alerts, reporting and compliance support, and the AI Contextual Defense — in a self-hosted deployment. So organisations that need on-premises get the full, effective protection, not a compromise. This means the choice between cloud and on-prem can be made purely on your deployment requirements (do you need/prefer self-hosting for compliance, residency, isolation or policy reasons?) rather than on protection quality — both give you effective Safetica data protection; they differ in where it runs and who controls the infrastructure. For organisations that need on-premises, this is reassuring: you're not accepting weaker protection to get local control — you get both the strong, practical DLP and insider-risk protection Safetica provides AND the self-hosted deployment your requirements demand. And you still get Safetica's hallmark practicality — it's designed to be manageable, not enterprise-heavyweight — in the on-prem model too. For the regulated, sovereign and governance-strict organisations that need self-hosting, having a full-capability on-premises option (rather than a diminished one) is exactly right. TechBag helps deploy the full Safetica protection on your infrastructure.
Fits regulated, government and India's compliance-strict organisations
Safetica On-Prem is particularly well-suited to regulated industries, government/PSU, and India's compliance-strict organisations — a significant and important segment — because these are precisely the organisations that most need on-premises data-security tooling, and Safetica's practical approach makes effective protection achievable for them. The fit with regulated and government organisations: banks and financial services (under RBI, with strict requirements around where systems and data reside and how they're controlled), healthcare (sensitive patient data), government and PSUs (data-sovereignty, national-control requirements, often air-gapped or tightly-controlled networks), defence-adjacent organisations, and others with strict compliance and control mandates — these organisations frequently require security tooling and data to stay on-premises and under their control, making cloud tools unsuitable. Safetica On-Prem meets this: self-hosted, data stays local, full control. The India relevance: India has a large number of such organisations — a substantial government and PSU sector, a heavily-regulated BFSI sector under RBI, and growing data-sovereignty emphasis under DPDP — many of which need on-premises data protection. And Safetica's channel-led model with strong India presence (and TechBag as a local partner) means these organisations can get On-Prem deployed and supported locally, in INR/GST, with understanding of the Indian regulatory context. The practical angle: even for organisations that must run on-premises, Safetica keeps its hallmark practicality — so regulated and government organisations get effective, manageable data protection on their own infrastructure, rather than having to take on an enterprise-heavyweight on-prem DLP. For the many Indian government, PSU, BFSI and compliance-strict organisations that need self-hosted data protection, Safetica On-Prem is a strong, practical fit. TechBag specialises in helping these Indian organisations deploy it. TechBag helps regulated and government organisations protect data on-premises.
One vendor, your choice of deployment — cloud or on-prem
A practical strength of Safetica is that it offers both cloud and on-premises deployment of the same data protection, so you can choose the deployment model that fits your requirements — and even run different models for different parts of your organisation — from one vendor, with consistent protection. The value of the choice: organisations vary in their deployment needs — some are happy with (or prefer) cloud (simpler, no infrastructure to manage, faster); others must or prefer to run on-premises (compliance, residency, isolation, governance); and some have mixed needs (perhaps most of the organisation on cloud, but a regulated or sensitive division on-premises). Having both options from one vendor means you can match the deployment to the requirement — cloud where it's fine, on-prem where it's needed — without adopting different products or vendors for different parts of the organisation. Consistency: because it's the same Safetica protection in both models, you get consistent capabilities, policies and management approach whether cloud or on-prem — so a mixed deployment is coherent, and moving between models (if requirements change) is within one product family. This flexibility is valuable: your data-protection deployment can adapt to your compliance, residency and governance requirements as they are and as they evolve, without being locked into cloud-only (which excludes regulated/sovereign needs) or on-prem-only (which forgoes cloud's simplicity where it's acceptable). For organisations with varied or evolving requirements — or that simply want the option — Safetica's cloud-and-on-prem flexibility from one vendor is a real advantage. TechBag helps you choose the right deployment model (cloud, on-prem, or mixed) for your requirements, and scopes it in INR/GST. TechBag helps you pick the right deployment for your needs.
The honest scope
Safetica On-Prem is the self-hosted deployment of Safetica's effective, practical DLP and Insider Risk Management — the same full protection (discover/classify, control data across channels, monitor insider behaviour, alert, report, comply, AI Contextual Defense) as the cloud platform, but running entirely on your infrastructure, so your data-security system and its data stay within your environment and control. It's built for organisations that need or prefer on-premises: regulated (BFSI/RBI, healthcare), government/PSU, data-residency/sovereignty-driven (relevant under DPDP), air-gapped or tightly-controlled, or governance-policy-preferring. The honest framing: choose On-Prem specifically when you have a genuine on-premises requirement — if you don't, the cloud platform is simpler (no infrastructure to manage, faster to deploy, easier to maintain), so most organisations without a self-hosting requirement should prefer cloud. On-Prem's value is precisely for those who must (or firmly prefer to) self-host — for them it's often the only viable way to get effective DLP/insider-risk protection. Competitively, in the on-premises DLP space it's up against enterprise on-prem DLP (Forcepoint, Broadcom/Symantec — deeper but more complex and costly) and other options; Safetica On-Prem's edge is bringing Safetica's practical, accessible, DLP-plus-insider-risk approach to the on-premises model, making effective self-hosted protection achievable for regulated and mid-sized organisations without enterprise heaviness. It's quote-priced (custom, by environment). It's most compelling for regulated, government and compliance-strict organisations — many of them in India — that need self-hosted data protection. TechBag scopes On-Prem vs cloud honestly, and vs enterprise on-prem DLP, and licenses it in INR/GST with local support.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Safetica On-Prem journey looks like
On-prem requirement scoping
Whether you genuinely need self-hosting (compliance, residency, air-gap, governance), your infrastructure, and your data-protection needs. TechBag scopes it free — honestly (cloud if you don't need on-prem).
Deploy on your infrastructure
Deploy Safetica On-Prem on your servers, within your environment (incl. air-gapped if needed), discover and classify sensitive data, and set initial DLP policies — all staying local.
Policies & insider risk
Tune DLP policies across channels, enable insider-risk monitoring, configure alerts and reporting, and enable Contextual Defense — full protection, self-hosted.
Operate & comply
Run it under your governance, use reporting for compliance and residency evidence, and maintain it in-house. TechBag models it in INR/GST and supports locally.
Trusted across regulated industries in 100+ countries
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“As a bank under RBI, our data-security tooling has to stay on our infrastructure. Safetica On-Prem gave us effective DLP and insider risk without anything leaving our environment.”
“Data residency was non-negotiable for us as a PSU. On-Prem keeps all the system's data within our jurisdiction and control — exactly what DPDP and our policy require.”
“Our network is air-gapped — no cloud tooling is possible. Safetica On-Prem runs entirely locally, so even our isolated environment gets real data protection.”
“It's the same full protection as the cloud version, just self-hosted — not a stripped-down option. We didn't sacrifice capability for control.”
“We run cloud for most of the company and On-Prem for our regulated division — same vendor, consistent protection. That flexibility was ideal.”
“Even on-prem, it kept Safetica's practicality — we're mid-sized and didn't want an enterprise-heavyweight DLP. Manageable and effective. TechBag deployed it locally.”
“For our sovereignty requirements, keeping the security system's own data in India and under our control mattered. On-Prem delivered that.”
“Choose On-Prem only if you genuinely need it — we did, for compliance. TechBag was honest that cloud is simpler otherwise, and scoped the right fit for us.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the on-premises DLP market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Email-Security Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Practical self-hosted DLP + insider risk. This page's product.
Detection × Portfolio Integration
The grid nobody publishes — how strong the email detection is vs how integrated with the wider security portfolio.
Full DLP + insider risk, self-hosted, practical.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Safetica On-Prem vs the on-prem DLP field
Safetica Cloud, Forcepoint, Broadcom/Symantec and cloud-only tools — honest lanes; the edge is practical, full-capability self-hosted DLP + insider risk with data residency.
| Dimension | Safetica On-Prem | Safetica Cloud | Forcepoint (on-prem) | Broadcom/Symantec DLP | Cloud-only DLP tools | No DLP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Practical self-hosted DLP + insider risk | Practical cloud DLP + insider risk | Enterprise on-prem DLP | Enterprise DLP | Cloud-only | The gap |
| Self-hosted / on-prem | Fully self-hosted | Cloud | On-prem | On-prem | Cloud only | N/A |
| Data residency / sovereignty | Data stays local | Cloud region | Local | Local | Vendor cloud | N/A |
| Air-gapped support | Yes | No (needs cloud) | Yes | Yes | No | N/A |
| DLP + insider risk | Both, full capability | Both | DLP-strong; IRM add | DLP-strong | Varies | Neither |
| Practical / manageable | Safetica's hallmark | Practical | Complex | Complex, legacy | Varies | Nothing to run |
| Cost | Custom quote | Public tiers | Enterprise premium | Enterprise premium | Varies | Free |
| India regulated/gov fit | Strong — residency, RBI, gov, TechBag | If residency OK | Enterprise, present | Present | May not comply | N/A |
| Best fit | Regulated/gov/sovereign needing practical self-hosted DLP | No self-host requirement — simpler | Large enterprise, deepest on-prem DLP | Legacy enterprise DLP estates | Cloud-fine organisations | Nobody — data needs protecting |
Which email-security approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Safetica On-Prem if…
- ✓You need or firmly prefer self-hosted data-security tooling
- ✓Data residency / sovereignty is a requirement (DPDP, gov, RBI)
- ✓You have air-gapped or tightly-controlled networks
- ✓You want practical, effective DLP + insider risk, self-hosted
Safetica Cloud if…
- ✓You don't have a self-hosting requirement — cloud is simpler
Forcepoint (on-prem) if…
- ✓You're a large enterprise wanting the deepest on-prem DLP
Broadcom/Symantec if…
- ✓You have a legacy enterprise DLP estate
No DLP if…
- ✓Never — sensitive data needs protecting
What do email threats cost you?
Drag the sliders (count users; IT-hour cost as loaded rate). Estimates assume the value of meeting residency/sovereignty and avoiding data-loss incidents with self-hosted protection — but the far larger, unpriced win is regulatory compliance (residency mandates) and the avoided breach. Note: on-prem adds in-house hosting/maintenance effort vs cloud. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models actual device counts and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Safetica On-Prem is custom quote-priced (by environment) — unlike the cloud platform's public tiers — because self-hosted deployments vary by users, infrastructure and requirements (incl. air-gapped). Choose On-Prem only if you genuinely need self-hosting. TechBag scopes it (honestly weighing cloud vs on-prem) and quotes in INR/GST with local deployment & support.
Safetica On-Prem (custom quote)
Best for self-hosted requirements
- Full DLP + insider risk, self-hosted
- Data residency & sovereignty; air-gap-ready
- Same protection as cloud, your control
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
+ Or Safetica Cloud
Best if no self-host requirement
- Public tiers ($72–144/user/yr), simpler
- No infrastructure to run
- TechBag advises cloud vs on-prem honestly
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Confirm you genuinely need self-hosting — compliance mandate, data residency/sovereignty, air-gap, or governance policy. (If not, cloud is simpler.)
Confirm you have the infrastructure and capacity to host and maintain the Safetica server on-premises.
Map your residency/sovereignty requirements (DPDP, government, RBI) that on-prem satisfies.
If air-gapped or isolated, confirm on-prem deployment fits your network constraints.
Confirm your DLP and insider-risk needs — On-Prem provides the same full capability as cloud.
Map to obligations (DPDP residency, RBI, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI) and the evidence you need.
Plan for in-house operation and maintenance (updates, capacity) — the trade-off for control.
On-Prem is custom-quoted by environment — size and quote in INR/GST. TechBag scopes it (and honestly weighs cloud vs on-prem).
Questions buyers ask
Ready for self-hosted data protection?
Scope self-hosted DLP + insider risk (full protection on your infrastructure, data stays local for residency and sovereignty), or let a TechBag advisor honestly weigh on-prem vs cloud for your requirements.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.