In the expert-led webinar “Cloud Chaos to Control,” attendees explored the shifting landscape of data security, diving into the world of legacy Data Loss Prevention (DLP), cloud-native solutions, and the emerging role of Data Detection and Response (DDR). Designed for data security professionals, privacy leaders, and compliance stakeholders, this session unpacked strategies for evolving legacy systems, building harmony between DLP and DDR, and leveraging modern data protection frameworks to simplify chaos in the cloud.
Top 3 Takeaways
1. Evolving Acronyms Reflect the Change in Data Security Needs
Legacy Data Loss Prevention (DLP) focuses on stopping sensitive information from leaving the organization, but modern challenges demand more agile cloud-native methods. Cloud DLP provides a holistic view tailored for collaboration-heavy environments, while newer frameworks like DDR emphasize responsiveness and investigations during real-time incidents.
As D’Art Strickland, Sr. Solutions Manager at BigID, explained:
The whole point has been data protection for all of these. Legacy, cloud, and DDR—it’s always been about data security. It’s never really changed. It’s just the evolution of what they’re protecting, the data, is changing.
This shift demands that organizations rethink how they detect, respond to, and prevent data exposure.
2. Unified Tools Over Piecemeal Solutions
BigID offers a platform approach that integrates cloud DLP with DDR and legacy solutions. By consistently classifying data across structured and unstructured environments, organizations can unify privacy, security, and compliance efforts for more actionable insights, cutting down silos that previously hindered decision-making.
Fragmented solutions often result in mismatched policies and blind spots. Or as Strickland put it during the session:
You end up in this really messy situation where you can’t action anything because you have no faith that your discovery and your classification are uniform throughout
3. Metaphors and Mindsets Matter: Data Security as a Team Sport
Using characters from The Office as metaphors, the webinar illustrated how blending legacy methods (Toby, traditional DLP) with modern solutions (Jim and Dwight, cloud DLP and DDR) produces synergy. Data security should operate similarly—bringing diverse tools and strategies together for maximum effectiveness: “When you finally realize they were meant to play off of each other… It became wildly valuable.”
Cloud DLP & DDR as Collaborative Forces
One of the standout moments in the webinar was the discussion about the interplay between Cloud Data Loss Prevention (cloud DLP) and Data Detection and Response (DDR). Cloud DLP, designed for collaboration-heavy environments, protects data from improper exfiltration while enabling users to successfully collaborate outside rigid boundaries. DDR extends protection by acting upon anomalies in real time, providing visibility into risky activities, and enabling investigations to prevent further incidents.
The speakers emphasized how combining these strategies creates maximum impact. Acting as metaphors, “Jim” (Cloud DLP) operates smartly and overviews rules without being intrusive, while “Dwight” (DDR) is hyper-vigilant, advocating immediate action. Together, they become a powerful, seamless system with proactive discovery and reactive protection.
A key insight shared was the value of API-based architectures. BigID’s approach ties these elements together within a cloud-native framework, enabling continuous discovery and actioning of classified datasets while bridging legacy systems. This ensures organizations can leverage pre-existing investments while building upon new capabilities.
Cloud was designed for collaboration… How do I protect the data from leaving the organization that’s not supposed to leave just because somebody’s doing business out there from a collaborative perspective?
– Chris Hoesly, AVP – West, Solutions Engineering, BigID
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