Cybersecurity Info protection · DLP · Governance

Protect the data itself wherever it goes .

Firewalls guard the network; your sensitive data walks out the door in email and files every day. Billow's information protection, data loss prevention (DLP) and data governance services protect the data itself — classified, encrypted and controlled so it stays safe even when it leaves your walls.

  • Data classification & labeling
  • Data loss prevention (DLP)
  • Encryption & access controls
  • Data governance & compliance

Overview

What are information protection, DLP and data governance?

Information protection safeguards sensitive data throughout its lifecycle; data loss prevention (DLP) stops that data from leaving improperly; and data governance is the framework that decides what data matters, how it's classified, and how long it's kept. Together they form a data security program that protects the thing attackers are actually after — the data itself — rather than just the walls around it.

 

Perimeter security assumes the danger is outside. But most data loss happens from the inside out — a file emailed to a personal account, a spreadsheet uploaded to an unsanctioned app, a departing employee copying customer records. Because the protection is applied to the data (classification, labeling, encryption), it follows the file wherever it goes, so a leaked document is still unreadable to whoever ends up with it.

 

Billow helps you find and classify your sensitive data, apply the right protection and DLP policies, manage insider risk, and put the governance and compliance framework around it all. The result: you know what data you hold, where it is, who can touch it, and that it stays protected — which is also the foundation of meeting obligations like GDPR, HIPAA and other regulations.

What's included

From knowing your data to governing it

Our information protection and data governance services cover the full lifecycle — discovering sensitive data, protecting it, preventing its loss, and governing it for compliance.

Data classification & labeling

Discover and classify sensitive data automatically, applying sensitivity labels so every file carries its own protection.

Data loss prevention (DLP)

Policies that detect sensitive data in email, files and cloud apps and block or flag actions that would expose it.

Encryption & rights management

Encryption and access controls that travel with the file, so sensitive documents stay unreadable to anyone unauthorized.

Insider risk management

Detect risky or malicious data handling — like a departing employee copying records — before it becomes a breach.

Data lifecycle & retention

Retention and disposal policies so data is kept as long as it must be and deleted when it shouldn't be held any longer.

Compliance & governance

The framework and reporting to meet GDPR, HIPAA and other obligations — with the audit evidence to prove it.

Why information protection

You can't protect what you can't see.

Most organizations don't actually know where their sensitive data lives — which is why it leaks. Information protection starts by finding and classifying it, then makes the protection travel with the data instead of stopping at the firewall.

Find your sensitive data

Discovery and classification surface the data you didn't know you had — the first step to protecting any of it.

Protection that travels

Labels and encryption stay with the file, so a document that leaves your network is still useless to whoever gets it.

Stop the leaks

DLP catches the everyday accidents — data emailed out or uploaded to the wrong place — that cause most breaches.

Compliance made provable

Classification, retention and reporting give you the evidence to satisfy GDPR, HIPAA and other regulators.

Platforms

Data protection platforms we work with

We implement the leading information protection and governance tooling — and recommend the right fit for your environment rather than forcing one.

PUR

Microsoft Purview

Info protection · DLP · governance

Classification, sensitivity labels, DLP, insider risk and data governance — a natural fit for Microsoft 365 estates.
DLP

DLP & CASB

Email · endpoint · cloud DLP

Data loss prevention across email, endpoints and cloud apps, with cloud access security broker controls for SaaS.
GOV

Governance & compliance

Retention · eDiscovery · audit

Data lifecycle, retention, eDiscovery and audit tooling to meet regulatory obligations with evidence to prove it.

How we engage

From assessment to managed cloud

01

Assess

We find and classify your sensitive data across email, files and cloud — you can't protect what you can't see.

02

Protect

Sensitivity labels, encryption and access controls are applied so protection travels with the data itself.

03

Prevent

DLP and insider-risk policies stop sensitive data from leaving improperly — by accident or intent.

04

Govern

Retention, compliance and reporting keep data managed to policy — and give you the evidence auditors want.

FAQ

Data protection questions

Information protection is the practice of safeguarding sensitive data throughout its lifecycle — knowing what data you hold, classifying it by sensitivity, and applying controls like encryption and access restrictions so it stays protected wherever it travels. Unlike perimeter security, it protects the data itself, so the protection follows the file even when it leaves your network.
Data loss prevention (DLP) is technology and policy that stops sensitive information from leaving your organization improperly — whether by accident or malicious intent. DLP detects sensitive data (like financial records or personal information) in email, files and cloud apps, and blocks or flags actions that would expose it, such as emailing it to a personal account.
Data governance is the framework of policies, roles and processes that determine how data is managed across its lifecycle — who owns it, how it's classified, how long it's kept, and how it's disposed of. Good data governance means you know what data you have, where it is, who can access it, and that you're meeting your compliance and retention obligations.
DLP is a control that prevents sensitive data from leaking out. Data governance is the broader framework that decides what data matters, how it's classified and retained, and who is accountable for it. DLP is one of the tools that enforces governance policy — governance sets the rules, DLP helps enforce them.
Yes. We implement Microsoft Purview for information protection, DLP, data governance, insider risk management and compliance — a strong fit for Microsoft 365 estates — and also work with other data protection tooling where it suits the environment better.

Related services

Part of a layered defense

Protecting data works alongside controlling access and monitoring the environment. These connect to it most closely.

Cybersecurity

The full security practice this sits within — endpoint, SIEM & SOAR, cloud security, information protection and more.

Identity & Access Management

Agents need identities and least-privilege access too — IAM is the backbone of controlling what AI can reach.

Cloud Security & CSPM

Much of your sensitive data now lives in the cloud — secure the platforms and configurations that hold it.

Get started

Do you know where your sensitive data is?

Most organizations don't — which is exactly why it leaks. Tell us about your environment and we'll help you find, protect and govern the data that matters most.