Symantec Data Loss Prevention 16.0 is available for download from the Product Downloads portal, which you can access at the Symantec Enterprise Security Support site. 

Symantec Data Loss Prevention 16.0 offers significant advancements in sensitive data detection while enhancing the user experience for DLP system administrators. To assist customers that now have more complex data security requirements (for example, remote users, cloud storage, and mixed operating systems) set in a backdrop of increasing privacy and compliance requirements, version 16.0 offers valuable enhancements that ease the pressure on DLP administrators. 

Customer Benefits

Symantec Data Loss Prevention 16.0 offers the following benefits:

• Enhanced Detection - Enhanced and simplified detection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with improved support for Linux and Mac endpoints. Improved detection performance now enables 1TB/hour file system scanning and 3x improvement in Data Identifier pattern matching.

• Better Protection - Extended integrations with Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) for Outlook allows scanned email content to be assigned a MIP tag or for the correct protection to be applied.

• Zero Trust User Risk Context - Information Centric Analytics (ICA) user risk is now incorporated into policies.

• Faster Incident Response - Alerts contain better context and mask sensitive data to allow responders to react faster while remaining compliant.

• In-Product Alerts and Streamlined Upgrades - A ‘DLP News’ alert shows important messages to DLP administrators.  Improved LiveUpdate allows software upgrades to be managed from the Enforce Server administration console with policies that support multiple software versions during upgrades.
• Support for More DLP Use Cases - Full support for IPv6 and 3rd party certificates enables DLP administrators to support remote users without resorting to VPN, for example. New RESTful APIs also allow DLP to integrate further into a customer’s wider security infrastructure.

For more information

• Visit the What's New in DLP 16.0 topic at the Symantec Data Loss Prevention Help Center
• Read our recent blog about Symantec Data Loss Prevention 16.0
• Watch the recording of What’s Next for DLP featuring Guest Speaker, Heidi Shey (Principal Analyst, Forrester)