Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention
Unified, consistent data loss prevention (DLP)
Protect sensitive data across web, SaaS, email, and cloud traffic. Identify confidential information, enforce security policies, and log everything to prevent data leaks and support regulatory compliance.
Benefits of Data Loss Prevention
Simplified SaaS security
Eliminate data exfiltration risks with continuous detection and control over your applications — all from a unified platform.
Unified policy management
Easily deploy predefined DLP profiles to monitor and block the sharing of regulated data, including PII, PHI, and financial information.
Flexible data controls
Leverage AI-driven context analysis, exact data matches, OCR, and behavioral-based risk scoring for real-time, granular data protection with minimal false positives.
Seamless Microsoft MIP integrations
Increase agility and minimize complexity with powerful integrations that automatically retrieve sensitivity labels and populate into a DLP profile.
HOW IT WORKS
Protect sensitive data across your environment
Cloudflare DLP provides a wide, flexible set of predefined and custom detection options to tailor security policies to your organization’s data patterns. Scan for matches across your web, SaaS, email, and cloud traffic.
Built on Cloudflare’s developer platform, our DLP engine employs advanced algorithms that ensure high-performance detections — even for compute-intensive workloads like AI context analysis or AI prompt protection.
Learn how DLP works within Cloudflare’s SASE platform
ANALYST RECOGNITION
What top analysts say
Cloudflare named a Visionary in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms
Scored 2nd highest in ‘Strategy’ category in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025
Cloudflare a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Email, Messaging, And Collaboration Security Solutions, Q2 2025
What our customers are saying
“Today, Cloudflare helps prevent our users from sharing sensitive data and code with tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, enabling us to take advantage of AI safely. Going forward, we are excited for Cloudflare’s continued innovations to protect data, and in particular, their vision and roadmap for services like DLP and CASB.”
CISO, Applied Systems
Top Data Loss Prevention use cases
Reduce data exposure and help meet compliance requirements
Protect valuable IP and developer code
Apply granular DLP controls to reduce data exposure and block users from oversharing sensitive data via the cloud, shadow IT applications, or email.
Comply with evolving regulations
Cloudflare DLP automates tracking, control, and auditing of sensitive data to maintain compliance with evolving regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, offering detailed audit trails and seamless SIEM integrations to minimize regulatory risk.
Enable secure use of AI
Prevent sensitive data from being uploaded or exposed in GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini with granular application access control and real-time AI-powered protection.
Helping organizations worldwide progress toward zero trust
Resources
Solution brief
Learn how Cloudflare enables more effective, productive, and agile data protection and find out which use cases to prioritize first.
Blog
Learn how AI prompt protection helps secure sensitive data without stifling innovation.
Blog
Detect sensitive data and misconfigurations in Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage environments.
Solution brief
Learn how Cloudflare enables more effective, productive, and agile data protection.
Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention FAQs
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