Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention
Unified, consistent data loss prevention (DLP)
Cloudflare DLP protects sensitive data consistently across all networks, SaaS and cloud applications, users, and outbound emails, while seamlessly integrating within a zero trust architecture. This ensures comprehensive data protection across all channels, minimizing security risks and compliance issues.
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 helps secure sensitive data across all environments — networks, SaaS and cloud applications, users, and outbound emails — by applying customizable, granular policies and real-time, AI-powered detection.
It inspects HTTP / S traffic, files, and email content automatically, adapting to evolving threats with context-aware protection. Cloudflare DLP seamlessly integrates within a Zero Trust framework, enhancing visibility, ensuring data is protected across all channels, and enabling organizations to consolidate critical data protection measures in a unified platform.
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
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.
Infographic
See why expanding cloud and SaaS environments, coding practices, and emerging AI tools demand a modern approach to security.
Documentation
Identify the starting point to your SASE journey, evaluate platform architectures, and plan vendor conversations with our in-depth guide.
Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention FAQs
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