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Since early DLP technologies were developed for the largest enterprises in the world, vendors found it made sense to break out individual components in order to support large user bases, huge amounts of bandwidth and data flow while still using standard PC components. It also made sense as vendors developed new components to address the expanding needs of the marketplace.

The first widely-adopted technologies were developed as network-based monitoring software designed to detect sensitive data leaving the network. This monitoring software was installed on standard server hardware or in the case of some DLP vendors, the software was paired with an appliance. The solution passively monitored all outbound traffic via a network tap or mirrored port on a switch. These early solutions proved effective to identify serious incidents of sensitive data leakage.