e3 – Broadcom / Symantec Premier Partner for Data Loss Prevention

Broadcom Symantec DLP expertise, implementation and managed services

e3 is a Broadcom Premier Partner with extensive experience in Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Information Protection and enterprise data security.

Our relationship with Symantec started before the acquisition of the Symantec Enterprise Security business by Broadcom and has continued within the Broadcom partner ecosystem.

For more than 25 years, e3 has helped organisations protect their most sensitive and business-critical information. With Broadcom Symantec, our strongest area of expertise is enterprise Data Loss Prevention.

We support customers throughout the complete DLP lifecycle:

Strategy → Architecture → Implementation → Policy Engineering → Optimisation → Managed Services → Migration

Whether you operate an established Symantec DLP environment, want to improve your existing policies, require specialist operational support or are considering migration to another data protection platform, e3 can help.

A Broadcom Premier Partner with deep Symantec DLP expertise

Broadcom recognises e3 as a Premier Partner within its partner ecosystem.

e3 specialises in helping complex organisations implement and operate information protection technologies, with particular expertise in:

• Symantec Data Loss Prevention
• Data discovery
• Endpoint DLP
• Email DLP
• Web DLP
• Exact Data Matching
• Indexed Document Matching
• DLP policy engineering
• Encryption
• Cloud data protection
• Managed DLP services

Our role goes beyond software delivery.

e3 provides the specialist knowledge required to translate Broadcom Symantec technology into an effective enterprise Data Protection programme.

Symantec Data Loss Prevention specialists

Symantec DLP is one of the most mature enterprise Data Loss Prevention platforms on the market.

But successful DLP depends on much more than installing technology.

A mature DLP programme must understand:

• which information is critical;
• where that information is located;
• how employees and applications use it;
• which data movements represent genuine risk;
• which activities are legitimate business processes;
• how incidents should be investigated;
• when monitoring should become prevention.

This is where e3’s specialist experience becomes important.

We help organisations build DLP controls around their actual business risks rather than relying only on generic detection templates.

Symantec DLP implementation services

e3 supports new implementations as well as existing Broadcom Symantec DLP environments.

Our Symantec DLP implementation services can include:

Architecture and design

We help customers design scalable and resilient DLP architectures.

This can include:

• High-Level Design;
• Low-Level Design;
• infrastructure sizing;
• detection-server architecture;
• redundancy;
• network design;
• security architecture;
• integration design.

Symantec DLP platform implementation

Our engineers can support implementation and configuration of relevant Symantec DLP components, including:

• Enforce Server;
• Detection Servers;
• Network Prevent for Email;
• Network Prevent for Web;
• Network Monitor;
• Network Discover;
• Endpoint Prevent;
• Endpoint Discover.

We also support integration with surrounding infrastructure such as:

• email gateways;
• proxies;
• endpoint environments;
• SIEM platforms;
• SOC processes;
• ITSM systems.

Advanced Symantec DLP detection

One of the key strengths of Symantec DLP is its ability to identify sensitive information using multiple detection techniques.

e3 has experience designing and optimising policies using techniques such as:

• Exact Data Matching;
• Indexed Document Matching;
• database fingerprinting;
• dictionaries;
• regular expressions;
• structured data detection;
• document fingerprinting;
• contextual detection;
• document properties;
• file properties.

These capabilities are particularly useful for detecting highly specific business information such as:

• intellectual property;
• customer records;
• financial data;
• engineering information;
• contracts;
• source code;
• pricing models;
• strategic information;
• product designs.

Symantec DLP policy engineering

Installing DLP software does not automatically protect information.

The effectiveness of a DLP platform is largely determined by the quality of its policies.

Poorly designed policies can create large numbers of false positives. Overly strict policies can interfere with legitimate business processes.

e3 therefore treats DLP policy engineering as a specialist discipline.

Our approach typically includes:

1. Define the protection objective.
2. Identify the business process.
3. Understand the sensitive data.
4. Design the detection logic.
5. Test against representative data.
6. Deploy initially in monitoring mode.
7. Analyse incidents.
8. Reduce false positives.
9. Validate policies with business owners.
10. Gradually introduce stronger controls where appropriate.

This structured lifecycle helps customers develop DLP policies that provide meaningful protection without creating unnecessary operational disruption.

Symantec DLP managed services

Finding and retaining experienced DLP specialists can be difficult.

e3 therefore provides managed services for Broadcom Symantec DLP environments.

These services can be delivered as a fully managed service or as a co-managed service together with the customer’s internal security team.

DLP application management

e3 can assist with:

• system health monitoring;
• application maintenance;
• troubleshooting;
• configuration management;
• upgrades;
• patches;
• operational support.

DLP policy management

Policy management can include:

• new policy development;
• policy optimisation;
• false-positive reduction;
• detection tuning;
• policy lifecycle management;
• testing;
• change management.

Expert Symantec DLP support

Customers can also use e3 specialists for complex technical or policy-related questions.

This can be provided through:

• project-based support;
• ticket-based support;
• retained specialist support;
• SLA-based managed services.

Improve an existing Symantec DLP environment

Many organisations have been operating Symantec DLP for years.

Over time, these environments often accumulate:

• large numbers of policies;
• outdated detection rules;
• excessive exceptions;
• false positives;
• undocumented configurations;
• technical debt;
• unused detection capabilities.

e3 can perform a Symantec DLP health check or optimisation assessment.

We analyse areas such as:

• architecture;
• platform configuration;
• system performance;
• policy quality;
• policy overlap;
• incident volumes;
• false positives;
• operational processes;
• governance;
• detection effectiveness.

The outcome can be used to develop a structured optimisation roadmap.

Symantec DLP migration

Some organisations choose to modernise or migrate their existing Symantec DLP environment.

e3 can support these organisations because we combine deep Symantec DLP knowledge with experience across other major Data Protection platforms.

A DLP migration is not simply a technical replacement.

Existing Symantec environments may contain years of accumulated knowledge in:

• policies;
• Exact Data Matching datasets;
• Indexed Document Matching;
• dictionaries;
• exceptions;
• workflows;
• user groups;
• remediation logic;
• escalation processes.

This knowledge must be preserved during migration.

e3 therefore approaches DLP migration as a policy and business-process migration, not just a software migration.

Broadcom Symantec DLP and AI security

Generative AI introduces new Data Protection risks.

Employees can potentially share confidential information with:

• ChatGPT;
• Microsoft Copilot;
• Google Gemini;
• Claude;
• browser-based AI services;
• industry-specific AI applications.

This makes it increasingly important to understand what data employees are using and where information is being sent.

DLP remains an important control for reducing the risk that sensitive information is unintentionally shared with external AI services.

The question is no longer only:

How do we prevent data leakage?

It is increasingly:

How do we maintain control over our critical information while employees use cloud and AI services?

e3 helps organisations combine DLP with broader controls around:

• AI security;
• data discovery;
• DSPM;
• Insider Risk Management;
• cloud security;
• encryption;
• rights management.

Protect your digital crown jewels

Not all corporate information has the same value.

e3 therefore recommends starting Data Protection programmes by identifying the organisation’s digital crown jewels.

These may include:

• intellectual property;
• source code;
• customer information;
• strategic plans;
• pricing models;
• contracts;
• product designs;
• engineering information;
• research data;
• financial information.

The objective is to ensure that the organisation knows:

where its most important data is, who can access it, how it is being used and whether the organisation can maintain control over it.

DLP is an important component of this broader Data Protection strategy.

Vendor-independent Data Protection expertise

e3 is a Broadcom Premier Partner, but we are not exclusively tied to Broadcom technology.

We work with several leading Data Protection technologies, including:

• Broadcom Symantec;
• Microsoft Purview;
• Forcepoint;
• Proofpoint;
• Netskope;
• Zscaler.

This vendor-independent position enables us to advise customers based on their actual requirements.

For an existing Symantec DLP customer, this may mean:

• retaining Symantec;
• optimising Symantec;
• expanding the environment;
• combining Symantec with other technologies;
• consolidating DLP platforms;
• migrating selected use cases;
• executing a complete DLP migration.

The objective is always the same:

protect the organisation’s most critical data with the controls that best match its risks and business requirements.

Broadcom Symantec partner recognition

e3’s Broadcom/Symantec relationship has received recognition from the vendor and its channel ecosystem.

This includes recognition for consulting and cybersecurity expertise as well as commercial growth within the Broadcom/Symantec ecosystem.

These awards reinforce e3’s position as both a technical and operational specialist around Broadcom Symantec Information Protection.

Why choose e3 for Broadcom Symantec DLP?

Organisations choose e3 because Data Protection is one of our core areas of expertise.

We combine:

Deep DLP knowledge

Data Loss Prevention is a specialist discipline within e3 rather than one security technology among many.

Broadcom Symantec experience

Our consultants have extensive experience designing, implementing and managing Symantec DLP environments.

End-to-end capability

We support the complete lifecycle:

Assess → Design → Implement → Operate → Optimise → Migrate

Policy expertise

We focus strongly on detection quality, false-positive reduction and business-aligned policy development.

Enterprise experience

Our consultants regularly work in complex and regulated enterprise environments.

Vendor independence

We can evaluate whether Broadcom Symantec remains the best technology for a particular use case or whether complementary technologies are required.

Managed services

Customers can extend their internal team with experienced DLP specialists instead of building all expertise internally.

Need help with Broadcom Symantec DLP?

Are you currently using Broadcom Symantec DLP and experiencing challenges with:

• too many false positives;
• outdated policies;
• insufficient specialist knowledge;
• upgrades or architecture;
• operational support;
• Endpoint DLP;
• Exact Data Matching;
• DLP managed services;
• migration to Microsoft Purview;
• AI-related data risks?

e3 can perform an initial assessment of your current environment and identify opportunities to improve detection, reduce operational workload and strengthen the protection of your critical data.

Talk to an e3 Data Protection specialist about your Broadcom Symantec DLP environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is e3 a Broadcom Symantec partner?

Yes. e3 is recognised within the Broadcom partner ecosystem as a Broadcom Premier Partner and has extensive experience with Symantec Enterprise Security technologies.

Does e3 specialise in Symantec DLP?

Yes. Data Loss Prevention is one of e3’s core areas of expertise, and Symantec DLP has been an important part of e3’s Data Protection portfolio for many years.

Can e3 manage our existing Symantec DLP environment?

Yes. e3 provides both co-managed and managed DLP services, including application management, policy management, optimisation and specialist support.

Can e3 optimise our existing DLP policies?

Yes. e3 specialises in DLP policy engineering, including false-positive reduction, detection optimisation and development of new business-oriented policies.

Does e3 support Symantec DLP migration?

Yes. e3 can help organisations assess, prepare and execute migrations from Symantec DLP to other Data Protection platforms.

Can e3 migrate Symantec DLP to Microsoft Purview?

Yes. e3 has expertise in both Symantec DLP and Microsoft Purview and can analyse existing policies, detection capabilities and business processes before designing a phased migration.

Does e3 support Exact Data Matching?

Yes. e3 works with advanced detection capabilities including Exact Data Matching, database fingerprinting, Indexed Document Matching and other structured and unstructured data detection techniques.

Can e3 help protect data used with generative AI?

Yes. e3 helps organisations extend Data Protection controls towards cloud and AI environments using technologies including DLP, DSPM, Insider Risk, cloud security and AI security controls.

CONTACT E3

Do you recognize your organization in our vision on data protection and DLP?
We would be happy to meet, learn more about your environment and explore how we can help protect your critical data.

Get in touch with e3 Benelux and let’s secure your business together.