Data loss prevention systems are useful for monitoring end user activities and identifying suspicious patterns of behavior on the network, like accessing unusually large amounts of sensitive information.

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Evans and Jamison emphasized that the program would create real-time network monitoring of malicious activity, limit the number of access points to government networks and standardize government security across all federal systems.

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