For email data testing
follow the instructions below;
Data Loss (DLP) Email Self
Test
Email/ SMTP should be detected by all Data Security tools for
both Endpoint and Network
more info.
To detect Data Loss over email ; Send an email from your corporate mail client to data@dataleaktest.com
If the email is
successfully received you will get a response email within a few minutes.
If the Data
Security product worked the email would have been blocked and no reply will be
received. If a reply is received then the data was successfully leaked.
1) Open your
corporate mail client 2) Send an email to:
data@dataleaktest.com 3) Add the test data into the email body or
attachment or both 4) Send the Email 5) Immediately
data@dataleaktest.com
will reply if the email was successful
a. if the email was successful, the data you sent was leaked
b. if you did not receive a reply, your data was not leaked
Send it an email and it will reply if the email was successful. If
no reply then the email was blocked, be sure to check your spam
folder for the reply...
How to use this page (3 min)
Just send us an email with your test data, use your mail client to test.
The system will reply if data was leaked.
Frequently Asked Questions
1) What just happened?
If you received a reply message to your email then your
data was able to be
leaked out of your organization. The data successfully left your possession.
2) Where did my data go?
Your data was sent to dataleaktest.com
mail servers
using the email method and the result was sent back to you in the form of a
reply. The data you submit is not kept by dataleaktest.com *
3) How do I protect my Data assets from leakage?
A network based data security
tool or an Endpoint based data security tool should be able to stop leaks from
the mail client integration, CASB, SWG, or hosted email DLP controls.
4) Common data leaks over email
Email mistakes (extremely common)
Data theft
Inbox draining -a users password is
compromised by phone, email, malware, lists on the dark web. Then the
attacker logs in and drains all the data from the inbox and contacts to
attack other employees. These attacks are undetected without a well-tuned
DLP solution in place.
Email Method is the primary cause of large data leaks
due to end user mistakes.
The email Method should be detected by all Data Security tools for data in
the BODY as well as ATTACHMENTS for both Endpoint and Network based solutions.
