CurrentWare Data Loss Prevention vs Mimecast Data Leak Prevention

CurrentWare Data Loss Prevention is endpoint software for controlling device, website, application, and AI-tool risks while monitoring file transfers and retaining audit evidence in one console. Its agent monitors copying, pasting, printing, screen capture, and writes to removable media, including when endpoints are outside the corporate network. AccessPatrol can block, allow, or make read-only access for storage and connection types such as USB, external drives, SD cards, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and mobile devices. File logs can include the user, machine, time, filename, and destination for files copied, moved, renamed, or deleted. BrowseControl and AccessPatrol can block transfers to unmanaged cloud apps. Endpoint clients support Windows, macOS, and Linux; the console can be hosted in CurrentWare Cloud or on a customer server. Plans list AccessPatrol (Standalone) at $12 a month, billed annual, and the Full CurrentWare Suite at $20 a month. A 14-day trial is available, but there is no free plan. Subscriptions include updates and direct support.

Mimecast Data Leak Prevention is a cloud-based email control service for organizations seeking to limit accidental or deliberate exposure of sensitive information. It scans headers, subject lines, message bodies, HTML, and attachments for text patterns, words, file hashes, dictionaries, and inappropriate images. Administrators manage granular policies for users and groups in a web console. When a rule triggers, they can block a message, hold it for review, copy it to a group, send it securely, or add content such as a disclaimer. Suspected leaks can be routed through Secure Messaging, and policy-based TLS encryption can protect email in transit. Mimecast describes integration with Microsoft Exchange or Office 365; listed mail environments also include Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and on-premises or hybrid email. The service can remove hidden Word document metadata such as comments and tracked changes. Mimecast says its policies can support PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and GLBA compliance work. Pricing is on request, with no numeric price or billing term listed for this product.