Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) Sensitive Data Protection
Legacy names Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP), Cloud DLP
Overarching service for data discovery, profiling, inspection, de-identification, and privacy risk analysis.
Naming timeline
- Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP)
Sensitive data inspection, classification, and de-identification service announced in beta at Google Cloud Next '17 (GA in March 2018).
- Sensitive Data ProtectionCurrent name
Expanded and rebranded from Cloud DLP to Sensitive Data Protection at Google Cloud Next '23.
What is Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) called now?
Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) is now called Sensitive Data Protection, with the latest change on 29 August 2023 (Google Cloud Next '23). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Cloud DLP. Overarching service for data discovery, profiling, inspection, de-identification, and privacy risk analysis. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| REST / gRPC APIs | dlp.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gcloud alpha dlp |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/dlp.* |
| Terraform Resources | google_data_loss_prevention_* |
The programmatic REST/gRPC API component inside Sensitive Data Protection retains the official name Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API) on dlp.googleapis.com.
Notes & disambiguation
- Official documentation banner states: 'Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) is now a part of Sensitive Data Protection. The API name remains the same: Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API).'
- Sensitive Data Protection encompasses sensitive data discovery (continuous data profiling), inspection, de-identification, risk analysis, and the programmatic DLP API.
Sources & official documentation
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