+What dlp and casb are
Data loss prevention and cloud access security brokers inspect traffic and SaaS usage for sensitive data patterns and unsanctioned apps, mostly for human users.
+Side by side
Capability by capability
| Capability | DLP and CASB | Intertrace |
|---|---|---|
Sensitive-data pattern detection | ✓ | ✓ |
Shadow AI app discovery | Partial | ✓ |
Understand prompt intent and injection | — | ✓ |
Authorize agent tool calls and actions | — | ✓ |
MCP and agent-to-agent traffic | — | ✓ |
Per-agent identity and blast radius | — | ✓ |
Endpoint and email coverage for people Out of scope for Intertrace — keep your DLP for this. | ✓ | — |
“DLP and CASB” describes the typical category, not a specific product. Individual products vary.
+Honest answer
Which do you need?
+DLP and CASB alone is enough when
- Your concern is employees pasting data into public chatbots
- You mainly need to know which AI SaaS apps are in use
- No agents act on systems on anyone's behalf
+You need a decision layer when
- Agents act autonomously with tools and credentials
- Attacks arrive as instructions hidden in content, not as files
- You need to decide on intent and context, not only patterns
+Better together
DLP and CASB stay on people and SaaS. Intertrace covers the agents — and can send its events to the same SIEM.
+Other comparisons
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