Palo Alto, California, United States Remote (Global) Full-time

Nightfall AI is hiring a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Analyst

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and assess DLP alerts from endpoints, browsers, SaaS platforms, and AI tools to detect possible data leaks, policy breaches, and insider threats.
  • Perform real-time evaluation of security alerts by analyzing behavioral patterns, data provenance, and sensitive content to differentiate actual threats from false alarms.
  • Conduct in-depth forensic examinations of data exposure incidents, reviewing user actions, data flow, and methods of exfiltration such as email, web uploads, removable devices, printing, and AI applications.
  • Follow defined incident response protocols and escalate critical cases in coordination with customer security teams.
  • Record investigation outcomes, evidence chains, and remediation steps in clear, actionable reports.
  • Design and manage DLP policies aligned with customer data classification, regulatory standards like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX, and business goals.
  • Refine detection logic and sensitivity levels to minimize false alerts while preserving strong threat detection.
  • Analyze alert trends to suggest new detection scenarios, techniques, and policy enhancements.
  • Collaborate with clients to build custom detection rules for industry-specific data and unique operational needs.
  • Develop behavioral baselines by role, department, and region to enhance anomaly identification.
  • Act as a technical advisor on data security, DLP practices, and insider threat mitigation for customer teams.
  • Lead periodic operational reviews to discuss data risk trends, policy performance, and program maturity.
  • Train customer security personnel on effective use of the DLP platform, including investigation workflows, reporting, and deployment best practices.
  • Leverage understanding of customer operations to deliver meaningful security insights that explain risk context and next steps.
  • Manage the DLP platform including agent rollout, policy setup, integrations, and system performance tracking.
  • Diagnose and resolve technical problems with endpoint agents, browser extensions, and SaaS integrations.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to report bugs, share product feedback, and influence feature development based on client needs.
  • Stay updated on platform enhancements, new features, and best practices to maximize customer value.
  • Work with internal teams including Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and Product to ensure successful customer outcomes.
  • Track emerging trends in insider threats, data exfiltration methods, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
  • Evaluate external DLP market shifts and competitive developments to guide customer recommendations.
  • Support insider risk intelligence efforts by documenting new attack patterns, evasion tactics, and detection approaches.
  • Generate executive reports with clear metrics, visualizations, and risk summaries.
  • Monitor key performance indicators such as detection accuracy, false positive rates, mean time to detect and respond, policy coverage, and exposed data volume.
  • Deliver business impact assessments showing how DLP initiatives prevent data loss, support compliance, and enable secure operations.
About company
Nightfall AI
Nightfall is the AI-native, unified data loss prevention and insider risk management platform that protects sensitive data across SaaS apps, GenAI tools, email, endpoint devices, and more. Hundreds of customers, spanning AI innovators to top 10 banks, trust Nightfall to detect and stop data exfiltration at scale.
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Job Details
Department R&D
Category security
Posted 7 months ago