We often focus on hackers breaking in, but statistically, the most common data leaks happen when employees voluntarily push data out. It usually starts with a simple, muscle-memory keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V).

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools often catch files being uploaded, but they rarely catch text being pasted into a browser window until it is too late.

1. The Engineering "Ooops"

A developer is debugging a production database connection. They copy the connection string (which includes the password and host IP) to test it locally. Distracted by a Slack message asking for an update, they switch windows and accidentally paste that string into a public #engineering-general channel instead of their terminal.

• The Impact: Instant credential leak to 500+ employees.
• The Fix: Revoking keys, rotating passwords, and downtime.

2. The "Helpful" AI Prompt

A marketing manager wants to summarize a thread of customer feedback. They highlight the entire email chain, hit copy, and paste it into Claude or ChatGPT. They didn't realize the footer contained the customer's personal phone number, home address, and partial credit card info.

That PII is now part of the LLM's conversation history and potentially its training data.

3. The Support Log Dump

A support agent is escalating a ticket to Jira. To provide context, they grab the raw server log and paste it into the ticket comments. Buried in that wall of text are the user's session tokens (JWTs) and real IP address. This data is now visible to anyone with Jira access, including third-party contractors.

The Solution: Redaction on Paste

Training employees to "be careful" fails because pasting is automatic. SecurePresent's new Paste Guard technology intercepts the paste event at the browser level.

It scans the clipboard for high-confidence patterns like API Keys, Email Addresses, and Social Security Numbers. If found, it replaces them with [REDACTED] tags before the text is inserted into the input field. The user gets a toast notification confirming the action, ensuring safety without breaking their workflow.