What is the recommended structure for a Siberson Verikor DLP Proof of Concept?

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POC Element Recommended Parameters Duration 2–4 weeks Endpoint scope 25–150 endpoints across 2–3 representative departments (Finance, HR, and one core business unit is a high-impact mix) Policies deployed 3–5 targeted policies addressing the prospect's highest-priority use cases — typically: USB/removable media control, outbound email PII detection, external cloud upload monitoring Pre-POC baseline Document the prospect's current stated awareness of data exfiltration events. The POC will almost invariably surface significantly more activity than expected, which generates compelling emotional and commercial justification for purchase. Success metrics (agreed upfront) Volume of policy-triggered incidents, false positive rate, analyst time per incident, time-to-deployment, channel coverage breadth, incidents discovered that were previously invisible Cadence Weekly check-in calls to review incident trends, tune policy configurations, and document value accrual against agreed success metrics Exit deliverable A structured POC summary report documenting: incidents detected, risk exposure quantified, false positive rate, deployment effort, and projected annual ROI — providing the business

POC Element	Recommended Parameters
Duration	2–4 weeks
Endpoint scope	25–150 endpoints across 2–3 representative departments (Finance, HR, and one core business unit is a high-impact mix)
Policies deployed	3–5 targeted policies addressing the prospect's highest-priority use cases — typically: USB/removable media control, outbound email PII detection, external cloud upload monitoring
Pre-POC baseline	Document the prospect's current stated awareness of data exfiltration events. The POC will almost invariably surface significantly more activity than expected, which generates compelling emotional and commercial justification for purchase.
Success metrics (agreed upfront)	Volume of policy-triggered incidents, false positive rate, analyst time per incident, time-to-deployment, channel coverage breadth, incidents discovered that were previously invisible
Cadence	Weekly check-in calls to review incident trends, tune policy configurations, and document value accrual against agreed success metrics
Exit deliverable	A structured POC summary report documenting: incidents detected, risk exposure quantified, false positive rate, deployment effort, and projected annual ROI — providing the business case content for internal approval