The concept of DCAP solutions was introduced by Gartner experts, as it was clear, that without such solutions information security (IS) specialists would not be able to cope with the protection of data in various silos due to the increase in the overall amount of kept and created, as well as amount of operations of operations on data, such as copying, editing, transmitting etc. These factors will inevitably stipulate the increasing need to monitor and audit access rights and to protect data across silos.

Source: Help Net Security