21k Files with Sensitive Data Detected from 3M Files Scanned for Efficient Risk Management and Remediation
for a Fortune 50 Financial Institution with offices in 50+ countries
Business Need
- Data center consolidation across multiple locations globally
- Identification of sensitive information from the millions of files spread across the globe
- Sensitive data protection and remediation for enhanced data compliance and governance
Challenges Faced
- Massive unstructured data spread across multiple geographical regions – US, UK, Europe & Asia Pacific
- Inability to identify sensitive data and levy appropriate data governance and privacy protection measures
- Difficulty in classifying data to meet regulatory requirements and implementing audits and measurements
- Concerns related to the risk of moving data to a new S3 platform
Solution Offered
Intelligent identification of data:
- A preliminary assessment of data sets and structuring of unstructured data with classification tagging based on ownership, access, metadata, and content
Data analysis to gain knowledge of the data:
- Content analytics backed by a Data Science Engine for a Single Pane view of sensitive data
- Risk classification using industry-standard compliance and governance templates
- Remediation for the identified sensitive data – Quarantine, Secure, and Audit Trail backed by Blockchain
Take appropriate action:
- Applying intelligence to high-risk sensitive data by isolating it into secure storage with limited access
- Ensuring role-based access with intelligent file access control and file-repermissioning
- Creating an immutable audit log backed by blockchain technology to track the data access activities and utilize them for regulatory and internal data governance reporting
- Data consolidation to drive continuous data protection, governance, and compliance
Business Impact
- 21K files with sensitive data comprising passwords, security certificates, and API tokens detected from 3MN files scanned
- Increased adherence to regulatory compliance and audit reporting
- Data consolidation and centralized management of sensitive data present across multiple regions using a unified data management platform comprising Data Mobility, Analytics, Security, and Compliance