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Data Risk & Exposure Management
Continuously identify where data is overexposed, misused, or at risk, and take action before it becomes a breach. Data Sentinel quantifies your data risk in real time in dollars so you can prioritize remediation and demonstrate risk reduction to stakeholders.
80%
of data is unstructured & vulnerable to breach
28%
Avg. likelihood of a data breach in North America
$8.19M
Av.g cost of a data breach in North America
56
records are compromised ever second
Data risk is no longer a theoretical concern it is a measurable, financially quantifiable business liability. Every overexposed database, every misconfigured access control, every sensitive file shared beyond its intended audience represents a potential breach that could cost millions in fines, litigation, remediation, and reputational damage.
Data Sentinel’s Data Risk & Exposure Management solution provides continuous, automated visibility into where your data is at risk. The platform identifies overexposed sensitive data, misconfigured access patterns, policy violations, and compliance gaps across your entire data environment then calculates the real-time financial exposure using our proprietary risk algorithm.
Automated remediation options
Dynamic Data Masking
Data Sentinel can trigger dynamic data masking actions as sensitive data anomalies are discovered in structured and unstructured data. This is a user-defined rules based function that ensures sensitive data is obfuscated in near real time. Reduce risk immediately and ensure compliance with global data privacy standards.
Data Sentinel can leverage a number of masking techniques, depending on the policies and use cases that need to be addressed, examples are:
- Data Encryption
- Nulling out / deletion
- Substitution
Data Quarantining
In addition to dynamically masking your noncompliant data, Data Sentinel can identify, and isolate specific records to a data quarantine. This ensures that no record that does not comply with your data management policies is left vulnerable.
This allows you to investigate the policy infraction and remedy the record as needed. A data subject matter expert will be notified when this occurs, allowing your organization to maintain compliance with policies and data privacy regulations.
Frequently asked questions
What is a data trust platform?
How do you prepare data for AI safely?
What is AI data governance and why does it matter?
How is Data Sentinel different from traditional data governance tools?
Does Data Sentinel move or store our data externally?
How does Data Sentinel help with data privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA)?
What is data discovery and classification?
How do you reduce data risk and exposure across enterprise systems?
- How does Data Sentinel identify data risk across my environment? Data Sentinel continuously scans your data sources to identify instances where sensitive data is overexposed, outside of policy, accessible to unauthorized users, or located in non-compliant environments. The platform evaluates risk based on data sensitivity, access patterns, regulatory requirements, and your defined policies.
- What does it mean to quantify data risk financially? Data Sentinel’s proprietary risk algorithm translates data exposure into a dollar figure based on the volume and sensitivity of the data, applicable regulatory penalties, potential litigation costs, and industry benchmarks for breach costs. This gives executives and board members a clear, business-relevant view of risk.
- Can Data Sentinel help us prepare for data breach scenarios? Yes. Data Sentinel’s risk modeling capabilities allow you to simulate breach scenarios across different systems and data sets. This helps you understand where your highest-risk exposure is concentrated and prioritize remediation investments for maximum risk reduction.
- How does automated risk remediation work? When Data Sentinel identifies data that is outside of policy or at elevated risk, it triggers pre-configured remediation workflows. These can include dynamic data masking, encryption, quarantining of non-compliant records, access restriction, and alerting of data stewards. Remediation rules are fully customizable.
- How often is risk scoring updated? Data Sentinel calculates risk scores in near real time. As new data is discovered, policies are updated, or remediation actions are taken, risk scores are automatically recalculated. You can also track risk trends over time to measure the effectiveness of your governance program.
- Does Data Sentinel integrate with GRC and security platforms? Yes. Data Sentinel’s risk intelligence can be integrated into your enterprise GRC platform, SIEM, and other security tools, adding a powerful data risk dimension to your overall enterprise risk posture. Dashboards and reports are designed for both technical and executive audiences.
- What regulations does Data Sentinel’s risk engine account for? Data Sentinel’s risk calculations factor in penalty structures from major global regulations including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GLBA, PIPEDA, LGPD, and more. The engine is continuously updated as regulatory landscapes evolve.
Measure Risk. Reduce Exposure. Prove It.
Continuous Risk Identification
Data Sentinel scans your entire data environment to identify instances of overexposure, unauthorized access, policy non-compliance, and sensitive data in high-risk locations. Risk discovery runs continuously, not as a point-in-time assessment.
Financial Risk Quantification
Understand the dollar value of your data exposure. Data Sentinel’s risk algorithm calculates financial exposure at the source, system, and enterprise level, factoring in data volume, sensitivity, applicable regulations, and penalty structures. Present risk in a language the boardroom understands.
Automated Risk Remediation
When data risk is identified, Data Sentinel triggers automated response workflows. Dynamic masking, encryption, quarantining, and access restriction can be applied immediately, reducing your exposure window from weeks to seconds.
Risk Trend Analysis & Reporting
Track how your data risk profile changes over time. Data Sentinel’s dashboards and reports show risk trends, remediation progress, and the financial impact of your data governance investments providing clear evidence for auditors, regulators, and executive stakeholders.
Policy-Driven Risk Management
Define risk policies tailored to your organization’s regulatory obligations and internal standards. Data Sentinel continuously measures your data against these policies and flags deviations the moment they occur.
Breach Simulation & Impact Modeling
Model the potential impact of a data breach across different systems and data sets. Understand which areas of your environment carry the highest risk and prioritize your remediation efforts accordingly.
From Reactive to Proactive Risk Management
Most organizations discover data risk after a breach, an audit finding, or a regulatory inquiry. By then, the damage is done. Data Sentinel shifts data risk management from a reactive exercise to a continuous, proactive discipline.
With real-time risk visibility, financial quantification, and automated remediation, you can identify and close exposure gaps before they are exploited and demonstrate measurable risk reduction to every stakeholder who needs to see it.
How trustworthy is your data? Book a demo today to see how Data Sentinel can help you.
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About Data Sentinel
Protect, Comply, Govern, and Grow with Trusted Data
Data Sentinel helps enterprises turn fragmented, high-risk data into a trusted, controlled asset. Its unified platform combines data discovery, governance, privacy, and quality, giving organizations the visibility and control needed to reduce risk, meet compliance requirements, and safely deploy AI at scale.
Built to operate directly inside your environment, Data Sentinel ensures sensitive data never needs to be moved, delivering policy-driven enforcement, continuous monitoring, and true data control where it matters most.
Built to operate directly inside your environment, Data Sentinel ensures sensitive data never needs to be moved, delivering policy-driven enforcement, continuous monitoring, and true data control where it matters most.
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