As unstructured data continues to grow rapidly across industries, IT teams face mounting challenges in managing the risks of sensitive data exposure. The rise of GenAI platforms has only amplified these concerns. In fact, research from Menlo Security reveals that attempts to input PII into GenAI platforms account for over half (55%) of data loss prevention (DLP) events, followed by confidential documents (40%). Additionally, the global average cost of a data breach hit $4.88 million in 2024, according to IBM. As storage administrators increasingly take on the responsibility for data governance and compliance, the lack of systematic tools for managing these tasks across vast data estates only heightens the risk.
Komprise’s new sensitive data management capabilities within the Smart Data Workflow Manager include the following features:
- Standard PII Detection: Komprise allows users to select which PII data types to scan for, such as national IDs, credit card numbers, and email addresses. The platform supports multiple classifications, enabling the detection of various types of PII within any file.
- Custom Sensitive Data Detection: Customers can search for specific data patterns using keyword searches or regular expressions (regex), identifying formats such as employee IDs, machine IDs, product codes, or even protected health information (PHI) like patient record IDs.
- Local Scanning of Sensitive Data: Unlike cloud-based services, Komprise performs sensitive data scans locally, behind enterprise firewalls, ensuring that sensitive data remains within the organization’s secure infrastructure.
- Remediation and Data Movement: Upon detecting sensitive data, Komprise enables users to set workflows to take action, such as moving the data to a secure location or restricting access to it.
- AI Ingest Pre-Processing: The solution can serve as a pre-process step for AI data ingestion workflows, eliminating the risk of sensitive data leakage to AI platforms.
- Ongoing Workflow Automation: Users can schedule recurring workflows to automatically detect, tag, and mitigate any new sensitive data, with full audit capabilities to ensure ongoing compliance.
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The new sensitive data detection features address several common use cases, including:
- Preventing Unintended Data Leakage During AI Ingestion: Data governance for AI is a critical concern. Komprise automates the process of identifying and excluding sensitive data from the data ingested by AI platforms, reducing the potential for human error and protecting against costly data leaks.
- Enhancing Cyber-Resilience with Sensitive Data Handling: According to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations report, approximately 80% of data breaches involve sensitive data. This is particularly concerning for industries such as healthcare and finance, where organizations face significant penalties for non-compliance. Komprise’s automated data remediation process helps organizations proactively move sensitive data to secure storage, minimizing the risk of data breaches.
- AI Data Workflow Auditing: Komprise maintains a comprehensive audit trail for all data processed by workflows, including those copying data for ingestion into AI or machine learning systems, ensuring full transparency and accountability.
“Komprise has continuously impressed me with their ability to add valuable features to the product,” said Jonathan Kowall, Director of Specialist Solutions Engineers at AHEAD. “With the new PII capabilities, storage admins get an incredibly powerful tool on top of an already impressive platform. Storage teams are under increasing pressure to do more with fewer resources, and features like these are why we are proud to partner with Komprise.”
“The risk of sensitive data breaches is escalating, causing organizations to hesitate in utilizing AI,” said Kumar K. Goswami, CEO of Komprise. “We are thrilled to offer a systematic approach to reducing these risks, enabling our customers to strengthen their cybersecurity posture and implement effective data governance for AI ingestion with the new sensitive data detection and mitigation capabilities in Komprise Smart Data Workflow Manager.”
With the introduction of these enhanced features, Komprise continues to lead the way in helping organizations manage unstructured data effectively, ensuring that businesses can confidently embrace AI while maintaining strong data governance and compliance.