Concentric AI launched
industry-first functionality
that uniquely protects sensitive data shared as text or attachments across
today's most popular business messaging platforms, including e-mail, Slack and
Microsoft Teams.
These new
capabilities, available as part of the Concentric Semantic Intelligence
platform, autonomously evaluate and manage data security posture to give
security professionals the powerful, centralized remediation tools they need to
find access issues and prevent data loss. The company's award-winning AI
technology, which today protects millions of users across cloud and on-premises
data stores, now extends accurate, comprehensive and autonomous protection to
data shared using these increasingly popular tools.
Available today and
publicly unveiled at Black Hat USA 2022 in Concentric's Innovation City Booth
No. 90, this industry-first capability reveals sensitive data shared across
e-mail and business messaging platforms and highlights who has inappropriate
access to mission-critical content.
"Concentric's
support for business messaging and e-mail makes a huge contribution to our PHI,
PII, and IP protection strategy," said Jared Russell from Lintelio. "Our teams
collaborate using Microsoft Teams and Exchange, but it's been difficult to
establish security controls on data flowing across those channels. Now we have
complete visibility into shared content - whether in the body of a message or
an attachment - and the tools we need to eliminate risks to our data."
As messaging and
communication tools explode in popularity, organizations struggle to control
data leakage and prevent sharing abuses and mistakes. Limited visibility into
content, context and access routinely allows regulated personal information,
critical business documents, and other sensitive data to fall into the wrong
hands. Concentric's deep learning and natural language processing (NLP)
technologies help organizations to:
- Identify sensitive and regulated data, such as PII/PCI/PHI,
confidential business content, and financial information as it flows
across messaging and e-mail platforms.
- Evaluate an organization's data security posture to determine who has
access and whether that access is appropriate and authorized.
- Centrally remediate issues by disabling access, recalling messages, or
integrating with end-user and SOC workflows for redress.
"E-mail, Slack and
Teams are double-edged swords," said Karthik Krishnan, Concentric CEO. "They're
unmatched as productivity tools, but they also create huge potential for data
loss. Malicious actions or human error can easily expose business-critical data
to unauthorized users. With Concentric, employees can continue collaborating
and keep their operations humming without exposing the organization to
regulatory violations, intellectual property loss or data breaches."
Given the staggering
volumes of data exchanged by end users and third parties, automation is
essential to any practical data security posture management strategy. Concentric's
natural language processing (NLP) technologies and MIND
deep-learning-as-a-service capabilities work together to automate sensitive
data discovery, analyze content and context, assess risk, and mitigate problems
without the burden of writing hundreds of rules to spot sensitive data or
relying on end users to enforce appropriate security policies. Concentric's
Semantic Intelligence works without additional staff overhead, end-user
frustration, or gaps in protection coverage.
Availability and
Pricing
Concentric's e-mail and messaging protection capabilities are available today
for Semantic Intelligence customers who have purchased the Enterprise license.
For more information, see www.concentric.ai/licensing.