Breach Management

The moment a security incident is identified, certain critical questions come to every top executive’s mind: Whose data was exposed, what was the scope of the incident, and what are we required to do?

Finding answers for all those questions is even more overwhelming. After all, sensitive data lives across a multitude of structured and unstructured systems across an organization’s environment. What’s even more challenging is that customers or users span multiple jurisdictions, and every jurisdiction has its own breach notification laws and legal implications.

Modern DSPM solutions help organizations overcome these challenges with an integrated breach management framework. The platform effectively discovers every sensitive data element, such as PHI, PII, PCI, or IP, across the impacted data systems. It further maps the impacted data to the affected individuals to which it belongs. Next, the platform identifies the residency of every individual and maps them to the applicable regulations or frameworks, such as GDPR, CPRA, PDPA, LGPD, etc. The platform also matches them with specific notification requirements so that the organization knows who must be informed about the breach.

With all data, individuals, and jurisdictions mapped, DSPM calculates the potential penalties, giving an organization a quick look at the overall financial risk figure. Once the containment and notification processes are complete, DSPM automatically creates a comprehensive incident response report, which can be exported into various formats like PDF or JSON. The report includes details like the scope of data exposure, remediation measures taken, and audit logs.