// THREAT DETECTION AND DATA PRIVACY TERM
Sensitive Data
Sensitive data refers to any information that, if accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed without authorization, could cause significant harm to an individual, organization, or national security. This includes personal, financial, health, or classified information that requires special protection.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Sensitive data constitutes any information necessitating enhanced protection due to its inherent nature to inflict substantial harm, privacy violations, or operational disruption upon unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification, encompassing categories such as Personal Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), financial records, intellectual property, and classified national security information, governed by regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA.
BACKGROUND
Computer security is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It focuses on protecting computer software, systems, and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information disclosure, theft, or damage to hardware, software, or data, as well as to the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.
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- Confidential data
- Protected information
- Restricted data
- Private data
- Classified information
- Regulated data
- Priced data
USAGE NOTE
Identifying and properly securing sensitive data is a cornerstone of cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and risk management within any organization, especially in defense.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Sensitive Data.
Develops a wide range of cybersecurity solutions, with a strong focus on Data Loss Prevention (DLP), information protection, and endpoint security to identify, monitor, and protect sensitive data across various environments.
Specializes in data-first SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) and behavioral-centric security solutions, including robust Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to protect sensitive data across networks, endpoints, and cloud applications.
Provides data security, governance, and analytics solutions that help organizations discover, classify, protect, and manage sensitive unstructured and structured data from insider threats and cyberattacks.
Offers a comprehensive suite of data governance, risk, and compliance solutions, including Microsoft Purview, which encompasses Data Loss Prevention (DLP), information protection, and insider risk management to safeguard sensitive data.
A global technology and defense leader, providing advanced data protection solutions including hardware security modules (HSMs), data encryption, and key management to secure sensitive data at rest, in motion, and in use.
Delivers a broad portfolio of security services and products, including data security solutions that focus on discovering, classifying, encrypting, and monitoring access to sensitive data within databases and applications.
Focuses on protecting organizations from advanced threats and compliance risks, offering solutions for email and cloud security, information protection, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to secure sensitive data.
A leader in cloud security, providing a Security Service Edge (SSE) platform with robust Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities that protect sensitive data as it moves to and from cloud applications and services.