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Heritage Consumer Brand Closes Data Governance and Label Gaps with Symmetry

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A heritage consumer brand with over a century of history, serving millions of customers worldwide and experiencing renewed growth through heritage marketing and viral consumer engagement.

Industry:  Consumer

Size:  5,000-10,000 Employees

ABOUT CUSTOMER

2,941

Sharepoint and Onedrive folders

1.1m

Initial Scope of Data objects and Files

13m

Expanded Scope

View as a PDF: Heritage Consumer Brand Closes Data Governance and Label Gaps with Symmetry

Kickoff

Kick off Vendor Risk Assessment & Background Info

Week 1

Kick off Meeting & install within environment

Week 2

Preliminary readout of findings & final presentation of findings

Critical Findings

Critical Gap between Classification and Labels

Sensitive data was discovered in more than 10% of documents, while Purview labels had only been applied to less than 0.05% of the files.

Sensitive Data Shared with Everyone

35% of Sharepoint and Onedrive folders are shared organization wide, with almost 15,000 files containing sensitive data including payroll, product IP, and personal information.

Unmonitored Changes to Access

More than 12% of identities made access-control related changes to files, including changes to data stores with classified data.

Finding a Needle in a Haystack

About Symmetry Systems

Symmetry Systems is the Data+AI Security Company. We safeguard data at scale, detect threats, ensure compliance & reduce AI risks, so you can Innovate with Confidence.  Our Data Security Posture Management platform is engineered specifically to address modern data security and privacy challenges at scale from the data out, providing organizations the ability to innovate with confidence. With total visibility into what data you have, where it lives, who can access it, and how it’s being used, Symmetry safeguards your organization’s data from misuse, insider threats, and cybercriminals, as well as unintended exposure of sensitive IP and personal information through use of generative AI technologies.

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