Thales has expanded its push into unstructured data protection, promoting its CipherTrust File Activity Monitoring technology as a response to growing visibility gaps across enterprise environments. The company says organisations are increasingly exposed because sensitive information is spread across file shares, cloud storage, collaboration tools and legacy systems, while many security teams still lack clear oversight of how those files are accessed or moved.
On its campaign page, Thales cites figures stating that 80% of enterprise data is unstructured and that 76% of breaches involve unstructured data. It also says 50% of security teams lack visibility into how such information is accessed, moved or misused.
File Activity Monitoring
Thales says its File Activity Monitoring capability is designed to address that problem by providing real-time visibility across Windows, NFS and cloud storage environments. The company claims the tool can help identify suspicious behaviour, support insider threat detection and improve compliance reporting for frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and GLBA.
The offer also includes an optional generative AI-based chatbot intended to assist with analysing audit data and simplifying reporting workflows. Thales is positioning the technology as part of its broader CipherTrust data security platform and has linked the launch messaging to recent recognition from analyst firms including KuppingerCole, Forrester and Omdia.
Todd Moore, Global Vice President, Data Security Products at Thales, said, “As unstructured data grows rapidly across distributed environments, organizations need more integrated ways to track and safeguard their most sensitive information. With File Activity Monitoring, Thales reinforces its leadership in enterprise data security by delivering real-time insight, intelligent automation, and unified visibility through a single, powerful platform.”
