DAT / DAT-06
Insider data-risk management and proportionate investigation
Organise prevention and analysis of internal activity that may expose sensitive information without treating an alert as proof of misconduct. The programme combines data rules, investigation procedures and privacy safeguards.
WHEN IT HELPS
A focused response
to a defined need.
Sensitive departures, unusual bulk access, a sharing incident or a need to define who may review suspected-leak events.
SCOPE & OUTCOMES
What the engagement covers.
Scope
- Risk scenarios
- authorised sources
- event minimisation
- separation of duties
- escalation levels
- legal/HR review
- retention
- coordination with DLP and incident response
Deliverables
- Operating charter
- detection scenarios
- access matrix
- investigation procedure
- retention rules
- synthetic-data tests
- aggregated reporting
Acceptance evidence
Scenarios are validated using test data; investigation access is restricted; decisions are documented; escalation is not based solely on automated scores; data deletion follows approved rules.
DELIVERY
How the work is structured.
Approach
Identify data and owners; define policies; pilot on sensitive scope; measure errors; roll out and organise exceptions.
Prerequisites & responsibilities
Customer: business data owners, DPO/legal/HR as relevant, administrators and retention rules. Provider: technical design and verification within agreed permissions.
Scope factors
Repositories, volumes, categories, channels, populations, formats and permission quality. DLP/classification licensing and event handling are separate from deployment.
Questions to clarify
Which specific business risk is being reduced? Who may open an investigation? How are employees and case confidentiality protected?
IMPORTANT BOUNDARIES
Purpose, proportionality, staff information, access and retention are agreed with the responsible teams. A security alert requires qualification and does not, on its own, support a disciplinary conclusion.
Minimisation, proportionality and investigation confidentiality must be scoped. No guarantee of zero leakage or comprehensive legal opinion.
IN PRACTICE
Illustrative situations.
These examples describe possible engagements and target outcomes. They are not customer references or achieved results.
Scenario 01
A company fears leakage of strategic files. Project: identify relevant data and channels with appropriate functions. Target outcome: contextual alerts and controlled handling without unjustified blanket surveillance.
Scenario 02
A DLP alert concerns a large export. Project: verify context and legitimacy with authorised reviewers. Target outcome: a legitimate business export is closed without accusation; a real anomaly follows the agreed incident process.
Technology and reference context
Examples: DLP, IAM and collaboration events; dedicated capabilities only after validating need and conditions of use.
The final technology set is agreed during scoping, based on interoperability, licensing, access rights and operating requirements.
CONNECTED SERVICES
Build the next step.
These services can complement the engagement. They are not automatically included.
START A CONVERSATION
Make the scope clear.
We will clarify the objective, dependencies and responsibilities of this service before proposing delivery.