Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions Launches "Data Security (DSPM) Implementation Support Service" to Inventory, Visualize, and Automatically Classify Corporate Confidential Data Using Generative AI

Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Daizan Suzuki; hereinafter referred to as MBSD) will begin offering the "Data Security (DSPM) Implementation Support Service" on April 1st, which utilizes generative AI to inventory, visualize, and classify data scattered within companies. This service leverages Ohalo Ltd.'s (Headquarters: London, UK; CEO: Kyle DuPont; hereinafter referred to as Ohalo) DSPM solution "Data X-Ray," which possesses data classification technology using generative AI. It comprehensively supports the process from customer's current state analysis and policy formulation support to the inventory, visualization, and classification of data held by the customer.

Furthermore, by automatically linking the classification results of confidential data identified by this service with Microsoft Purview, it can be combined with MBSD's separately offered "Microsoft Purview Utilization Service" to seamlessly connect to "detection to response based on data," such as alert monitoring and incident response for confidential data.

Macnica, Inc. (Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa; President and CEO: Kazumasa Hara; hereinafter referred to as Macnica), the domestic general agent for Ohalo, will be responsible for the implementation design and post-implementation technical support for "Data X-Ray." They will provide integrated implementation and operational support in collaboration with MBSD, including the design and configuration of integration with Microsoft Purview.

[Background] Increasing Data Management Risks due to DX and Cloud Shift

With the expansion of SaaS usage, including cloud storage, corporate confidential data is dispersed across various locations, from on-premises file servers to the cloud. In particular, unstructured data (such as Office files and text information), which is said to account for about 90% of corporate data, is easy to create and duplicate, but it creates a challenge in accurately grasping "where and what kind of confidential information exists within the company."

Against this backdrop, DSPM (Data Secur...