Securing the Blind Spot: Unstructured Data Risk and Thales File Activity Monitoring
Unstructured data is the digital content that is scattered across file shares, cloud storage, collaboration platforms, and legacy systems. Most security teams can’t track how unstructured data is accessed, shared, or misused. This lack of visibility opens the door to insider threats, compliance violations, and costly data breaches. Traditional tools like DLP or SIEMs weren’t built to monitor unstructured data across dynamic environments.
- 80% of enterprise data is unstructured and it's growing by 60% annually.
- 76% of breaches involve unstructured data and cost an average of 28% more when only unstructured data is involved.
- 50% of all security teams lack visibility into how unstructured data is accessed, moved, or misused, leaving large amounts of data vulnerable.
Monitor unstructured data at scale
Thales File Activity Monitoring (FAM) helps organizations secure unstructured data across servers, cloud services, and file shares.
With real-time access tracking, automated classification, and AI-driven insights, FAM enables compliance, detects insider risks, and provides deep visibility into sensitive file activity—all through an intuitive dashboard and seamless deployment.
Gain control and reduce risk with AI-powered file monitoring
Organizations struggle to protect unstructured data—files, emails, and cloud content—scattered across systems. Thales File Activity Monitoring delivers real-time visibility, compliance automation, and threat detection to secure sensitive data at scale.
Continuously monitor unstructured data activity across severs, file shares, and cloud storage. Track successful and failed access attempts, detect anomalies, and maintain full audit trails—ensuring you never lose sight of how and where sensitive data is accessed.
Automatically scan your environment to locate and classify sensitive data—including PII, financial records, and regulated content. Support for continuous scanning ensures newly created files are quickly categorized and protected, enabling better governance and faster incident response.
Easily generate audit-ready reports that demonstrate compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. Thales FAM retains historical logs, enhances them with classification context, and enables on-demand dashboards for auditors, reducing manual reporting effort.
Leverage Generative AI to detect risky behavior, uncover policy violations, and accelerate investigations. The Data Security Assistant analyzes access patterns and streamlines incident triage, helping security teams act fast and reduce exposure from both internal and external threats.
View, filter, and explore file activity through an intuitive dashboard that consolidates insights across data types and sources. Instantly assess risk exposure, sensitive file locations, and audit trends to prioritize action and optimize your security posture—all from a single pane of glass.
Thales' innovative approach to File Activity Monitoring tackles key challenges like blind spots in hybrid environments, offering real-time visibility and smart anomaly detection — a potential game-changer for teams overwhelmed by false positives. By striking the right balance of depth and simplicity, FAM shows promise in helping us strengthen the SOC without added complexity. With tighter SIEM integration, it can sharpen response and let teams focus on what matters most. We’re excited to see how FAM evolves and enhances our data security.”