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Data Governance & Privacy

Know Where Your Data Lives. Protect What Matters.

Data is everywhere. Cloud storage, databases, backups, SaaS apps. Without visibility and governance, you can't comply with GDPR, PIPEDA, HIPAA, or PCI DSS. We inventory, classify, and protect data where it actually exists.

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The Problem

Sound Familiar?

01

Invisible Data Sprawl

Data lives everywhere. S3 buckets, Snowflake, Salesforce, backup systems, personal devices. Most organizations have no idea what data they hold, where it's stored, or who can access it.

Up to 68% of enterprise data is dark or unclassified
02

Compliance Framework Confusion

GDPR, PIPEDA, CCPA, HIPAA, PCI DSS. Each framework has different requirements for data inventory, consent, breach notification, and retention. Building compliance manually is error-prone and impossible to audit.

Average breach involving data privacy costs up to $4.45M
03

Encryption & Access Control Gaps

Sensitive data sits unencrypted in production. Access controls are over-broad. Contractors, old team members, service accounts with excessive permissions. Breach timing is measured in minutes.

Up to 35% of sensitive data is stored without encryption
04

Privacy Impact & Retention Risk

You don't know how long data is retained or whether it's actually deleted. You're holding customer data you don't need, increasing breach surface area and liability with every day you hold it.

Up to 52% of stored data has no retention policy applied
What We Do

Our Engagements

Data Source Discovery & Inventory

We map your data landscape. Databases, data warehouses, cloud storage, SaaS apps, backups. We identify where sensitive data lives, what format it's in, and whether it's encrypted.

Data Classification & Sensitivity Mapping

We classify data by sensitivity level and apply consistent labeling. PII, PHI, payment data, trade secrets, public. Classification feeds governance with stricter controls for high-risk data.

Privacy Impact Assessments

We conduct PIAs that translate regulatory language into actionable risk controls. What data you can collect, how long you can keep it, who can access it, and what disclosures you owe.

Data Protection & Encryption Engineering

We design and implement encryption architecture. Data at rest in databases, in transit in APIs, in backup systems. We handle key management, rotation, and audit trails.

Access Control & Privilege Audit

We audit who has access to sensitive data and whether that access is justified. Least-privilege access, data masking for non-production environments, and automated de-provisioning.

Continuous Compliance Reporting

Compliance is not a project; it's a state. We build continuous monitoring and reporting so you're always audit-ready. Findings flow to your security team; evidence is collected automatically.

Why CWS

What Sets Us Apart

Data Governance for Scale

We've designed data governance for organizations with terabytes of data across multiple cloud providers, on-premises systems, and SaaS platforms. We build discovery, classification, and protection in parallel with business operations.

Multi-Framework Compliance by Design

GDPR, HIPAA, PIPEDA, CCPA, PCI DSS have overlapping and contradictory requirements. We design governance that satisfies all applicable frameworks simultaneously, not one at a time.

Privacy as a Technical Problem

Privacy isn't a policy exercise; it's a technical architecture problem. Encryption, key management, access controls, data masking, retention automation. These are engineering problems with verifiable solutions.

Take Control of Your Data.

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