New Concentric AI Patent for AI-Powered Data Security Governance Recognizes Company’s Innovation and Pioneering Efforts Advancing Data Security

New Patent ‘Method and Electronic Device for Managing Sensitive Data Based on Semantic Categorization’ Protects Company’s Industry Lead in Discovery and Categorization of Sensitive Data

Concentric AI today announced earning a new patent recognizing the company’s innovation and pioneering efforts advancing data security, furthering the company’s industry lead over the competition in AI-based discovery and categorization of sensitive data.

The new granted patent, titled “Method and Electronic Device for Managing Sensitive Data based on Semantic Categorization,” protects existing intellectual property for Concentric AI’s Semantic Intelligence™ data security governance platform. It encompasses the way the platform assigns appropriate sensitivity classification labels based on semantic context, as well as how it accurately detects personally identifiable information (PII) and PII persona based on semantic categorization.

“This new patent award is a recognition of our unique and pioneering efforts in advancing the state-of-the-art in the data security industry, and our commitment to innovating on behalf of our customers,” said Karthik Krishnan, Concentric AI Founder and CEO. “With Concentric AI, organizations are assured they have the most advanced data discovery and categorization capabilities in the industry to best protect their sensitive data. Now protected with a patent, this functionality has been available on the platform for years, demonstrating our commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation for customers.”

Concentric AI’s now patent-protected industry-first technology understands the context of data for unmatched precision and granularity in detecting sensitive information. This includes PII, intellectual property, and other business-critical data that is difficult for other tools to identify. This differentiating technology allows customers to manage their sensitive information with the appropriate classification labels and to identify the persona of people associated with the data. Knowing the semantic context of a data record, such as a contract in the legal industry, a tax form in finance services, or a workers’ compensation claim in the insurance field, is unique to Concentric AI, and this patent expands the company’s IP portfolio.

Legacy methods of employing regex pattern matching to detect sensitive data or relying on users to appropriately label sensitivity levels to data is error prone and ineffective. Protected by its portfolio of awarded patents, Concentric AI’s unique approach to gaining a semantic understanding of each data record and leveraging that learning to better identify sensitive information and manage it via appropriate sensitivity classification significantly enhances organizations’ ability to precisely assess data at risk and employ appropriate data security measures.

Concentric AI’s Semantic Intelligence DSPM solution scans organizations’ data records in their entirety, detects sensitive and business-critical content, identifies the most appropriate classification category, and autonomously tags the data. Concentric AI uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve discovery, classification accuracy and efficiency to avoid endless regex rules and inaccurate end-user labeling. In addition, Concentric AI can monitor and autonomously identify risk to sensitive data from inappropriate permissions, wrong entitlements, risky sharing, and unauthorized access. It can automatically remediate permissions and sharing issues or leverage other security solutions and cloud APIs to quickly and continuously protect exposed data.

About Concentric AI

Concentric AI is intelligent data security made easy. Its AI-powered platform simplifies data management, helping businesses discover sensitive data, remediate risk, eliminate duplicates, and maintain compliance across cloud and on-premises environments. The solution provides clear insights into where data resides, who's accessing it, how it's being shared, and empowers organizations to take remediation actions. With co-managed services, Concentric AI handles the heavy lifting while organizations stay in control—defining policies, managing risks, and running reports on demand. From reducing costs to preventing data leaks, Concentric AI ensures your data works for you, not vice versa. Concentric AI is venture-backed by leading Silicon Valley VCs and is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For more information, see https://www.concentric.ai.

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New Concentric AI patent ‘Method and Electronic Device for Managing Sensitive Data Based on Semantic Categorization’ protects company’s industry lead in discovery and categorization of sensitive data.