Know where your data lives and 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 exists.
- Program
- Data Protection
- Covers
- Data Source Discovery and Inventory, Data Classification and Sensitivity Mapping, Privacy Impact Assessments, Data Protection and Encryption Engineering, Access Control and Privilege Audit, Continuous Compliance Reporting
- Delivered by
- CWS engineers, by name
Sound familiar?
we hear this a lot
- 01
Invisible Data Sprawl
Data lives everywhere. S3 buckets, Snowflake, Salesforce, backup systems, personal devices. Many organizations cannot say what data they hold, where it is stored, or who can access it.
- 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.
- 03
Encryption and Access Control Gaps
Sensitive data sits unencrypted in production. Access controls are over-broad. Contractors, old team members, service accounts with excessive permissions.
- 04
Privacy Impact and Retention Risk
You don't know how long data is retained or whether it's deleted. You're holding customer data you don't need, increasing breach surface area and liability with every day you hold it.
What we do
and how we help
Data Source Discovery and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 a state you maintain. We build continuous monitoring and reporting so you're always audit-ready. Findings flow to your security team; evidence is collected automatically.
What sets us apart
why us
Data Governance for Scale
We design data governance for organizations with 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 is a technical architecture problem as much as a policy one. Encryption, key management, access controls, data masking, retention automation. These are engineering problems with verifiable solutions.