Data Labeling, Tagging, & Classification
Automated policy-based tagging and classification.
Data Context
XQ’s Zero Trust Data solution supports both DoD Zero Trust Data Pillar and Enterprise Data Governance compliance by focusing on classification, tagging, and labeling at the data level, offering automated labeling, robust encryption, key management, and continuous monitoring.
It enables organizations to ensure that their sensitive data is protected, properly categorized, and adheres to defense-related and corporate governance standards across its lifecycle.
Data Identification Features
XQ’s Zero Trust Data solution ensures compliance with data classification, tagging, and labeling requirements outlined in the DoD Zero Trust Data Pillar and Enterprise Data Governance policies.
Here's how XQ addresses these aspects:
Data Classification and Labeling
Granular Classification and Tagging: XQ allows organizations to classify data based on sensitivity (e.g., confidential, secret, top-secret) and tag it accordingly.
Integration with Enterprise Classification Systems: XQ can integrate with existing enterprise data governance tools for automatic classification and tagging, ensuring consistency across large data environments. These tags are preserved even when data moves across platforms or is encrypted.
Data Labeling for Compliance
Automated Labeling: XQ enables automated data labeling based on defined policies and classification rules. This ensures that all data, including files, messages, and transactions, are properly labeled at creation or upon ingestion into the system, supporting DoD compliance and Enterprise Data Governance.
Enforced Label Integrity: The labels applied to data are persistent and enforced across the data lifecycle. Even when data is shared or moved between locations, its classification and labeling remain intact, which is critical for ensuring compliance with DoD Zero Trust and enterprise governance standards.
Alignment with DoD Zero Trust Data Pillar
Data-Centric Security: XQ enforces a data-centric approach to security, where access controls are directly tied to the classification and tagging of data. This approach aligns with the DoD Zero Trust Data Pillar, which emphasizes controlling access at the data layer rather than relying solely on network or system-level protections.
Dynamic Access Control: Data access is continuously verified based on classification and the requester's identity, supporting the DoD’s principle of Continuous Verification. XQ's encryption and key management ensure that even with physical access, unauthorized users cannot decrypt or alter sensitive data without proper clearance.
Zero Trust Data Labeling & Classification Process
Data content is examined based on policies.
Data is labelled and classified based on content and context policies.
Labels and classification determine what roles can access the data and under what policy conditions.
Enterprise Data Governance Integration
Governance Policy Enforcement: XQ’s data security platform enables organizations to enforce data governance policies through classification, tagging, and labeling. This helps ensure that data governance rules are adhered to across an enterprise, including compliance with regulatory requirements like GDPR, HIPAA, and FISMA.
Data Lifecycle Management: XQ supports governance policies by ensuring data is properly managed throughout its lifecycle, including retention, archiving, and deletion based on data governance and compliance requirements. This includes tagging for governance purposes, such as legal holds or regulatory reviews.
Data Lineage and Tracking: With XQ’s platform, data lineage is automatically tracked, providing full visibility into how data has been used, shared, or modified. This tracking is essential for audit and reporting purposes in enterprise data governance, especially in highly regulated industries.
Key Management and Compliance
Local Key Control: XQ uses decentralized key management (where encryption keys can be stored locally or externally), allowing organizations to control their classified data completely, even in cloud environments. This supports DoD Zero Trust and Enterprise Data Governance policies around sensitive data management.
Key Segmentation for Data Sovereignty: Segmenting keys based on geographic locations enables compliance with data sovereignty laws, ensuring that classified or sensitive data remains within approved regions. This helps maintain compliance with both DoD regulations and enterprise governance policies regarding data residency.
Data Geofencing for Compliance
Geofencing for Data Governance: XQ’s geofencing capabilities ensure that data access and storage comply with geographic restrictions, a key aspect of Enterprise Data Governance. For the DoD, this supports data classification policies that require data to be restricted to certain regions or locations, such as national defense or operational zones.
Access Control Based on Geography: XQ supports both DoD Zero Trust and enterprise data compliance requirements by ensuring that classified data remains within predefined geopolitical boundaries. This is crucial for organizations with data residency and sovereignty obligations.
Auditing, Reporting, and Compliance Documentation
Detailed Audit Trails: XQ provides comprehensive audit trails showing how classified and tagged data has been accessed, modified, and shared. These logs are essential for DoD and Enterprise Data Governance audits and reviews.
Compliance Reporting: Built-in reporting features allow organizations to generate compliance reports to meet the demands of DoD Zero Trust Data Pillar requirements and enterprise governance frameworks, such as ISO 27001 or NIST standards. These reports document data classification, access controls, and lifecycle management adherence.