The Surge in Unstructured Data

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.

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So many files, so much data. 80% of enterprise data is unstructured across file shares, cloud drives, collaborative tools, and more.

76%

Bad actors love unstructured data. 76% of breaches involve unstructured data and cost an average of 28% more when only unstructured data is involved.

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The percentage of security teams that lack visibility into how unstructured data is accessed, moved, or misused.

The Surge of Unstructured Data

A growing issue

80% of enterprise data is unstructured and it's growing by 60% annually.

Threat actors love it

76% of breaches involve unstructured data and cost an average of 28% more when only unstructured data is involved.

Lack of visibility

50% of all security teams lack visibility into how unstructured data is accessed, moved, or misused, leaving large amounts of data vulnerable.

What Thales Customers are Saying...

"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.”

- Leila Kuntar, Principal Information Security Engineer - Amadeus

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Be Ready with Answers About Unstructured Data Risk

With File Activity Monitoring, Security, Risk, and Compliance Leaders now have the visibility and context needed to answer questions about unstructured data risk. File Activity Monitoring shows you exactly which files are being accessed, by whom, when, and how. It helps surface suspicious behavior early, supports regulatory audits, and eliminates the blind spots that undermine data risk posture management.

See Blind Spots in File Access Activity

Gain real-time visibility into file access and activity across Windows, NFS, and cloud storage to identify suspicious behavior quickly.

Expose Insider Threats & Privileged Misuse

Excessive access? Off-hours downloads? File Activity Monitoring enables you to spot anomalies in user behaviors and flag high-risk actions before they escalate.

Compliance Without Complexity

Streamline reporting and audit readiness by mapping access patterns to compliance frameworks like HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GLBA.

Part of an Award-Winning Data Security Platform

Thales consistently ranks among the top solutions for comprehensive data protection, visibility, and posture management - meaning you can be confident that your data, your organization, and your success are secure. Thales is proud to have been recognized as an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass and a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave for Data Security Platforms in 2025. Most recently, Omdia named Thales a Leader in Data Security Posture Management with “Best in class” ratings for technology, momentum, and execution.

Understand the Growth and Risks Associated with Unstructured Data

The growth of unstructured data is putting serious pressure on security teams, but most lack the tools to see what’s actually happening. Our white paper, “Securing the Blind Spot: Unstructured Data Risk and Thales File Activity Monitoring,” explores why traditional DLP tools fall short and how to gain visibility without slowing your business down.

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Expand Resources Without Expanding Cost

File Activity Monitoring features our Gen AI and LLM based chatbot that can assist in gathering information and insights on the audit data for compliance and security use cases. This optional feature allows you to simplify reporting and dashboard creation to streamline compliance and security tasks. See how in the example scenario below.

See Why Visibility is the Foundation of Data Security

Unstructured data often escapes traditional controls. Yet gaining visibility into this data is essential to the kind of discovery, classification, and policy-based protection that define an effective DSPM strategy. Download the 2025 Omdia Universe for Data Security Posture Management report to see why unified visibility is no longer optional—and why organizations turn to solutions like Thales to close the gap.

Thales named a Leader in DSPM - Download the Report

“Omdia assesses the Thales DSPM proposition as a Leader and with three ‘Best in Class’ ratings for core technology, momentum and execution, together with 2 other ‘Top tier’ ratings, the vendor has grown significantly over the last three years to become one of the premier DSPM and cybersecurity providers.”

Watch Now: The Rise of Unstructured Data and the Risks it Brings

To better understand the surge in unstructured data, Senior Product Evangelist, Steve Years and VP Product Marketing, Cybersecurity Products, Krishna Ksheerabdhi cover what unstructured data it is, where it exists, and how it travels between on-premises, cloud and other hybrid environments.

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Unstructured Data Management: Closing the Gap Between Risk and Response

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As unstructured data grows rapidly across distributed environments, organizations need more integrated ways to track and safeguard their most sensitive information. With File Activity Monitoring, Thales reinforces its leadership in enterprise data security by delivering real-time insight, intelligent automation, and unified visibility through a single, powerful platform.”

Todd Moore

Global Vice President, Data Security Products

Thales

Unstructured and Structured Data Protection with Thales

Adding to our industry-leading structured data protection offerings, Thales File Activity Monitoring gives security, risk, compliance, and IT leaders the power to proactively monitor sensitive files and user activity across environments. With deep visibility, automated alerts, and context-rich insights, File Activity Monitoring helps teams stay ahead of unauthorized access, insider threats, and audit requirements.

Detect unauthorized access

Identify misuse of sensitive data by insiders or external actors.

Monitor data movement

Flag unusual copying, sharing, or downloading of files.

Support compliance

Provide audit trails for regulations like GDPR and HIPAA.

Identify exposure risks

Find stale or overly accessible unstructured data.

Enable fast threat response

Trigger alerts for suspicious access in real time.

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Protect Unstructured Data with CipherTrust File Activity Monitoring

Protect Unstructured Data with CipherTrust File Activity Monitoring

Ensure compliance and stop threats with full visibility into unstructured files.

Ensure compliance and stop threats with full visibility into unstructured files.

The Surge in Unstructured Data

80%

76%

50%

The Surge of Unstructured Data

A growing issue

Threat actors love it

Lack of visibility

What Thales Customers are Saying...