How to conduct a data risk assessment that drives action
A data risk assessment evaluates where sensitive data lives, who can reach it, and what happens if that access is misused. It creates value only when teams assign and track remediation; without current access data and live verification, organizations can't show that exposure has fallen. 75% of sensitive data exposures begin with compromised identities or misconfigured permissions, according to the Netwrix 2026 Data and Identity Security Report.