Data processing systems for identifying, assessing, and remediating data processing risks using data modeling techniques

A computer-implemented data processing method for identifying and automatically determining a response to one or more potential risk triggers based on a data model, the method comprising:

• identifying, by one or more processors, one or more potential risk triggers for an entity;
• assessing and analyzing, by one or more processors, the one or more potential risk triggers to determine a relevance of a risk posed to the entity by the one or more potential risk triggers, wherein determining the relevance of the risk comprises:
• identifying one or more similarly situated entitles to the entity;
• receiving risk remediation data for the one or more similarly situated entities, the risk remediation data comprising one or more previous risk triggers experienced by the one or more similarly situated entities and a relevance of each of the one or more previous risk triggers determined by the one or more similarly situated entities;
• identifying one or more similar risk triggers from one or more previous risk triggers experienced by the one or more similarly situated entities, the one or more similar risk triggers being similar to the one or more potential risk triggers;
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• determining the relevance of the risk posed by the one or more potential risk triggers based at least in part on the risk remediation data;
• identifying, by one or more processors using one or more data modeling techniques, one or more data assets associated with the entity that may be affected by the one or more potential risk triggers, wherein identifying the one or more data assets that may be affected by the one or more potential risk triggers comprises:
• scanning a respective digital inventory for each of the one or more data assets, each respective digital inventory comprising one or more inventory attributes, and
• analyzing each respective digital inventory to determine one or more inventory attributes that may be affected by the one or more potential risk triggers;
• determining, by one or more processors, based at least in part on the one or more identified data assets and the relevance of the risk posed to the entity by the one or more potential risk triggers, whether to take one or more actions in response to the one or more potential risk triggers;
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• in response to determining to take the one or more actions:
• determining, by one or more processors, the one or more actions based at least in part on the risk remediation data;
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• taking, by one or more processors, the one or more actions, wherein the one or more actions comprise one or more actions selected from the group consisting of:
• modifying, by one or more processors, at least one piece of data stored by the one or more data assets;
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• quarantining, by one or more processors, the at least one piece of data stored by the one or more data assets.