Data center monitoring and management operation for discovering, analyzing and remediating sensitive data center data

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• establishing a secure communication channel between a data center asset and a data center monitoring and management console via a connectivity management system aggregator, the establishing the secure communication channel establishing a trusted state and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication with the data center asset is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset is authenticated;
• receiving data center data from the data center asset via the secure communication channel;
• identifying unprotected sensitive data center data contained within the data center data;
• classifying the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data according to a sensitivity based classification;
• categorizing the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data to one of a plurality of data sensitivity categories according to a sensitivity level of the sensitive data center data;
• and,
• remediating the sensitive data center asset data according to the sensitivity based classification of the sensitive data center data and the sensitivity level of the sensitive data center data, the remediating the sensitive data center asset data includes performing a data masking operation on the sensitive data center data contained within the data center, the data masking operation being performed by a data masking system, the data masking system being included within the data center monitoring and management console.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• establishing a secure communication channel between a data center asset and a data center monitoring and management console via a connectivity management system aggregator, the establishing the secure communication channel establishing a trusted state and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication with the data center asset is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset is authenticated;
• receiving data center data from the data center asset via the secure communication channel;
• identifying unprotected sensitive data center data contained within the data center data;
• classifying the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data according to a sensitivity based classification;
• categorizing the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data to one of a plurality of data sensitivity categories according to a sensitivity level of the sensitive data center data;
• and,
• remediating the sensitive data center asset data according to the sensitivity based classification of the sensitive data center data and the sensitivity level of the sensitive data center data, the remediating the sensitive data center asset data includes performing a data masking operation on the sensitive data center data contained within the data center, the data masking operation being performed by a data masking system, the data masking system being included within the data center monitoring and management console.