Systems and methods for identification and management of compliance-related information associated with enterprise IT networks

A method for analyzing a first data file collection for a presence of protected data elements associated with one or more unique entities comprising:

• a) providing, by a computer, a first data file collection comprising a plurality of data files, wherein the plurality of data files comprises both non-image and image files;
• b) detecting, by the computer, a presence or absence of protected data elements in individual image and non-image files, wherein the detection for the image files comprises analysis of unstructured data present in the image files;
• c) generating, by the computer, each of:
• i) identification of one or more unique entities having one or more protected data elements present in the image and non-image files;
• ii) linkages between each of the one or more unique entities and one or more corresponding protected data elements;
• and
• iii) identification of image and non-image files incorporating protected data elements having linkages between each of the one or more unique entities and the one or more corresponding protected data elements;
• d) generating, by the computer, a collection of image and non-image files each comprising:
• i) linkages to one or more of the one or more unique entities;
• and
• ii) an association of at least one identified protected data element with at least one unique entity;
• e) determining, by the computer, a probability that the linkages and associations for one or more of the image and non-images files in the collection are likely to be correctly identified as having protected information;
• and
• f) configuring information associated with the collection of image and non-image files for use in one or more of:
• i) a spreadsheet;
• ii) a report;
• iii) a display on a user device;
• iv) a dashboard;
• or
• v) as information associated with a subsequent data file processing operation.