System for tracking external data transmissions via inventory and registration

A method for tracking external data transmissions in an enterprise, the method comprising:

• accessing, by a computing device processor, a data transmission inventory to retrieve at least one of one or more data transmission logs or one or more data transmission schedules stored in the inventory, wherein the data transmission logs and data transmission schedules identify a plurality of external data transmission and include, for each data transmission, identification of data, an internal source and an external data transmission;
• determining, by a computing device processors, for each of the external data transmissions in the one or data transmissions logs or the data transmission schedules, whether the external data transmission is a registered data transmission;
• determining, by a computing device processor, for each registered data transmission, whether the registered data transmission is a valid registered data transmission;
• in response to determining that the external data transmission is not (a) a registered data transmission or (b) a valid registered data transmission, validating, by a computing device processor, (i) data in the transmission, (ii) an internal source from which said data is transmitted, and (iii) an external target to which said data is transmitted;
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• in response to validating the (i) data in the data transmission, (ii) internal source, and (iii) external target, generating, by a computing device processor, a corresponding data transmission registration including an associated registration identifier and storing said data transmission registration in a data transmission registrar, wherein the data transmission registrar stores a plurality of data transmission registrations, wherein each registration includes an associated registration identifier and indicates validation of (i) data to be transmitted, (ii) an internal source from which said data is sent, and (iii) an external target to which said data is sent, wherein validation is defined by meeting predetermined external data transmission requirements.

An apparatus for tracking external data transmissions, the apparatus comprising:

• a computing platform including a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory;
• and
• a data transmission tracking module stored in the memory, executable by the processor and configured to:
• access a data transmission inventory to retrieve at least one of one or more data transmission logs or one or more data transmission schedules stored in the inventory, wherein the data transmission logs and data transmission schedules identify a plurality of external data transmission and include, for each data transmission, identification of data, an internal source and an external data transmission,
• determine, for each of the external data transmissions in the one or data transmissions logs or data transmission schedules, whether the external data transmission is a registered data transmission,
• determine, for each registered data transmission, whether the registered data transmission is a valid registered data transmission,
• in response to determining that the external data transmission is not (a) a registered data transmission or (b) a valid registered data transmission, validate (i) data in the transmission, (ii) an internal source from which said data is transmitted, and (iii) an external target to which said data is transmitted, and
• in response to validating the (i) data in the data transmission, (ii) internal source, and (iii) external target, generate a corresponding data transmission registration including an associated registration identifier and store said data transmission registration in a data transmission registrar, wherein the data transmission registrar stores a plurality of data transmission registrations, wherein each registration includes an associated registration identifier and indicates validation of (i) data to be transmitted, (ii) an internal source from which said data is sent, and (iii) an external target to which said data is sent, wherein validation is defined by meeting predetermined external data transmission requirements.