NiMBY is a small independently run company who manage local properties in their area which they do not want to see being used as holiday lets or left empty, instead renting these properties to local residents.

The Challenge

NiMBY wanted an easy way to ensure the sensitive data in their documents was secure from threat, and that the PII and financial data they have to deal with and share was protected. Information such as client names and addresses, as well as payment details and the PII of any third-party contractors. They currently used Google Workspace and wanted a solution that was not disruptive to their workflow and required very limited training to use. 

The Dropblock Solution

The Dropblock Google Workspace extension automatically redacts PII in Google Docs when they are saved, ensuring no client information such as contact details or bank accounts is exposed. The Dropblock File Store also inoculates data from ransomware attacks and ensures no data loss with immutable and decentralized storage. 

The following image shows the automatically redapted PII data – highlighted here for ease of demonstration.

Other Dropblock Benefits & Results:

• Enhanced Data Security: Dropblock’s fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) ensured that NiMBY’s client data remained encrypted at all times – in transit, at rest, and even during processing. This eliminates the vulnerability of data exposure, providing NiMBY with peace of mind and significantly reducing the risk of data breaches.
• Streamlined Compliance: Dropblock’s AI-powered compliance intelligence automated the process of identifying and redacting PII, ensuring NiMBY’s adherence to data privacy regulations. This saves NiMBY valuable time and resources while minimizing the risk of compliance violations.
• Improved Data Governance: Dropblock’s zero-trust access control model provides NiMBY with granular control over data access, ensuring that only authorized personnel could access sensitive information. This significantly strengthened NiMBY’s data governance framework.
• Increased Data Resilience: Dropblock’s decentralized data storage model provides NiMBY with unparalleled data resilience. Data is distributed across multiple nodes on the blockchain, eliminating the risk of data loss due to single points of failure.
• Simplified Data Discovery: Dropblock’s patented encrypted semantic search enables NiMBY to quickly and easily locate specific information, even without knowing the exact keywords. This improved efficiency and reduced the time spent searching for data with an easy chatbot providing the answers quickly and accurately. 
• Enhanced Customer Trust: By implementing Dropblock’s robust data security solution, NiMBY demonstrates its commitment to protecting its clients’ privacy. This strengthens customer trust.

The Outcome: Empowering Small Businesses To Protect Their PII

“Dropblock ensures that we don’t have to worry about client data being exposed because it is automatically protected right within our Google workflow.”

In conclusion, Dropblock offers a quick and easy solution for ensuring automatic compliance and security. Enabling NiMBY to spend more time on their clients and their homes, and not on their data security.