Joe, the Vice President of Energy Exploration at a major energy company, oversees highly sensitive strategic initiatives across oil and gas fields, turbine operations, and emerging energy technologies. Much of the data his team handles is proprietary, commercially sensitive, or bound by strict confidentiality agreements with partners and prospects.
A few years earlier, the company experienced incidents where confidential exploration data was inadvertently shared with the wrong external contacts — not due to negligence, but because the existing systems lacked the ability to understand who the content pertained to and whether the proper agreements were in place. The stakes were high, and Joe made it clear that no sensitive information should ever be sent externally unless an active NDA existed.
When Joe approached the security team for help, they quickly realized that traditional DLP tools weren’t capable of solving this problem. DLP could recognize keywords, but it couldn’t understand whether the content referenced a particular client, whether that client had a signed NDA, or whether the content was considered confidential under internal policy. The tools lacked critical business and entity context.
Fortunately, the company’s CISO, Mary, had recently deployed Bonfy Adaptive Content Security to address egress-related risks in other departments. She immediately recognized that Bonfy’s contextual and entity-aware approach was a perfect fit for Joe’s challenge.
Working with Joe’s team, the security group configured Bonfy to evaluate all outbound communications and documents for:
Now, when Joe’s team prepares to share materials with external stakeholders, Bonfy automatically analyzes the communication in real time. If the content references a client without an active NDA, or if it contains confidential exploration details that shouldn’t be shared, Bonfy pauses the transmission and alerts the sender with a clear explanation.
Joe’s team quickly came to rely on Bonfy. It allowed them to collaborate confidently with partners, knowing that sensitive data would never be sent without the appropriate agreements in place. Better yet, the system blended seamlessly into their workflow: no rule-tuning headaches, no unnecessary noise, just precise protection based on the company’s business logic.
Thanks to Bonfy, Joe and his organization can pursue new energy discoveries without the constant risk of losing control over their strategic information. Sensitive content stays protected, client trust is maintained, and the company meets its internal confidentiality standards with far less effort.
