Data Security Built for Education
Control access and automate protection for academic and personal data.
Education Data Is Complex, Regulated, and Widely Exposed
Sensitive Data Everywhere
Academic records, health info, and financial data sprawl across cloud systems.
Understaffed IT Teams
Institutions lack time and tools to meet privacy, DSR, and retention demands.
Open Access Risks
Faculty, staff, and student access often exceeds what’s needed or reviewed.
Protect Education Data and Streamline Privacy Compliance
95%
Faster DSR fulfillment
Automate access, correction, and deletion requests for students and staff.
75%
Reduced breach risk
Identify and fix overexposed academic, health, and financial records quickly.
80%
Audit prep time saved
Automated inventories give departments FERPA‑ready reports in minutes, not days.
“Lightbeam provides the utmost peace of mind for our team, because we know it is doing all the hard work behind the scenes, helping us enhance credibility with clients.”
David Eddings
President, InfoObjects
Automate Student Data Security and Privacy Compliance
Identity-Centric Discovery
Automatically find and classify sensitive student, staff, and alumni data across LMS platforms, cloud apps, and unstructured storage, mapped to the individuals it belongs to.
Explore Data Identity GraphAudit-Ready Reporting
Generate detailed compliance reports for FERPA, Law 25, and other regulations in seconds instead of weeks.
Explore RegulationsAccess Governance
Instantly see who can access academic, financial, or health records, detect overexposure, and auto-revoke unnecessary permissions.
Explore Access GovernanceRetention & Minimization
Enforce custom retention rules to archive or delete outdated records, reducing compliance scope and breach risks.
Explore Data Retention
Discover, Govern, and Protect Sensitive Data at Scale
Get a Complimentary Education Data Risk Snapshot, Actionable in Two Weeks
We scan two data sources, surface your top education risks, and deliver a remediation report you can act on before midterms, no cost, no obligation.
Navigate Critical Data Regulations for Education
GDPR
Lightbeam automates RoPA, PIA, and DSR workflows, giving European regulators the evidence they demand while your team focuses on innovation, not inboxes.
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CCPA
Automate consumer disclosures and opt-outs, validate deletion and monitor data sharing to stay ahead of California enforcement.
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PCI-DSS
Map payment card data across databases and shared drives, apply least privilege policies, and generate audit ready PCI reports in clicks instead of days.
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HIPAA
Link PHI to patient identities, detect overshared records in email or SharePoint, and auto redact violations to protect care continuity and avoid fines.
Learn MoreLeaders who trust Lightbeam
“Lightbeam provides the utmost peace of mind for our team, because we know it is doing all the hard work behind the scenes.”
“Lightbeam can cover 90% of processes we were doing with four different tools, meaning we can cut back on the tools and resources needed to perform and scale. ”
“If a data breach occurred, it could have been a $100,000 issue. Now, using Lightbeam, the cost of potential data breaches becomes zero.”
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Lightbeam help universities comply with FERPA without adding staff?
Lightbeam scans databases, file shares, and LMS platforms, classifies education records as FERPA data, and maps each file to the right student. The catalog stays current, letting you export records, run retention checks, and pull audit logs in seconds. Because discovery and reporting are automated, registrars and IT stay compliant with no manual data searches or added staff.
Explore Our PlatformCan Lightbeam identify research data that contains export‑controlled or proprietary information?
Yes. Lightbeam uses contextual AI to detect sensitive information beyond simple keywords, including data covered by ITAR or proprietary formulas in grant documents. It links each file to the researcher and project, flags exposure risks, and can auto‑lock access if material lives in public folders or is shared outside approved domains, helping universities protect IP and meet export‑control obligations.
Explore Our PlatformDoes the Risk Scoring feature revoke access to files with high scores automatically?
Risk Scoring highlights concentrations of sensitive data but does not revoke access on its own. Security teams can set policies in Lightbeam to remove open or excessive permissions when a threshold is met. Scores are fully customizable, letting schools weight data types or add custom attributes that reflect institutional impact.
Dive into Risk ScoringKey Resources & Events
Audit Proof in Weeks
Schedule a 15-minute demo and watch Lightbeam erase your compliance headaches.
