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What is crown-jewel data?
Glossary · AI agent and machine identity security
Short answer
Crown-jewel data is the set of data stores whose exposure would hurt the company most, such as customer records or production databases.
Why it matters
Not all data is equal. Naming your crown jewels lets you judge every path by how close it gets to them.
What it looks like
A production customer database, a secrets store, a source repository with signing keys.
In nerl0
Paths in the Security Graph end at crown-jewel data, and Questions can track who can reach it over time. See Questions.