Enigmata Brings Sentinel and Cipher AI Data Protection to Finovifi Marketplace Banks

Enigmata, a Nashville-based data protection company, announced on October 23, 2026 that it joined the Finovifi Marketplace, giving community banks and credit unions ways to use sensitive information while reducing its exposure. PR Newswire carried the announcement. Enigmata Sentinel is a data protection solution built on Cipher, the company's proprietary data protection technology, which also enables institutions to analyze sensitive data and train models while the underlying values stay encrypted.

How Enigmata Sentinel Protects Employee AI Workflows

Sentinel helps protect sensitive information when employees use AI tools, according to the company. Built on Enigmata Cipher technology, it covers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Copilot in supported web-based workflows. Employees keep using familiar chat applications and their existing provider accounts. Sentinel detects sensitive information and replaces it with protected placeholders before those values reach third-party AI providers, while Cipher protects the original values so Sentinel can restore the information the user is authorized to see when the AI returns a response.

Sentinel adds another line of defense alongside policies, training and existing security controls, with protection scoped to information types and workflows validated during evaluation. It also records protection and reveal activity. "Community banks and credit unions see opportunities to save employees time and learn more from their data, but protecting customer information has to remain central," said Coy Ogle, Head of Partnerships at Finovifi. "Enigmata addresses two practical challenges: reducing accidental exposure when employees use AI and making sensitive data usable for analysis."

Cipher technology is also available now for institutional analytics. Normally, sensitive data must be made readable before teams can use it to train a model; Cipher enables teams to build models while the data remains encrypted. Cipher can also enable faster model training and more accurate predictions, and its protection runs on standard computing infrastructure without specialized hardware or cloud environments. For banks and credit unions, potential applications include identifying patterns in transactions and improving fraud detection. "We built Cipher to help organizations use sensitive information while reducing its exposure," said Peter Baer, Co-Founder and CMO of Enigmata. "Sentinel brings that technology into employees' everyday AI workflows, while Cipher's analytics capabilities help data teams learn from information they may previously have been reluctant to use."

Other Privacy and AI Partnerships This Month

Integrated Quantum Technologies announced a non-exclusive reseller and referral partnership with ARMI Solutions on October 22, 2026 to promote its VEIL privacy-preserving technology in the U.S. Government market, Stock Titan reported, with no government contract or purchase commitment awarded. Ikerlan signed a collaboration agreement with SecureML on October 19, 2026 covering data protection and generative AI security, Eleconomista reported. Source Meridian joined Anthropic's Claude Partner Network Select tier on October 9, 2026, qualifying with 10 certified practitioners and two joint customers, Aijourn reported.

Where to Learn About Sentinel and Cipher

Banks and credit unions can learn more about Sentinel and Cipher at finovifi.com/marketplace or enigmata.xyz, according to the announcement. Finovifi's technology ecosystem spans core and digital banking, fraud prevention, compliance, BSA/AML monitoring and operational solutions, complemented by specialized providers in the Finovifi Marketplace.