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Confidencial “Awardable” for DoD Work in CDAO Tradewinds Marketplace

January 1, 2026Menlo Park, CA

Menlo Park, SF – Feb 25, 2025 – Confidencial, a leading provider of unstructured data classification and protection solutions today announced that it has achieved “Awardable” status through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.

Confidencial “Awardable” for DoD Work in CDAO Tradewinds Marketplace

The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is the premier offering of Tradewinds, the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) suite of tools and services designed to accelerate the procurement and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), data, and analytics capabilities.

Confidencial is a data-centric security solution that meets organizations and government agencies wherever they are in their journey to risk mitigation, automatically identifying and protecting sensitive information found within documents, including controlled unclassified information and special access programs. They are used by a wide range of businesses, including Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

Confidencial’s video, “Confidencial.io | Discover, Classify, and Protect Sensitive, Unstructured Data”, accessible only by government customers on the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, presents an actual use case in which the company’s innovative platform leverages advanced AI and Data-Centric Zero Trust principles to automatically discover, classify, and securing sensitive information hidden within unstructured data—spanning documents, images, and presentations—across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, delivering granular encryption and real-time visibility that secure critical data assets against breaches, insider threats, and compliance failures.

Confidencial was recognized among a competitive field of applicants to the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace whose solutions demonstrated innovation, scalability, and potential impact on DoD missions. Government customers interested in viewing the video solution can create a Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace account at tradewindAI.com.

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About Confidencial: 

Our mission is to be woven into the technology fabric used by enterprises to govern and secure the sensitive information sitting inside their unstructured data. As an indispensable pillar of agentic AI infrastructure, Confidencial empowers responsible AI innovation and exploration without sacrificing ready and robust compliance, especially in highly regulated industries. No matter the threat or tactic, your data stays secure while getting more usable—and valuable—than ever.

For more information or media requests, contact: Julie Taylor, julie.taylor@confidencial.io

About the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace: 

The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, readily awardable pitch videos that address the Department of Defense’s (DoD) most significant challenges in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), data, and analytics space. All awardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring rubrics and competitive procedures and are available to Government customers with a Marketplace account. Government customers can

create an account at www.tradewindai.com. Tradewinds is housed in the DoD’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office.

For more information or media requests, contact: Success@tradewindai.com

https://www.tradewindai.com/tw-marketplace

About Confidencial

Confidencial is an advanced data protection platform that embeds cryptographic protection directly into sensitive and unstructured data. Built on technology developed at SRI International under DARPA funding, Confidencial enables organizations to protect, share, and govern sensitive data across AI pipelines, collaboration tools, and third-party workflows without disrupting how people work. Confidencial is ISO 27001 certified, HIPAA compliant, and PCI DSS compliant. Learn more at confidencial.io.

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