Privacy Analytics Inc. announced the release of Risk Monitor, a privacy risk assessment tool that gives organizations the ability to identify, measure and manage the level of risk exposure associated with their data sharing practices.Risk Monitor identifies potential gaps in existing data masking and de-identification practices. Risk Monitor also helps organizations balance privacy compliance with the increasing demand to share high quality data, both internally and externally, for secondary purposes such as research, analytics, quality and safety measurement, monetization, marketing and other commercial uses.“Organizations in healthcare, insurance, financial services and other industries are seeking to maximize the usefulness and value of their data assets for analysis to derive new insights, discover new opportunities and improve the bottom line,” said Pamela Neely Buffone, Vice President of Product Management, Privacy Analytics.