# How Plaid uses Cyberhaven

As published on [cyberhaven.com](https://www.cyberhaven.com/customers/plaid). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [Plaid](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/plaid.md)
- Tool: [Cyberhaven](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/cyberhaven.md)
- Industry: [Fintech & Payments](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/fintech-payments.md)
- Teams: Security

## What the story says

Plaid's security team uses Cyberhaven to see how sensitive data moves across its AWS-native, Mac-based environment, detect insider threats and data exfiltration, and use Data Lineage to trace a document's history during leak investigations.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Cyberhaven and Plaid, not ours.

> Cyberhaven's Data Lineage capability let Plaid trace a document's full history almost instantly, turning what used to be manual forensic work into an immediate, evidence-backed answer.

> Anyone who is seriously doing an evaluation of their data security really ought to be looking at Cyberhaven.
>
> David Seidman, Head of Platform Security

> Cyberhaven created a transformational difference. We now have really substantial visibility.
>
> David Seidman, Head of Platform Security

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Plaid.
- Checked: Plaid uses Cyberhaven. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/plaid-cyberhaven · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology