// Trust & Security Report
Kensho Technologies, LLC (S&P Global subsidiary)
AI-powered data retrieval and natural language querying platform for financial and enterprise data. Core products: LLM-ready API, Kensho Scribe (transcription), Kensho NERD (entity recognition), Core AI Capabilities (ML/NLP). Primary use: structured financial data access via LLM integrations.
Certifications held
0
Maturity
Enterprise
Trains on your data
No
Trust center
No
// Certification ledger
Each held certification is backed by a verbatim quote from the vendor's own trust or security page. “Not confirmed” means we could not verify it publicly, not that the vendor lacks it.
> Show 6 unconfirmed / not-held certifications
No public evidence found on vendor domain
No public evidence found on vendor domain
No public evidence found on vendor domain
No public evidence found on vendor domain. kensho.com legal pages redirect to S&P Global; the cited docs.kensho.com FAQ contains no GDPR, European Data Protection Laws, or Standard Contractual Clauses language. Parent company S&P Global publishes SCCs/DPA on spglobal.com, but no Kensho-domain GDPR statement was found.
No public evidence found on vendor domain
No public evidence found on vendor domain
// Privacy & AI training
Trains on customer data
No
Data processing agreement
Offered
Data region
UK and EU residency capabilities available; data transfer via Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) where required
Customer data is NOT used to train Kensho's general AI models. For proprietary data partnerships (e.g., Tegus transcription case study), Kensho uses disassociated processing with speaker embeddings stripped of identifying information before model training. API customers retain full data ownership; S&P Global does not see natural language queries, only API code.
// Security controls
Authentication
Public-Private keypair authentication (recommended for production) and personal token authentication available; tokens refreshed hourly
docs.kensho.comData access controls
S&P Global does not receive or see natural language questions, only API code; clients own their data; no access to MNPI (material non-public information)
docs.kensho.comSecurity approach
Build with safeguards from the start; pilot internally before scaling externally; continuous improvement via real-world feedback
kensho.com// Products & data scope
data: S&P Global structured financial datasets; customer data NOT retained or used for training
Allows querying S&P Global financial data via LLM integrations (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini). Customers retain ownership of queries and data. No access to customer MNPI.
data: Customer audio transcription; anonymized data used for model improvement (speaker embeddings only)
AI-powered business audio transcription with 99%+ accuracy. Uses disassociated processing for quality improvement without exposing identifying information.
data: Proprietary S&P Global data; customer data not used
Named entity recognition and disambiguation for financial/business text. Helps identify sensitive information (MNPI, client names) for removal.
data: Proprietary S&P Global data for model training
ML/NLP building blocks for structuring and enriching proprietary data. Not offered as a consumer service.
// What to watch
- No dedicated trust center on kensho.com; relies entirely on S&P Global's policies and documentation
- No public SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA certifications found despite being an enterprise product. Third-party sources mention 'working toward SOC 2 Type 2' but no vendor-domain confirmation.
- Privacy policy URL (kensho.com/privacy) returns 404; content served via S&P Global domain redirect. Terminology suggests corporate parent's policy, not Kensho-specific data handling.
- Limited public security documentation; most details require contacting sales or reading API docs. No published security architecture or audit reports.
- Encryption at rest not explicitly documented; only TLS 1.2+ for transit is confirmed.
- AI training practices clarified in case study (Tegus) but not explicitly stated as general policy for all customer integrations.
- Identity verified: Kensho Technologies, LLC is confirmed as S&P Global subsidiary with offices in Cambridge MA and NYC; legal entity matches.
// At a glance
Pricing model
Enterprise SaaS; API-based usage; contact sales for pricing
Self-hostable
No
// How we verified this
Every certification marked HELD is confirmed against a verbatim quote on Kensho Technologies, LLC (S&P Global subsidiary)'s own trust, security, or privacy pages. We reject certifications claimed only on third-party aggregators, on a cloud host's behalf, or by a similarly named company.
Last verified 2026-07-07. Compliance changes over time. Always confirm directly with the vendor before relying on any certification for a purchasing or compliance decision.
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