1. A method of minimizing data security risks, comprising: determining a number and type of confidential data in a computing environment to generate a metric for the type of confidential data in the computing environment; comparing the metric of the type of confidential data to a predetermined threshold for the type; and responsive to determining the metric for the type of confidential data exceeding a predetermined threshold for the type, performing an action to prevent more entries of the type of confidential data in the computing environment.