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Data Discovery, Inventory & Classification
Get a complete, real-time view of your data across structured and unstructured sources, so you know exactly what exists, where it lives, and who owns it. Data Sentinel’s AI-powered discovery engine scans, inventories, and classifies your entire data landscape continuously and at enterprise scale.
Deep data discovery across all sources and formats
AI-powered classification with 98.5% accuracy
Real-time data inventory and cataloging
Continuous monitoring for new and changed data assets
Every data governance, privacy, and compliance initiative begins with the same fundamental question: what data do we have, where is it, and what does it contain? Without a clear, accurate, and continuously updated inventory of your data assets, every downstream effort from regulatory compliance to AI adoption is built on guesswork.
Data Sentinel’s Data Discovery, Inventory & Classification solution automates the process of finding, cataloging, and classifying data across your entire environment. Whether your data lives in cloud platforms, on-premises databases, SaaS applications, file shares, or hybrid architectures, our proprietary deep learning engine discovers and maps it all structured, unstructured, and semi-structured with speed and precision that manual processes simply cannot match.
Frequently asked questions
What is a data trust platform?
How do you prepare data for AI safely?
What is AI data governance and why does it matter?
How is Data Sentinel different from traditional data governance tools?
Does Data Sentinel move or store our data externally?
How does Data Sentinel help with data privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA)?
What is data discovery and classification?
How do you reduce data risk and exposure across enterprise systems?
- What types of data sources can Data Sentinel discover and classify? Data Sentinel connects to over 250 data source types, including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), databases (SQL, NoSQL, data warehouses), file systems, email servers, collaboration tools, SaaS applications, and on-premises repositories. We support structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data formats.
- How accurate is Data Sentinel’s data classification? Data Sentinel’s AI-powered classification engine achieves a 98.5% accuracy rate. Unlike rules-based systems that rely on simple pattern matching, our deep learning technology interprets data in context, significantly reducing false positives and false negatives.
- Can I customize the classification categories to match my organization’s needs? Yes. Data Sentinel’s classification engine is 100% customizable. You can define custom data categories, sensitivity labels, and classification rules tailored to your industry, regulatory requirements, and internal data governance policies. The engine learns from your data and adapts over time.
- How long does the initial data discovery and inventory process take? The timeline depends on the size and complexity of your data environment, but Data Sentinel’s high-performance scan engine can complete a comprehensive inventory of extremely large data sets in 3 to 6 days. Smaller environments can be fully inventoried in hours.
- Does Data Sentinel support continuous or real-time data discovery? Yes. Data Sentinel provides persistent, automated scanning that continuously monitors your data environment for new sources, changed assets, and classification drift. You can configure scanning schedules or enable real-time monitoring to ensure your data inventory is always current.
- How does data discovery support compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA? Accurate data discovery and classification form the foundation of regulatory compliance. Data Sentinel identifies where regulated data resides, who has access to it, and how it is being used — enabling you to generate Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), support Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA), and respond to Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) with speed and precision.
- Can Data Sentinel handle petabyte-scale data environments? Yes. Data Sentinel’s distributed architecture and ultra-efficient scan engine are designed for infinite horizontal and vertical scalability. The platform has been built from the ground up to handle the largest and most complex data holdings in existence, including petabyte-scale environments.
Complete Visibility. Continuous Intelligence.
Automated Deep Discovery
Scan and discover data across hundreds of source types databases, cloud storage, file systems, email servers, collaboration platforms, and more without manual configuration or custom connectors. Data Sentinel’s OneTouch scanning technology initiates comprehensive discovery at the push of a button.
Intelligent Data Classification
Go beyond simple keyword matching. Data Sentinel’s AI-powered classification engine interprets data in context, detecting sensitive information with entity-level precision. Classify PII, PHI, PCI, contracts, financial records, intellectual property, and any custom categories unique to your organization.
Real-Time Data Inventory & Cataloging
Maintain a living, continuously updated data catalog that reflects the true state of your data environment. Every asset is tagged, categorized, and enriched with metadata including data type, sensitivity level, ownership, lineage, and regulatory relevance.
Business Lineage & Data Flow Mapping
Understand how data flows across your organization, including third-party systems. Track data propagation, identify downstream dependencies, and visualize data movement with dynamic, interactive data maps.
Custom & Adaptive Classification
Your data is unique, and your classification framework should be too. Data Sentinel’s engine is fully customizable teach it to recognize industry-specific data types, proprietary categories, and organization-specific sensitivity labels that matter to your business.
Continuous Monitoring & Drift Detection
Data environments are never static. Data Sentinel continuously monitors for new data sources, changed data assets, classification drift, and policy deviations alerting you to changes in real time so your inventory is always current and accurate.
Why Data Discovery Matters Now
Regulatory frameworks like GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and PCI DSS all require organizations to maintain detailed records of their data holdings. AI governance mandates are adding new layers of accountability around what data is used to train and feed AI systems. Meanwhile, the explosive growth of unstructured data which now accounts for over 80% of enterprise data means that traditional data management approaches are no longer sufficient.
Data Sentinel gives you the foundation to address all of these challenges from a single platform, delivering the visibility and intelligence you need to protect your data, comply with regulations, govern effectively, and unlock data-driven growth.
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About Data Sentinel
Protect, Comply, Govern, and Grow with Trusted Data
Data Sentinel helps enterprises turn fragmented, high-risk data into a trusted, controlled asset. Its unified platform combines data discovery, governance, privacy, and quality, giving organizations the visibility and control needed to reduce risk, meet compliance requirements, and safely deploy AI at scale.
Built to operate directly inside your environment, Data Sentinel ensures sensitive data never needs to be moved, delivering policy-driven enforcement, continuous monitoring, and true data control where it matters most.
Built to operate directly inside your environment, Data Sentinel ensures sensitive data never needs to be moved, delivering policy-driven enforcement, continuous monitoring, and true data control where it matters most.
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