Robust data protection begins by knowing where your sensitive data resides. IBM Guardium Discover and Classify discovers known and unknown sensitive data on premises and in the cloud—whether structured or unstructured, in motion or at rest.

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify network-based analytics, compliance-ready capabilities and ease of deployment make it a powerful complement to IBM Guardium for improving your data security posture management.

Sensitive data intelligence

Enhance your existing security tools with precise sensitive data intelligence to prioritize effective actions.

Greater data source visibility

Find and map previously unknown data—at rest or in motion—in the cloud or on premises.

Simplified Architecture

Use scale-up architecture that supports loads of any size irrespective of data source type or location.

Intelligent automation

Apply automated controls for sensitive data according to business context and risk factors.

Improved data accuracy

Achieve higher accuracy and minimize false positives and negatives in data classification.

Streamlined deployment

Reduce the time and effort needed to discover and classify data in a complex environment.

Continuous scanning and discovery

Discover repositories and metadata automatically through continuous scanning.

Automatic identification and classification

Identify and classify sensitive data—continuously and automatically.

Support all data types and platforms

Use one product to discover all types of data, irrespective of storage types or the location.

Automated intelligence

Use AI and machine learning (ML) to train the system to identify which files contain sensitive data.

Streamlined data subject access request management

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify helps you achieve accurate and efficient DSAR management, offering a range of features to automate and streamline the entire DSAR process while ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations.

Bridging the mainframe security gap

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify boosts the security and compliance of Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) datasets by unlocking the power of contextual AI for mainframe VSAM data discovery and classification.

Data protection

Make the most out of your data protection tools by applying the right protection methods to the right data. IBM Guardium Discover and Classify takes the mystery and error out of manual data discovery and categorization through continuous network scanning, providing quantitative data context to best inform your data protection controls.

SIEM and SOAR data context

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify enriches your SIEM and SOAR tools by providing deep business context into data that has been compromised. This data-rich information, including the location and sensitive level of specific data, is critical to help you know what data is exposed or misplaced, plan breach policies and prioritize response activities down to the data asset level.

Attack surface reduction

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify helps to minimize your attack surface by categorizing and eliminating data that has been duplicated, is unused or is no longer critical to protect. It takes inventory of sensitive data throughout the ecosystem and uses tagging capabilities to classify risk assessments and generate context around data assets. By only keeping necessary sensitive data and getting rid of old or useless records and files, you can better address compliance and reporting requirements.

Extending data loss prevention

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify works to reduce the manual effort often required by Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools by extending DLP capabilities. It provides continuous, automatic discovery, analysis and lineage for more accurate policy enforcement and business context around data.

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify and OneTrust

Seamless integration with OneTrust transforms your approach to privacy management, automates DSAR fulfillment, and minimizes the manual efforts and errors associated with data mapping and classification.

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify and Microsoft Purview

This integration leverages the strengths of both platforms, combining sensitivity labeling with advanced automation for precise data management, enabling organizations to navigate modern data environments with confidence.

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify and Collibra

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify automatically updates Collibra with the location, sensitivity and business context of unstructured data in near real time by using APIs, so organizations can gain total data visibility across all environments.

IBM Guardium Discover and Classify and IBM Guardium Data Protection

IBM Guardium Discover and Classity provides automated, near real-time discovery, network mapping and tracking of sensitive data. Combined with robust data monitorization from IBM Guardium Data Protection, it can help you boost operational efficiency, significantly reduce risk and lower costs for your organization.

IBM Security Discover and Classify provides automated, near-real-time discovery, network mapping and tracking of sensitive data. Combined with robust data monitorization from IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, it can help you boost operational efficiency, significantly reduce risk and lower costs for your organization.