We live in a post-RDBMS world. Yet the audit and compliance tools are designed predominantly for the RDBMSs (Oracle, MySQL). Consider the following facts regarding unstructured data: * Unstructured data is on the rise.
A common question we get from customers is “how does Kogni discover sensitive information?” In this post, we will describe how Kogni discovers sensitive information in the following three types of data: 1.
Many of the recent data breaches were detected too late. Consider Equifax data breach: * "More than 145 million Americans were affected by the Equifax hack last summer. The personal information accessed included
A common misconception is that IT teams can manually compile a list of sensitive data locations. However, manual sensitive data discovery is impractical for the following reasons: * In traditional relational databases such as
(1) The GDPR only applies to companies with physical presence in EU. Fact: The GDPR applies to any company that handles the personal data of EU residents, even if the company has no
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation] is a regulation intended to strengthen data protection for all individuals within the European Union. It becomes enforceable