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Data Classification

Use advanced AI to automatically discover and classify your data, driving data management and governance, storage efficiency, security, and privacy.

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Data collection, analysis, and classification of vital information

NetApp Data Classification enables users to:

  • See data by file type, size, last accessed and modified, and other attributes
  • Identify personally identifiable information (PII) such as email addresses, credit card numbers, IBAN numbers, national IDs, IP addresses, passwords, and others
  • Classify PII by sensitivity levels (standard, personal, sensitive-personal) and categories such as HR, legal, marketing, sales, and finance
  • Find sensitive data with excessive access permissions
Document Categories

Out-of-the-box governance insights

Governance insights provides:

  • A high-level overview and full mapping of the data including the largest data repositories by sensitivity levels, and age and size of the files
  • AI-based classification for easy data management
  • Opportunities to remove stale or duplicate data, saving on storage and costs
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Out-of-the-box privacy insights

Privacy insights enable you to:

  • See PII distribution categorized by sensitivity level (standard, personal, sensitive-personal)
  • Obtain a list of files and databases that contain PII
  • Generate reports such as Privacy Risk Assessment, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and Data Subject Access Request (DSAR)
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Finding crucial data needles in a haystack with NetApp Data Classification

Bob must locate and secure Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in his storage but has no easy way to do so, leaving him with a near-impossible manual task that could take weeks if not longer. DJ on the other hand can easily locate and secure PII as well a get valuable insights into her data instantly because she has NetApp Data Classification. Watch the video to learn more.

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User-defined custom insights

 Custom insights lets you:

  • Organize data using a wide range of filters: sensitivity level, owner, last accessed, last modified, file size, and many others
  • Analyze structured and unstructured data
  • Generate reports for offline analysis
Data Investigation Table

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NetApp data classification helped us save over 50% on our storage costs

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Classification resources

Classification Topics Podcast Listen to the podcast Blog Unlock the power of data classification in your NetApp storage Analyst report Drive GenAI innovation with unstructured data management

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