PK Discovery

Overview
Features
Benefits
Resources
FAQs

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Discover
Where Sensitive Data Resides

Personal data is everywhere: on-premises and in the cloud, from file servers and databases to data warehouses and data lakes, to individual desktops and endpoints. Data is also shared among employees and partners, which means the same personal information may be stored in multiple repositories. Finding personal and sensitive data quickly, accurately, and completely is often more difficult than it appears.

Integrated Discovery for Improved Protection

Companies today gather so much data that it is virtually impossible to understand what sensitive data is in their possession without the help of an automated discovery solution. PKWARE and Dataguise have joined together to offer:

Extensive
Platform Support

Supported discovery for the most widely used data repositories.

Real-Time
Protection

Enable continuous discovery on end points and file shares, or schedule scans on all data repositories based on policy needs

Execute
Retention Policies

Create rules to classify, archive, delete, or move data based on data type, age, and more.

Highly
Scalable

Discover on high volumes and/or high velocities of data.

Machine
Learning

Find information that may be semantically ambiguous using context and machine learning.

Uncover
Hidden Data

Ensure sensitive data is continually identified as more data is amassed.

Risky
Combinations

Locate identifiers, pseudo-identifiers, and quasi-identifiers.

Context
of Error

Minimize false-positives and eliminate false-negatives.

Sensitive
Types

Scan for pre-defined or unique sensitive types, and collect unique counts of impacted identifiers

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Range and Applicability

We offer the broadest support in the market. Our data discovery capabilities cover: Relation Databases (RDBMS), Structured Data, Data Warehouses, Big Data Hadoop Platforms, NoSQL Databases, Cloud Object Stores, SaaS Applications, Endpoint, and File Servers.

Relational Database (RDBMS) and Structured Data Store	Amazon Aurora IBM Db2 for z/OS Microsoft SQL Server IBM Power Systems (AS/400) Green PI Oracle MySQL Postgre SQL IBM Db2 Sybase MariaDB
Data Warehouses	Amazon Redshift IBM Netezza Google BigQuery Teradata
Big Data Hadoop Platforms	Amazon Elastic Hortonworks Map Reduce (EMR) MapR Cloudera Microsoft Azure HDInsight Google Cloud Dataproc
NoSQL Databases	Cassandra
Cloud Object Stores	Amazon Simple Storage Service (s3) Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Google Cloud Storage Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage
Inflight Data Transfers	Via API Library
Endpoints	Windows
File Servers	Windows Server CentOS Linux

Fast and Simple
Set-Up

No extensive integration or professional services work required to get started. PK Discovery doesn’t require a single line of code, and can deliver fine-grained and aggregated optics into what sensitive data you have and where it resides in minutes.

Integrate with
Remediation

Knowing where data resides is a start. PK Discovery can find information stored on file servers, big data repositories, databases, endpoint devices, and across the enterprise. It then integrates with additional capabilities to remediate sensitive information.

Real-Time
Policy Enforcement

Continuously monitor endpoints, servers, and enterprise solutions for sensitive information. PK Discovery initiates regular scanning based on your organization’s definition of sensitive data. If the data fits a defined pattern, the system can automatically initiate the next steps.

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PK Discovery in Action

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does PK Discovery find international addresses too?

Yes. PK Discovery uses machine learning in instances where an expression is not enough, for instance in regard to managing global addresses with differing structures.

Can I discover information on mobile too?

PK Discovery supports Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops, laptops, and servers, as well as wide platform support. While PK Discovery currently does not discover on mobile devices, PK Classify and PK Encryption are compatible with iOS and Android.

Related Resources

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Case Study

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Datasheet

PK Discovery Datasheet

PK Discovery is purpose-built to locate, identify, count, and report all sensitive data, from data repositories and servers—both on-premises and cloud-based—to endpoint files.

Video

PK Discovery Overview

Watch the video to learn more about how PK Discovery’s powerful machine learning finds information stored on file servers, databases, and endpoint devices, wherever it lives in the enterprise, even if it’s semantically ambiguous.

Blog

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Whitepaper

Making Sense of Sensitive Data: How Data Discovery Facilitates Meaningful Action on Unstructured Data

Uncertainty about the extent and nature of sensitive data, together with concerns about software usability and effectiveness, can leave an organization unable to commit to a data-centric approach to information security. Integration between data discovery and data protection is the missing link.

Whitepaper

Securing Hadoop: Discovering and Securing Sensitive Data in Hadoop Data Stores

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eBook

Maintaining Continuous Visibility of Personal Data Across the Enterprise

Data is being shared in the cloud and around the globe in millions of digital channels. Every electronic device—at home, at work, on the go—is constantly transmitting personal information, and companies need to locate and properly label and treat all of it.