BigID Inc

Knowing where sensitive data sits

BigID builds software that scans an organization's data stores, finds what is sensitive and classifies it, so security, privacy, compliance and governance teams can act on an accurate inventory. Its current site describes a single enterprise data security platform, and it puts data security posture management (DSPM) at the center, extended to the data used by AI systems. The company says it is trusted by Fortune 500 firms.

Discovery and classification

The platform scans structured, semi-structured and unstructured data across cloud services, software-as-a-service apps, on-premises data centers and development environments, which the company puts at hundreds of sources. It describes classification as driven by thousands of pre-trained, AI-supervised classifiers across more than a hundred languages, along with customizable language-processing classifiers and graph technology for added depth. It also says it can find secrets and keys hidden in development environments or buried in duplicate data, and flag data that crosses regions or jurisdictions.

Acting on what it finds

Once data is found, the product lists several ways to reduce risk: labeling by sensitivity type and AI readiness, masking and redaction, retention and deletion, and data minimization to remove redundant, obsolete or trivial data. Access governance and activity monitoring show who can reach which data and help enforce least privilege. Agentless data loss prevention, privacy automation (from privacy portals to data rights requests and deletion) and compliance mapping against frameworks such as NIST and HITRUST round out the privacy side.

How it is deployed and secured

The company says the platform runs in the cloud, on premises or in hybrid setups without agents, scales to petabytes, and does not copy data or demand administrator-level access. It lists role-based access control scoped by person, team or domain, password vault integration, two-factor authentication, and certifications covering FIPS, PCI, HIPAA and ISO. A smaller cloud-native option, SmallID, is offered for teams who want to start with DSPM on a limited scale before expanding.

Integrations and apps

The platform is built API-first, with apps for privacy, security and governance that customers can choose from, and the option to build their own. Listed integrations include Databricks and Snowflake, data catalogs such as Alation, Collibra, Informatica, Atlan, Purview and Unity, security tools such as Wiz and Splunk, and ServiceNow for configuration management, IT service management and integrated risk management.

BigID Inc is a data security software company. Its platform scans an organisation's data to find and classify what is sensitive, then supports security, privacy, compliance and governance work on it.

Services

• Data discovery and classification: AI-assisted scanning of structured, unstructured and semi-structured data.
• Data security posture management: visibility of risk across cloud, SaaS and on-premises sources.
• Remediation: labelling, masking, redaction, retention and deletion of data.
• Access governance and monitoring: control over who can reach sensitive data.
• Privacy and compliance controls: tools for meeting data-protection duties.
• AI data governance: classification and protection of data used in AI systems.

Clients

Large enterprises with data spread across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Key facts

• Integrations: Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, ServiceNow, Splunk
• Certifications: FIPS, PCI, HIPAA and ISO, as stated
• Deployment: agentless and cloud-native