Data Scanning • Sensitive Data Discovery • Classification

Scan Data Your Way. Discover Risk Everywhere.

BigID helps organizations scan, discover, classify, and understand sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, on-prem, hybrid, structured, unstructured, and AI-connected environments.

Choose the right scan mode for every use case: deep discovery, rapid mapping, differential updates, metadata analysis, OCR, snapshot scans, HyperScan, and data-in-motion inspection.

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Flexible Scan Modes

Match every scan to every data objective.

BigID gives teams multiple scanning approaches to balance speed, depth, cost, coverage, and operational impact across complex enterprise environments.

Full Scans

Run deep content-level discovery for authoritative inventories, sensitive data classification, and high-risk repositories.

Differential Scans

Scan only what is new or changed to keep visibility current while reducing time, cost, and processing overhead.

Metadata Scans

Rapidly map systems, owners, schemas, locations, and data structures without opening full content.

Snapshot Scans

Analyze replicas, backups, and point-in-time copies for forensics, recovery checks, and historical posture comparisons.

OCR Scans

Extract text from scanned documents, PDFs, images, and forms to uncover sensitive data hidden in image-heavy files.

HyperScan

Survey large-scale data estates quickly, then target high-risk areas for deeper discovery and classification.

Why BigID: Legacy Scanning vs. Context-Aware Data Discovery

Modern Data Scanning Starts Where Basic Crawling Stops.

Traditional scanning tools force one method across every data source. BigID gives teams flexible scanning options, rich classification, business context, and action-ready intelligence.

One-Size-Fits-All Scans

Legacy scanners often use the same scan method regardless of data source, risk, cost, or urgency.

BigID supports full, differential, metadata, snapshot, OCR, side, direct, and HyperScan approaches to fit each objective.

Cobertura limitada

Many tools miss unstructured files, SaaS data, AI-connected data, images, backups, and modern collaboration sources.

BigID scans structured, unstructured, semi-structured, cloud, SaaS, on-prem, hybrid, AI, and image-heavy data sources.

Slow Refresh Cycles

Large scans can take too long to rerun, leaving teams with stale inventories and outdated risk views.

BigID uses differential and metadata scanning to keep visibility current without repeatedly rescanning everything.

Visibility Without Context

Basic scans find files and fields but do not explain sensitivity, ownership, business purpose, or risk.

BigID enriches scan results with classification, labels, tags, purpose, ownership, policy context, and risk signals.

Reports Without Action

Findings often remain in dashboards while teams manually coordinate remediation.

BigID connects scan intelligence to workflows, Action Center, policy enforcement, labeling, retention, deletion, and remediation.

Enterprise Coverage

Scan across every environment where sensitive data lives.

BigID scans data across modern, distributed, and hybrid environments so teams can build a complete view of sensitive data risk without relying on narrow, source-by-source visibility.

Nube y SaaS

Scan data across cloud storage, SaaS applications, collaboration tools, and modern data platforms.

On-Prem and Hybrid

Discover and classify sensitive data across databases, file shares, warehouses, lakes, and hybrid infrastructure.

Structured and Unstructured

Scan tables, files, documents, PDFs, images, logs, records, metadata, and semi-structured data.

AI-Connected Data

Find sensitive data that may be used by AI pipelines, models, agents, copilots, prompts, and retrieval systems.

Data Scanning Outcomes

Turn every scan into action-ready intelligence.

BigID helps teams move beyond scan results by connecting discovery, classification, context, and remediation across privacy, security, AI, compliance, and governance workflows.

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Find sensitive data faster

Identify personal, regulated, confidential, proprietary, and high-risk data across large-scale enterprise environments.

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Reduce scan overhead

Use differential, metadata, and targeted scan modes to keep visibility current without repeatedly rescanning everything.

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Prioritize data risk

Connect scan results to classification, ownership, location, access, policy, exposure, and business context.

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Automatizar la corrección

Turn scan findings into action through workflows, policy enforcement, labeling, retention, deletion, and risk reduction.

Scanning for AI and Data Movement

Scan the data that powers AI, analytics, and modern workflows.

BigID helps organizations inspect sensitive data before it moves into AI systems, analytics workflows, collaboration tools, pipelines, and high-risk business processes.

Pipelines de IA

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Discover and classify sensitive data used in training, tuning, retrieval, prompting, enrichment, and model workflows.

Datos en movimiento

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Inspect sensitive data as it moves across systems, applications, cloud services, and business processes.

Unstructured Content

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Use OCR and classification to find sensitive data hidden in PDFs, scanned files, images, forms, and documents.

Risk Workflows

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Route scan findings into investigations, remediation workflows, policy actions, and evidence reporting.

Preguntas frecuentes

Data Scanning, Explicado

Learn how BigID helps organizations scan data across modern environments to discover sensitive data, classify risk, and automate action.

What is data scanning?

Data scanning is the process of inspecting systems, files, databases, metadata, and content to discover, classify, and understand sensitive data across enterprise environments.

How does BigID scan data?

BigID supports multiple scan modes, including full scans, differential scans, metadata scans, snapshot scans, OCR scans, HyperScan, and data-in-motion inspection.

What types of data can BigID scan?

BigID scans structured, unstructured, semi-structured, cloud, SaaS, on-prem, hybrid, file, database, image-heavy, and AI-connected data sources.

How does BigID reduce scanning overhead?

BigID helps reduce overhead with differential, metadata, targeted, and rapid scan options that keep visibility current without requiring full rescans every time.

Can BigID scan images and scanned documents?

Yes. BigID uses OCR scanning to extract text from scanned documents, PDFs, forms, and image-heavy files so sensitive data can be discovered and classified.

How does BigID turn scan results into action?

BigID connects scan results to classification, risk context, workflows, policy enforcement, labeling, retention, deletion, remediation, and reporting.

BigID Data Scanning

Scan Smarter. Act Faster.

BigID helps organizations scan data across every environment, discover sensitive data, classify risk, and turn findings into action.

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