Best Sensitive Data Discovery Tools for Linux
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What are Sensitive Data Discovery Tools for Linux?
Sensitive data discovery tools are software solutions designed to help organizations identify, classify, and protect sensitive information across their data environments. These tools scan databases, file systems, cloud storage, and applications to locate sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII), financial records, healthcare data, or intellectual property. By using advanced algorithms and pattern recognition, sensitive data discovery tools can automatically flag data that is at risk of exposure or non-compliance with regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, or CCPA. They often provide visualization and reporting features, allowing organizations to see where sensitive data resides and assess the level of risk. These tools are crucial for ensuring data security, privacy compliance, and mitigating the risk of data breaches. Compare and read user reviews of the best Sensitive Data Discovery tools for Linux currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Titaniam
Titaniam
Titaniam provides enterprises and SaaS vendors with a full suite of data security/privacy controls in a single, enterprise grade solution. This includes highly advanced options such as encryption-in-use that enables encrypted search and analytics without decryption, and also traditional controls such as tokenization, masking, various types of encryption, and anonymization. Titaniam also offers BYOK/HYOK (bring/hold your own key) for data owners to control the security of their data. If attacked, Titaniam minimizes regulatory overhead by providing evidence that sensitive data retained encryption. Titaniam’s interoperable modules can be combined to support hundreds of architectures across multiple clouds, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Titaniam provides the equivalent of 3+ categories of solutions making it the most effective, and economical solution in the market. Titaniam is featured by Gartner, IDC, and TAG Cyber and has won coveted industry awards e.g. SINET16 and at RSAC2022. -
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Card Recon
Ground Labs
Card Recon by Ground Labs is the cardholder data discovery tool of choice for more than 300 PCI Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) and PCI Forensic Investigators (PFI). Accurate and powerful, Card Recon is trusted by over 4,500 merchants across 80 countries as their preferred credit card data discovery tool. Ground Labs has two industry-leading credit card scanning solutions that can fit the needs of your small to medium business: Card Recon Server and Card Recon Desktop. Card Recon searches files, memory and even deleted locations on workstations and file servers (Card Recon Server only) while inspecting hundreds of file types to accurately detect credit card numbers issued by the 10 major payment card providers. Custom-built to meet PCI compliance, Card Recon’s out-of-the-box cardholder data detection capabilities scan for credit card numbers from the 10 major card brands and can identify 160+ combinations of primary account number (PAN) structures used around the world. -
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SailPoint
SailPoint Technologies
You can’t do business without technology and you can’t securely access technology without identity security. In today’s era of “work from anywhere”, managing and governing access for every digital identity is critical to the protection of your business and the data that it runs on. Only SailPoint Identity Security can help you enable your business and manage the cyber risk associated with the explosion of technology access in the cloud enterprise – ensuring each worker has the right access to do their job – no more, no less. Gain unmatched visibility and intelligence while automating and accelerating the management of all user identities, entitlements, systems, data and cloud services. Automate, manage and govern access in real-time, with AI-enhanced visibility and controls. Enable business to run with speed, security and scale in a cloud-critical, threat-intensive world. -
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Accelario
Accelario
Take the load off of DevOps and eliminate privacy concerns by giving your teams full data autonomy and independence via an easy-to-use self-service portal. Simplify access, eliminate data roadblocks and speed up provisioning for dev, testing, data analysts and more. Accelario Continuous DataOps Platform is a one-stop-shop for handling all of your data needs. Eliminate DevOps bottlenecks and give your teams the high-quality, privacy-compliant data they need. The platform’s four distinct modules are available as stand-alone solutions or as a holistic, comprehensive DataOps management platform. Existing data provisioning solutions can’t keep up with agile demands for continuous, independent access to fresh, privacy-compliant data in autonomous environments. Teams can meet agile demands for fast, frequent deliveries with a comprehensive, one-stop-shop for self-provisioning privacy-compliant high-quality data in their very own environments.Starting Price: $0 Free Forever Up to 10GB -
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Databunker
Databunker
Databunker is a lightning-fast, open-source vault developed in Go for secure storage of sensitive personal records. Protect user records from SQL and GraphQL injections with a simple API. Streamline GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and SOC2 compliance. Databunker is a special secure storage system designed to protect: - Personally Identifiable Information (PII) - Protected Health Information (PHI) - Payment Card Industry (PCI) data - Know Your Customer (KYC) recordsStarting Price: Free -
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Data Rover
Data Rover
Data Rover is an Advanced User Data and Security Management for any Data-Driven Organisation. A single solution for Infrastructure and Security managers that allows data users to explore, manage, process, and protect their data effectively and efficiently, by simultaneously addressing the two primary needs related to the use of data: Cyber Security and Data Management. Data Rover plays a key role in business asset protection and corporate data management policy definition. Data Analytics Check for security flaws and eliminate issues. Simplify the management of permissions. File Auditor It gives you the proof that something was done. Right or Wrong it's not important - JUST the FACTS. Dark Data Makes work faster and safer by optimising the storage resources usage and reducing costs. Involve the users in data management so they can contribute in keeping the storage systems clean and efficient. Advanced Data Exchange Share business data in/out of the company SAFELY. -
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MinerEye DataTracker
MinerEye
MinerEye’s DataTracker enables organizations to overcome the information governance and protection challenge. It automatically scans, indexes, analyzes, virtually labels and categorizes every piece of unstructured and dark data contained in the organization’s data repositories. With proprietary Interpretive AI™, machine learning, and computer vision, the solution locates relevant files out of the billions that are stored, accurately evaluates them, qualifies them by significance and purpose, and automatically sends alerts with next best action recommendations in cases of conflicts, duplications, or potential violations. This way, data protection is profoundly enhanced while risk and operational costs are reduced.Starting Price: $2000/1TB/month -
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Protegrity
Protegrity
Our platform allows businesses to use data—including its application in advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI—to do great things without worrying about putting customers, employees, or intellectual property at risk. The Protegrity Data Protection Platform doesn't just secure data—it simultaneously classifies and discovers data while protecting it. You can't protect what you don't know you have. Our platform first classifies data, allowing users to categorize the type of data that can mostly be in the public domain. With those classifications established, the platform then leverages machine learning algorithms to discover that type of data. Classification and discovery finds the data that needs to be protected. Whether encrypting, tokenizing, or applying privacy methods, the platform secures the data behind the many operational systems that drive the day-to-day functions of business, as well as the analytical systems behind decision-making. -
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BigID
BigID
BigID is data visibility and control for all types of data, everywhere. Reimagine data management for privacy, security, and governance across your entire data landscape. With BigID, you can automatically discover and manage personal and sensitive data – and take action for privacy, protection, and perspective. BigID uses advanced machine learning and data intelligence to help enterprises better manage and protect their customer & sensitive data, meet data privacy and protection regulations, and leverage unmatched coverage for all data across all data stores. 2 -
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Fasoo Data Radar
Fasoo
Fasoo Data Radar (FDR) is a data discovery and classification solution that helps organizations locate, analyze, and manage sensitive unstructured data across on-premise servers, cloud storage, and endpoints. It scans and classifies files based on keywords, regex patterns, file formats, and other predefined policies, ensuring organizations maintain control over critical information. With real-time monitoring and centralized policy enforcement, FDR enhances data security by identifying risks, preventing unauthorized access, and assisting with compliance requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. Its integration with enterprise security frameworks allows organizations to apply consistent data protection policies while improving operation workflows. By automating data classification and governance, FDR increases efficiency and enhances data visibility for security and compliance management. -
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Netwrix Privilege Secure for Access Management enables secure, task-based administrative access delivered just-in-time and with just-enough privilege. Reduce opportunity for lateral movement attacks through privileged account reduction. With Netwrix Privilege Secure for Access Management, organizations are empowered to reduce their risk footprint through a task-based approach to Privileged Access Management. Netwrix Privilege Secure for Access Management provides Administrators the exact level of privileges needed, exactly when they’re needed, for only as long as they’re needed, and returns the environment to a no-access-by-default state, immediately upon completion. Kill standing privilege by eliminating standing privilege. Instead, create temporary accounts with just enough access to perform the task at hand and remove them when the job is complete.
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SearchInform FileAuditor
SearchInform
SearchInform FileAuditor is a DCAP solution (data-centric audit and protection) for automated audit of information storages, search for access violations and tracking changes made to critical data. The system protects confidential documents from careless and deliberate malicious actions of employees and puts things in order in file storages. The system performs: •Classification of vulnerable data Finds files in a document flow that contain critical information, and adds a special mark to each file, indicating the type of info it contains: personal data, trade secret, credit card numbers, etc. •Access rights audit Controls access rights to information (full access, editing, reading, writing, reading and changing, etc.). Finds confidential files stored in violation of established security rules . •Monitoring and blocking user actions Audits user operations with the file system. •Critical documents archiving Makes shadow copies of critical files. -
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CYRISMA
CYRISMA
CYRISMA is an all-in-one cyber risk management platform that enables you to discover, understand, mitigate, and manage risk in a holistic and cost-effective manner. Identify and mitigate network and endpoint vulnerabilities, discover and secure sensitive data across cloud and on-prem environments, strengthen OS configuration settings, track compliance, and generate cyber risk assessment reports in a few easy steps. Platform capabilities include (everything included in the price): -- Vulnerability and Patch Management -- Secure OS Configuration Scanning -- Sensitive data discovery; data protection (both on-prem cloud including Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace) -- Dark web monitoring -- Compliance Tracking (NIST CSF, CIS Critical Controls, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ACSC Essential Eight, NCSC Cyber Essentials) -- Active Directory Monitoring (both on-prem and Azure) -- Cyber risk quantification in multiple currencies -- Cyber risk assessment and reporting -
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Intelligent Threat Detection. Faster Response. 98% of all threats start with Active Directory and nearly always involve the compromise of data stored on enterprise data stores. Our unique combination of detailed auditing, anomaly detection, real time alerting, and real time data discovery and classification allows you to identify, prioritize and investigate threats - fast. Protect Sensitive Data from Rogue Users and Compromised User Accounts. We enable you to detect and investigate threats to your most sensitive data in ways no other vendor can. Bringing together data discovery and classification with threat detection enables you to investigate all events, changes, actions and anomalies with context. End to end visibility of Active Directory, Group Policy, File Servers, Office 365, NetApp, SharePoint, Box, Dropbox and more. Detect and Respond to Security Threats 10x Faster. Investigate threats as they emerge in Active Directory and track movement
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Enterprise Recon
Ground Labs
With Enterprise Recon by Ground Labs, organizations can find and remediate sensitive information across the broadest range of structured and unstructured data, whether it’s stored on your servers, on your employees’ devices, or in the cloud. Enterprise Recon enables organizations worldwide to seamlessly discover all of their data and comply with GDPR, PCI DSS, CCPA, HIPAA, Australian Privacy and other data security standards that require the ability to locate and secure PII data as well as information on gender, ethnicity and health… or even non-PII financial data. Enterprise Recon is powered by GLASS™, Ground Labs' proprietary technology that enables the quickest and most accurate data discovery across the broadest set of platforms available. Enterprise Recon natively supports sensitive data discovery on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, HP-UX and IBM AIX using agent and agentless options. Additional remote options also enable almost any network data stored. -
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Syntho
Syntho
Syntho typically deploys in the safe environment of our customers so that (sensitive) data never leaves the safe and trusted environment of the customer. Connect to the source data and target environment with our out-of-the-box connectors. Syntho can connect with every leading database & filesystem and supports 20+ database connectors and 5+ filesystem connectors. Define the type of synthetization you would like to run, realistically mask or synthesize new values, automatically detect sensitive data types. Utilize and share the protected data securely, ensuring compliance and privacy are maintained throughout its usage.
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