Varonis Systems, a provider of unstructured data governance, has announced the availability of its Intelligent Data Use (IDU) Data Classification Framework, which produces actionable results dramatically faster than conventional data classification approaches by uniting data classification technology with a unique meta-data layer to guide searches for files containing sensitive information.

Instead of looking at every file in a linear manner, the Varonis IDU Data Classification Framework uses a meta-data layer to provide critical context and intelligence about who can access certain data, who has accessed it, who the data owners are, and whose access should be revoked. This context allows businesses to hone in on sensitive information that is most at risk or most relevant and take immediate action.

One unique benefit of the Varonis IDU Data Classification Framework includes Intelligent Crawls. In other words, rather than looking at every file in a linear manner, Varonis crawls the most critical data first, such as data with overly permissive access or data that has been unused for a lengthy period of time. In addition, the Varonis IDU Data Classification Framework uses Incremental Crawl Efficiency by which Varonis maintains a short-list of which data has been changed or newly added, so incremental crawls are highly efficient and do not require a complete rescan of all files.

The data classification capabilities added to Varonis’ existing data governance framework allow data classification results to be accessed in the user interface and reports of Varonis’ flagship product DatAdvantage.

The Varonis IDU Data Classification Framework includes its own data classification engine that can search for key words, phrases, and regular expressions, offering organizations a complete solution. It can also integrate with data classification engines that are already in place, providing end users with the flexibility to easily incorporate Varonis into their existing environment.

The solution will be generally available in October. More information about Varonis’ IDU Data Classification Framework can be found here.