Symantec Data Insight data governance technology

Symantec’s Data Insight is claimed to improve data governance through insights into the ownership and usage of unstructured data, including files such as documents, spreadsheets and emails.

Data Insight integrates across Symantec’s security and storage products and it is claimed to be the only integrated technology of its kind to help organisations align their information assets to business goals by simplifying the remediation of exposed critical data and optimising their storage environment.

Data Insight will be available first as part of the company’s data loss prevention. Unstructured data on shared file systems is a large source of critical business information and over-exposed content presents a significant risk for data breaches. The product will help organisations identify their most critical information and enable simplified data clean-up and remediation through automated data owner identification. It will provide continuous monitoring and auditing of data usage to help ensure adherence with corporate policies and regulatory compliance. In addition, the technology monitors who has accessed or modified individual files and can notify information security teams and data owners that data has been exposed. Armed with visibility into who is accessing and using the information, organisations can make rule-based ownership inferences and alter access to stored data in order to prevent data breaches.

The integration of Data Insight with the company’s storage and information solutions will enable organisations to optimise their storage costs for unstructured data and make intelligent backup and recovery decisions based on context and frequency of use.