Technical tools automatically discover and classify sensitive data across systems and storage locations
Automated discovery finds sensitive data sitting in unexpected places, giving classification something to act on beyond what people remember to tag by hand.
This technical control uses automated discovery to find sensitive data in unexpected places, keeping the data inventory A.5.9 requires grounded in reality.
The data discovery technical facet enables sensitive data sitting in unexpected endpoints or shared storage to be found and classified, the visibility A.8.12 needs before leakage can be prevented.