Varonis Explained - GDPR Compliance with Varonis

Varonis provides robust tools to help organisations maintain GDPR compliance, offering comprehensive features such as the GDPR dashboard and Data Classification Engine. The GDPR dashboard provides a clear overview of how much of your organisation's data is subject to GDPR and highlights how much of that sensitive data is unnecessarily exposed. The Data Classification Engine further enhances this by automatically identifying and classifying sensitive information, including national insurance numbers, credit card details, and more. Using advanced techniques like string matching and proximity sensing, it helps to safeguard data and enables businesses to tailor rules specific to their requirements, such as identifying employee codes or product numbers.

In addition to classification, Varonis ensures secure data handling through the Data Transport Engine, which can move sensitive information to more secure locations if it's mistakenly saved in an open-access directory. This is crucial in maintaining GDPR compliance by ensuring only authorised individuals have access to sensitive data. The platform also simplifies the process of responding to data subject access requests (DSARs) with the DatAnswers feature, allowing businesses to quickly search and locate all relevant files containing personal data. These tools collectively help organisations minimise risk, streamline compliance tasks, and ensure data protection under GDPR guidelines.