--- title: "DataXray — Unstructured data classification that acts" description: "DataXray reads what is inside every file, classifies the content, then applies labels, retention and redaction. Deploys on-premises, in cloud or air-gapped." url: "https://www.dataxray.io/" language: "en-US" --- # Know what's in every file.Trust the outputs built on them. DataXray opens every file, reads what's inside, and classifies it, then feeds the results into the governance, security, and AI tools you already run. On-prem, cloud, or air-gapped. Deployed in hours. [Book a demo](https://www.dataxray.io/demo/#book) Race DataXray 1. 01 Discover Every file and its metadata See stage 2. 02 Read The content, any file type See stage 3. 03 Classify Against your policies See stage 4. 04 Act Fixes what it finds See stage As featured in - **BARC** - **CDO Magazine** - **Bank Info Security** - **Forrester** - **Breaking Defense** - **CIO Journal (WSJ)** - **BigDATAwire** - **Government Technology** - **Cybernews Live** - **American Banker** - **Infosecurity** - **SmartBrief on Risk and Compliance** - **VentureBeat** The risks ## Three forces making ungoverned files an immediate liability Catalogs govern metadata. DLP watches traffic. SIEM logs events. IAM controls access. But the files that hold the institutional knowledge your enterprise runs on sit invisible to every tool in the stack. 1. ### The AI mandate 29% of data leaders fully know where their AI-relevant data lives. 79% are confident they can use files for AI without compromising governance. The confidence is running well ahead of the evidence. 2. ### Governance by hand 74% of data leaders say governance still relies on manual effort. Manual review doesn't survive a data subject access request (DSAR) backlog, a retention schedule, or an audit. Regimes now arrive faster than headcount. 3. ### Security exposure 36% of data leaders fully know where their sensitive data resides. You can't protect, label, or withhold what you haven't found. Figures from BARC, [Harnessing Unstructured Data for AI Innovation](https://www.dataxray.io/research/barc-2026/), 2026, co-sponsored by Ohalo. 225 data leaders surveyed in North America and Europe. How it works ## Discover, read, classify, act DataXray connects to file shares, SharePoint, OneDrive, cloud object storage, and email through 55+ native connectors, plus a universal connector where no native one exists. It classifies against PII, PCI, and your own sensitivity categories. [Explore the platform](https://www.dataxray.io/platform/) Without / with ## Most tools detect and alert. DataXray classifies, then acts Detection tools report where sensitive data probably lives. DataXray reads each file and decides what is in it, so the result can drive encryption, DLP, retention, and access decisions directly. - Without Sensitive data is inferred from filenames, folders and metadata. Sampling fills the gaps. With DataXray Every file is opened and read. Classification is based on what is actually in it. - Without Findings arrive as alerts. Someone has to act on each one. With DataXray Labels, retention, redaction and attributes are applied at the file, then pushed to the tools that enforce them. - Without Content leaves the environment for a vendor-hosted index. With DataXray Runs on your infrastructure, including fully air-gapped. Your data never moves. - Without Classification that cannot explain why a file was flagged. With DataXray 98.7% classification success rate on document-level PII and PCI in text-based English files, with the evidence attached. [See how DataXray compares](https://www.dataxray.io/compare/) Customer story · Financial services ## How a Tier-1 bank delivered file-level proof under regulatory examination A multi-billion dollar divestiture was at risk. Three regulators wanted content-based evidence for every sensitive file, and the deadline was measured in weeks. - **files classified in two months** 19M - **in manual costs avoided** $22M - **regulators satisfied: NYDFS, OCC and the Federal Reserve** 3 Figures from the global bank divestiture case study, 2022. > “We needed quality, flexibility, speed and proof, and we needed it in weeks, not months.” _Data Governance Director · Tier-1 Global Bank_ - **Deployment** On-premises. Data never left the bank - **Integrated with** Collibra and Microsoft Purview [Read the story](https://www.dataxray.io/case-studies/bank-transforms-unstructured-data-governance-with-data-x-ray/) Race DataXray ## 10 files. You against DataXray Read 10 files and decide which contain sensitive data. DataXray starts when you do, at 1,200 files a minute and reading content at 100,000s of words per second. The files look real, the data is fictional. Some are obvious. Some look routine until you read the third line. Deployment ## Runs where the data is **On-premises, private cloud or fully air-gapped.** Files are read in place. Content never leaves your environment, and there is no vendor-hosted index. **Deploys in hours.** Containers on your infrastructure, read-only connectors to the sources you already have. **Built to enrich the stack you have, not replace it.** File-level attributes flow to Microsoft Purview, DLP, encryption, SIEM, and catalogs. Where no connector exists, the API does. [How DataXray deploys](https://www.dataxray.io/deployment/) Enterprise and government ### The certifications your vendor security review will check - DoW ATO Authority to Operate on three networks in the U.S. Department of War - SOC 2 Type 2 Ohalo Limited, annual audit - ISO 27001 Information security management - FIPS FIPS-compliant cryptography - STIG STIG-compliant implementations [Explore security and trust](https://www.dataxray.io/security/) Modules ## Built on every file DataXray has already read Modules extend the DataXray platform into the workflows customers ask for most. Each one runs on files DataXray has already read and classified, so no file is read twice. Every module is configured to fit how your team works. - **[AI Platform](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/ai-platform/)** Let AI assistants use your files safely, within each user's permissions. - **[Compass](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/compass/)** Explore what is in your data and build the taxonomy to govern it. - **[Curator](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/curator/)** Manage retention, disposition, and records capture, with every decision logged in a tamper-evident audit trail. - **[AutoFOIA](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/autofoia/)** Take FOIA and Privacy Act requests from intake to a redacted, Bates-numbered release. - **[eDiscovery](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/ediscovery/)** Review, redact, and produce documents for litigation, regulatory, and privacy requests without exporting them. **[AI Platform](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/ai-platform/)** Let AI assistants use your files safely, within each user's permissions. ### Don't see your use case? We build new modules with customers. Bring us the problem and we'll scope it together. [Learn more](https://www.dataxray.io/modules/) ## In 30 minutes, see how DataXray reads what other tools only label [Book a demo](https://www.dataxray.io/demo/#book)