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title: "DataXray and Thales: classify files, then protect them"
description: "DataXray discovers and classifies sensitive data in unstructured files and synchronizes results with Thales rules and asset tagging so Thales can protect them."
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# Sensitive file discovery for Thales data security

DataXray gives Thales data security the file-level visibility it needs. It discovers unstructured data across your repositories, reads each file, and classifies the sensitive information it contains, then synchronizes those results with Thales rules and asset tagging. Security and compliance teams see the location, volume and context of sensitive data in files, and protect it through the Thales controls they already run.

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## Why Thales needs to know what is in a file

Data security controls protect what they are told is sensitive. Across file shares, cloud storage and collaboration platforms, most organizations cannot say which files hold personal, financial or regulated information, so controls are applied by location or not at all. DataXray reads the files and tells Thales which ones matter, so protection follows the content and the business meets its regulatory and legal obligations.

## What the integration delivers

The integration centralizes what you know about unstructured data and hands it to Thales for enforcement. DataXray identifies the volume and context of sensitive information across repositories; Thales applies security controls on that basis.

- **Synchronize Thales rules and asset tagging**

  with DataXray's discovery and classification results.
- **Conduct context-sensitive monitoring and audits**

  based on what files actually contain.
- **Respond to data subject access requests**

  by gathering the files held on a person into a case file.

## How it works

DataXray discovers, classifies and reports; Thales protects. The flow runs across any network or location DataXray can reach, and the results stay current as files change, so sensitive data is protected from accidental compromise, exfiltration or destruction wherever it lives.

- **Discover**

  DataXray connects to repositories on-premises, in the cloud or air-gapped through 55+ native connectors to datasource types, and inventories every file without installing agents.
- **Classify**

  It reads each file, including scanned images via OCR, and classifies personal, financial, health and other sensitive data with 98.7% classification accuracy (measured on document-level PII/PCI detection in text-based English files).
- **Report**

  Search and reporting across all connected sources show the state of unstructured data: where sensitive files are, how many, and what they contain.
- **Protect**

  Classifications and tags synchronize with Thales, whose data security controls protect the flagged files and help ensure confidentiality.

## Enterprise-ready deployment

DataXray runs inside your environment and file contents never leave it. It is agentless and containerized, operational in hours, and deploys on-premises, air-gapped, hybrid or in the cloud. Discovery is read-only, so source data is never modified.

## Where it fits

Thales is one of several security tools DataXray feeds. The same classifications drive retention labels, redaction and encryption hand-off inside DataXray, and can be pushed into Microsoft Purview, Netskope and Virtru at the same time. See [Integrations](https://www.dataxray.io/integrations/), the [Platform](https://www.dataxray.io/platform/) overview, [Security](https://www.dataxray.io/security/), or all [partners](https://www.dataxray.io/partners/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What does DataXray share with Thales?

Discovery and classification results, synchronized with Thales rules and asset tagging. File contents stay in your environment.

### Does DataXray replace Thales?

No. DataXray finds and classifies sensitive data in unstructured files; Thales protects it. Each does the part it is built for.

### Can it help with DSARs?

Yes. DataXray gathers the files held on a data subject into a case file for the response, and can redact third-party information automatically. See Redaction.

## See what is actually in your files. Thirty minutes, your sample data

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