data discovery & classification
Know where your data lives. Automate what happens next.
Transcend scans your structured databases and unstructured files to find and classify sensitive data. Those classifications feed directly into your data inventory, powering data subject requests, record of processing activities, and data minimization within weeks, all without your data ever leaving your environment.
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The Status QuoBefore you know if you can use the data, can you even find it?
Most discovery tools stop at the system layer: they'll confirm you have a Snowflake instance or an S3 bucket, but not whether it holds a customer's SSN or a health record. And what they do inspect usually stops at structured formats, leaving everything in PDFs, chat exports, and shared drives unexamined. You can't answer 'can I use this data' until you know what's actually inside it.
Transcend’s superior unstructured data discovery solution powers DSR automation at scale
System-agnostic visibility
Discovery and classification across databases and warehouses, like Snowflake, MongoDB, Redshift, BigQuery, and Salesforce, as well as your unstructured stores like S3, Google Drive, Slack, and O365. All from one system.
Secure by design, not just fast
Data Discovery & Classification runs through Sombra so data gets classified where it lives. Only the classification result ever reaches Transcend, never the raw data.
Built to connect, not sit in a silo
Data Discovery & Classification connects natively across your stack, feeding results straight into DSR Automation, your data inventory, and the rest of Transcend.
why transcendDiscover data differently, on purpose
We work inside your network. You keep your data.
Classification happens inside your own infrastructure, not somewhere else. Your data stays exactly where it already lives.
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Classification that writes the query for you
Once something's found, Transcend doesn't just flag it. Classification results feed automated SQL query generation in DSR Automation, so fulfilling a request doesn't mean someone manually writing queries against every system you found.
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Seamless ROPA reports to approve data use cases faster
Real-time discovery and classification across structured and unstructured data, powered by Transcend's unique integration capabilities, gives you Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) that are accurate and complete enough to approve data use cases with confidence.
Speak to an implementation engineerThe infrastructure that helps enterprises activate AI and first-party data initiatives responsibly
Policy Engine
Data decision infrastructure that encodes business policy, regulatory, and customer permissions.
Consent & Preference Management
One real-time source of truth for every customer's consent and preferences, including Do Not Train, enforced across every system.
AI Governance
Encode data permissions, Do Not Train rules, and governance policies directly into the systems your models and agents use.
DSR Automation
Fulfill deletion, access, and Do Not Train requests automatically across your entire stack, with audit trails on every decision.
The sombra difference for sensitive data use cases
Secure-by-design with Sombra
Sombra is Transcend's self-hosted, zero-trust security gateway, the only secure-by-design architecture built to handle your most sensitive data. With two-way encryption, it runs entirely inside your infrastructure and keeps your API keys, so we never see it.
THE most complete integrations
Thousands of integrations for seamless governance
Transcend integrates with every system, from internal databases to SaaS tools to unify your fragmented permissioned data. Every integration is built and managed in-house on a zero-trust, secure architecture, so governance and data decisions reach every corner of the data stack, in real-time. Custom integrations available.
“30 days after purchasing Transcend we had data mapping + classification running on our 1500+ systems (homegrown and SaaS tools), had a full ROPA ready to go, and had automated our DSR flows.”
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Data Product Manager
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One discovery and classification engine, every workflow and team
Activate AI responsibly at enterprise scale
Transcend helps CIOs, IT, and AI transformation leaders answer "Can I use this data?" in real time by encoding permissions directly into the systems that process customer data to unblock AI and agentic initiatives.
Build once, deploy everywhere
Transcend turns governance into real-time data decisions. Delivered through APIs and embedded into your architecture, it enforces permissions where data is used - enabling AI and agentic initiatives without governance overhead.
Automated policy enforcement with real-time evidence
Only Transcend can answer “can I use this data” in real-time by encoding permissions, jurisdictions, and business policy directly into the systems that process customer data. Humans in the loop only if you choose.
Airtight governance for the most sensitive data
Only Transcend enforces permissions and policies where customer data is used. Sombra's secure-by-design, two-way encrypted architecture ensures your API keys and sensitive data never leave your environment.
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Data mapping cost calculator
Quickly estimate the cost of your data mapping process with our easy-to-use calculator.
One framework. Every team aligned.
This editable AI Governance RACI Framework clarifies ownership across teams to reduce bottlenecks and accelerate AI and data initiatives.
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