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Unstructured Discovery

Classify the personal data within your most complex data stores

Transcend Unstructured Discovery enables your company to automatically find and govern sensitive data across PDFs, text logs, and other unstructured formats to effectively manage risk and meet compliance.

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The Status QuoData mapping cannot be limited to conventional formats

Much of your company’s personal data may live in documents, text files, chat apps, and other unstructured data stores. However, legacy tools are primarily focused on data silo discovery, leaving you with business risks and governance gaps across non-conventional data stores.

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Gain total data visibility on every datapoint, without the implementation headaches

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System-agnostic visibility

Continuously discovers and classifies data inside unformalized data stores, including O365, Slack, Asana, S3, Azure, and Google Suite.

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Quick setup

Fast time-to-value to move your privacy program forward—gain insights incredibly quickly with our agent-less deployment.

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Efficient deployment

Make your program more cost-effective, thanks to our proprietary sampling technique that reduces spend.

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“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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Don’t just take our word for it

“With Transcend, we've saved a massive amount of time and resources, removing manual processes and working seamlessly across our SaaS tools and internal databases.”

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Benjamin Mullen

Director of Product Security

“Transcend is a rare example of a vendor who has become a true partner. Our questions are answered so quickly - it feels like we’re on the same team. Transcend’s technology is impressive, but it’s the incredible support that takes it to the next level.”

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Data Privacy Specialist

UE Verified

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“With Transcend, we've saved a massive amount of time and resources, removing manual processes and working seamlessly across our SaaS tools and internal databases.”

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Benjamin Mullen

Director of Product Security

“Transcend is a rare example of a vendor who has become a true partner. Our questions are answered so quickly - it feels like we’re on the same team. Transcend’s technology is impressive, but it’s the incredible support that takes it to the next level.”

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Piotr Wurst

Data Privacy Specialist

UE Verified

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Comprehensive solutions for complex data governance

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Easily uncover and catalog systems. No manual work required.

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Real-time insights, directly at the data layer.

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Trusted by Fortune 100 companies and Silicon Valley unicorns alike, streamline your compliance strategy with Transcend.

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