Live Data Mapping
Continuous Discovery
Always-on inventory across a large data estate
Built for large enterprises with many data stores: automated discovery flags new assets and schema changes as they happen, so privacy teams are not limited to periodic survey cycles.
Discovery and Classification
Find where personal data lives across many repositories (and know what it is) without reviewing every column by hand.
Continuous Discovery Alongside Point-in-Time Surveys
Monitor data flows through API hooks, cloud-native integrations, and schema monitoring so new repositories and altered schemas surface quickly, even when a microservice launches over the weekend. Questionnaires still have a place for owner context; continuous discovery keeps the inventory aligned with a large, changing estate.
Enterprise value: an always-on inventory across many data stores, not only the last survey snapshot.
Automated Privacy Object Classification
Context-aware categorization tags fields automatically, distinguishing generic text from regulated types such as financial identifiers, health metrics, and behavioral profiles.
Enterprise value: less column-by-column review when thousands of fields span many systems.
Keep the Inventory Current Automatically
Pair continuous discovery with lineage and ROPA sync so classification feeds the rest of your compliance workflow at enterprise scale.
Continuous Discovery FAQ
Continuous Discovery is the better fit when you manage many data stores that change often, because questionnaires take longer to collect and the map can lag behind engineering. If your data stack is simpler and relatively stable, Optacy’s Manual Data Mapping offers questionnaire-based mapping and straightforward categorization, so you can document systems and data types without continuous discovery.
Discovered stores and classified fields feed the rest of Live Data Mapping. Data Lineage shows how that personal data moves across systems, and ROPA & DSAR Sync turns the inventory into exportable processing records and routes deletion and access requests to the databases that hold each consumer’s record. You can also export the data inventory as JSON or CSV, categorized by sensitivity for InfoSec.
Continuous Discovery is built for large enterprises with many data stores, where privacy teams need an always-on inventory rather than periodic survey snapshots. Live Data Mapping runs continuously in the background, flagging new assets and schema changes as they happen. Enterprise walkthroughs are available, so you can start a free trial or contact us to schedule one.
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