Joint solutions allows organizations to leverage deep data intelligence and distributed data stewardship to manage access to critical data.

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, December 21, 2020BigID, the leader in data discovery and intelligence for privacy, protection and perspective, today announced a partnership with Okera, which provides secure data access at scale, to align identifying data, defining and enforcing data access policies, and data anonymization for joint customers.

Together, BigID and Okera empower customers to secure sensitive data in data lakes to drive visibility and security across their data ecosystem. With this partnership, joint customers can automate discovery and policy enforcement, dramatically reducing manual resources while improving response times.

This partnership enables joint customers to:

  • Set and enforce policies in Okera leveraging BigID discovery and classification
  • Enable data masking and anonymization based on compliance and access control policies
  • Secure fine-grained access control to sensitive data with deep data context
  • Provide audit reports on access, utilization and user activity related to all sensitive data

Customers can define policies in Okera, leveraging automated discovery and classification from BigID. By leveraging Okera’s policy management and data masking, joint customers can ensure end-to-end data protection across sensitive, personal, regulated, and critical data.

“Okera and BigID are naturally aligned in many complementary ways, ranging from joint technology partners such as Amazon Web Services, to consulting partners such as Lucid Technologies & Solutions, who create broad customer solutions through the integration of our joint platforms,” said John F. Marchese, VP Global Alliances & Partner Sales Channels. “We are excited to combine Okera’s secure data access at scale with BigID’s enterprise data discovery for a best-of-breed solution, as well enable contextual user access reporting delivered via the BigID App Marketplace.”

“The partnership between BigID and Okera is helping answer two critical questions facing data teams today: Where is our sensitive data, how can I automatically apply policies to protect that data?” said William Murphy, VP Business Development at BigID. “The ability to confidently answer those questions is not only fundamental to data governance but is also a positive step towards creating data and customer trust.”

About BigID

BigID’s data intelligence platform enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, protection, and perspective. By applying advanced machine learning and deep data insight, BigID transforms data discovery and data intelligence to address data privacy, security, and governance challenges across all types of data, in any language, at petabyte-scale, across the data center and the cloud. BigID has raised over $200 million in funding, and has been recognized for its data intelligence innovation as a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, named to the 2020 Forbes Cloud 100, a Business Insider 2020 AI Startup to Watch, and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner. Find out more at https://bigid.com.

About Okera

Okera provides last mile secure data access and governance at scale for modern enterprises. The Okera Dynamic Access Platform automatically defines, enforces, and audits data access policies at the fine-grained level using an intuitive zero-code interface. By ensuring compliance with the evolving data privacy landscape and that the appropriate data access policies are in place, Okera enables organizations to unlock the full power of their data for innovation and growth. Organizations receive immediate value from Okera, which can be deployed to production in days for hybrid or multi-cloud environments.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, ClearSky Security, and Felicis Ventures. For more information, visit www.okera.com, contact info@okera.com, or connect with the team on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

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