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Prepare for compliance audits without the last-minute scramble
When auditors ask "Where do you store personal data?" or "Show us how this data moves," spreadsheets and tribal knowledge are not enough. Dataedo helps you discover sensitive data, document it consistently, and present clear lineage so you can respond to audit requests with confidence.
The challenge
No unified data visibility
No central view of where PII, PHI, or financial data resides
Hidden sensitive data
Sensitive fields are hidden in legacy systems, views, and extracts
Scattered documentation
Documentation is scattered across Excel files, SharePoint, and email threads
Fire-drill audits
Every audit becomes an emergency project that pulls engineers off real work
How Dataedo helps
Discover and catalog your data landscape
Connect Dataedo to your key databases, warehouses, and supported platforms. Automatically import technical metadata to build a single catalog of all data assets.
Classify sensitive data
Use custom fields and classification tags to mark PII, PHI, financial, and other regulated data. Search for typical sensitive patterns (e.g., "email," "ssn," "card") and tag matching columns consistently.
Map how sensitive data moves
Use Data Lineage to see where sensitive columns come from and where they go. Identify which ETL processes, views, and reports use regulated data. Document retention, masking, and aggregation rules on lineage diagrams.
Generate audit-ready documentation
Export selected systems, schemas, or classifications to PDF, HTML, or Excel. Provide auditors with structured lists of sensitive fields, owners, and usage. Reuse the same documentation for recurring audits.
What you get
Centralized sensitive data
Clear overview of sensitive data across all key systems
Faster audit response
Generate the required documentation in hours, not weeks
Reduced compliance risk
Better control over where regulated data is stored and how it flows
Key features
Data Catalog
Build a centralized inventory of all your data assets, giving you a clear overview of where personal or regulated data resides across databases and systems.
Data Lineage
Visualize how sensitive data moves between sources, pipelines, and reports, making it easy to demonstrate controls and data flow to auditors.
Sensitive Data Classification
Identify, tag, and organize PII, PHI, financial, and other regulated data consistently, ensuring audit-ready documentation and faster compliance reporting.
FAQs
How does Dataedo support recurring audits and reduce last-minute fire drills?
Dataedo turns audit preparation into a repeatable process rather than a last-minute scramble. Once your data catalog, classifications, and lineage diagrams are in place, you can generate audit-ready documentation for recurring audits in hours instead of weeks. This ensures your team is always prepared without pulling engineers away from critical projects.
How does Dataedo help during an audit?
During an audit, organizations are typically asked to prove where sensitive data exists, who uses it, and how it moves between systems. Dataedo centralizes this knowledge in a single catalog and lets teams generate structured documentation on demand. Instead of collecting information manually from multiple departments, teams can export ready-to-review documentation showing data inventory, ownership, classifications, and lineage, allowing them to respond to auditors quickly and confidently.
Can Dataedo show which systems, reports, or dashboards use regulated data?
Yes. Using Data Lineage, Dataedo maps the full journey of sensitive data across databases, ETL processes, views, and reporting tools. This visibility enables teams to demonstrate exactly where regulated data is used, helping satisfy audit requirements and internal governance policies.
How do we track data ownership and stewardship for compliance purposes?
Dataedo helps organizations assign data owners, stewards, and responsible teams for each dataset or sensitive column. This centralized ownership information ensures accountability and allows auditors to quickly identify who is responsible for any given piece of personal or regulated data.
How does Dataedo help with demonstrating GDPR or HIPAA “accountability” requirements?
Dataedo supports accountability by centralizing documentation of sensitive data, its owners, usage, movement, and classifications. By providing auditors with a clear, structured view of your data landscape, you can show that controls are in place and that your organization is actively monitoring and managing regulated information.
How does Dataedo handle audit trails or version history of metadata changes?
Dataedo maintains a history of metadata updates, classifications, and lineage changes, so you can demonstrate to auditors that your documentation is accurate and up to date. This versioning provides transparency into how your data governance evolves over time.
Can Dataedo help identify gaps or risks in current compliance processes?
Yes. By providing a unified view of sensitive data and its movement across systems, Dataedo makes it easier to spot undocumented processes, missing ownership, or untracked sensitive fields. This visibility helps teams proactively reduce compliance risk before it becomes an audit issue.
Is it possible to share audit-ready documentation with external auditors?
You can easily export documentation in PDF, HTML, or Excel formats. Auditors can review sensitive data inventories, lineage diagrams, and classifications without accessing the actual records, maintaining security while satisfying audit requirements.
Why our customers love Dataedo?
Dataedo is a lightweight solution with great customer service and active product development (recently data quality). The ability to run SQL scripts on the repository brings additional flexibility."
We jump started all of our Data Governance efforts using the tool. We documented key databases quickly and easily and published the information to our analyst community. The Dataedo team is dream to work with and very responsive."
Dataedo is easy to use, offers great functionality, and provides excellent customer service that always listens to the customer."
Dataedo is an amazing tool that continues to grow and improve."
Dataedo excels at data cataloging, and the support from the Dataedo team is top-notch."
Datedo consistently improves while delivering exceptional support that is quick, competent, and highly reliable."
Dataedo provides ease of use and covers so many areas from a Data Governance perspective. You really can put everythng in one place."
Dataedo is a fantastic tool, and I love working with it—especially with the continuous improvements being made and planned."
Piotr Kononow
Founder
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