BigID, the leading platform in data security, privacy, compliance, and AI governance, today unveiled its Prompt-Based Classification, the industry’s first natural language interface for data discovery and classification. This innovation replaces rigid, code-heavy systems—enabling teams to simply describe what they’re looking for in plain English and let AI find and classify the data accurately.
Why This Matters: From Rules to Natural Language
Traditional tools depend on complex rule-based logic, regular expressions, and predefined templates, making them cumbersome and inaccessible to non-technical users. With this launch, users can now express classification criteria using natural language, paste regulatory excerpts, or define AI policy requirements in free-text—and BigID handles the rest contextually and at scale
Key benefits include:
- No need for regex or manual rule creation
- AI-powered classification across structured and unstructured sources
- Auto-generation of logic from regulatory or policy language
- Context-sensitive reasoning that reduces false positives
- Scalable discovery across cloud, SaaS, data lakes, and file stores
How It Works: Leveraging BigID Next and AI Assistants
Prompt-Based Classification is part of BigID Next, BigID’s next-gen cloud-native data security platform . This AI-powered DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) platform includes:
- An agentic AI assistant that aids data stewards and compliance teams
- Advanced NLP, NER, and deep-learning capabilities to interpret user prompts
- Support for multiple data environments and deployment models—including hybrid and multi-tenant cloud setups
Bigger Picture: AI-Driven Intelligence for Privacy, Compliance & Governance
By deploying this natural language engine, BigID meets enterprises where they operate today: juggling growing regulatory requirements, cloud complexity, and the increasing importance of AI risk management. The Prompt-Based Classification capability enables faster, more accurate data risk controls, aligned with policy requirements and operational context.
“Security and compliance teams need better tools that do more with less,” said Dimitri Sirota, CEO and Co-Founder at BigID. “With Prompt-Based Classification, we’re enabling every team – from privacy to security to compliance – with a smarter, faster, and more intuitive way to find and secure sensitive data.”
Why It’s Revolutionary
This launch marks several firsts:
- Democratizes data classification—non-technical staff can now accurately classify data without writing rules
- Bridges natural language with regulatory understanding—automatically extracting logic from legal or policy documents.
- Scales across diverse environments—from cloud and SaaS to data lakes and on-prem repositories.
Industry-Leading Recognition
BigID is already recognized for its innovation:
- A World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
- Named to Forbes Cloud 100 and Inc. 5000 for multiple consecutive years
- A Market Leader for DSPM and a Leader in Privacy Management (Forrester Wave)
- Winner of the RSA Innovation Sandbox
