Snowflake Classification
ALTR’s integration with Snowflake classification enables customers with connected Snowflake data sources to classify columnar data without sampling or sending data to third parties. This option is useful when you do not want ALTR to sample data or send it to Google’s DLP API. When a Snowflake classification is completed, the resulting semantic categories are assigned to relevant columns within Snowflake as object tags.
The classification report not only shows you what data might be sensitive, but you can also use the results to automatically assign Snowflake object tags to columns. Learn more about automatic tagging.
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”When you run a Snowflake classification, Snowflake’s built-in classification engine analyzes column metadata and data patterns to identify semantic categories such as email addresses, phone numbers, and financial identifiers. ALTR retrieves these classification results and presents them in the classification report, where you can review findings and take action.