BigID, a prominent platform for data security, AI governance, and privacy, has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Sensitive Data Discovery And Classification Solutions, Q2 2026. This independent evaluation by Forrester Research identified BigID as one of only three vendors in the Leaders category among the ten most significant participants in the market. The recognition highlights the platform's ability to manage complex data environments for large-scale organizations and government entities.
Market Leadership: BigID is named a Leader in the Q2 2026 Forrester Wave for Sensitive Data Discovery and Classification.
Top Evaluation Scores: The platform earned the highest possible score of 5 out of 5 across eleven different criteria.
Broad Data Coverage: Recognized for superior discovery across cloud, on-premises, and legacy mainframe environments.
AI Security Expansion: New capabilities launched at RSA Conference 2026 include DLP Prism and Agentic Access Governance.
Scale and Performance: The evaluation noted the platform is engineered for performance at petabyte scale with an autonomous governance vision.
Innovation Roadmap: BigID received top marks for its innovation strategy, partner ecosystem, and defined product roadmap.
In the Forrester evaluation, BigID received top marks in both the "current offering" and "strategy" categories. Specifically, the platform was awarded 5/5 scores for cloud and on-premises data source coverage, enrichment for classification, language support, and integrations. On the strategic side, Forrester recognized BigID's roadmap and adoption rates as industry-leading. The report noted that BigID is a "compelling choice" for multinationals and organizations with strict localization requirements and complex data estates.
The recognition from Forrester arrives alongside BigID's introduction of four new AI-centric capabilities at the RSA Conference 2026. These include DLP Prism, which offers context-aware data loss prevention, and AskBigID™ GPT, a natural language interface for data security posture management. Additionally, the company introduced Agentic Access Governance and Integrated Employee AI Governance to manage how AI agents and employees interact with sensitive enterprise data. These tools are designed to ensure that AI integration does not compromise existing security or policy boundaries.
The importance of data discovery has transitioned from a basic security requirement to a fundamental necessity for AI implementation. By making invisible data visible across all environments, BigID aims to provide the necessary foundation for modern enterprise governance.
"Sensitive data discovery has always been the foundation of data security — but in the AI era, it's become the foundation of everything. AI agents don't respect policy boundaries they can't see." said DImitri Sirota, CEO and co-founder of BigID. "Our platform was built to make the invisible visible, at petabyte scale, across every environment an enterprise runs. Being recognized as a Leader — with the top score in current offering among all vendors evaluated — tells us we're building the right thing at exactly the right moment."
About BigID
BigID helps organizations connect the dots in data & AI: for security, governance, privacy, compliance, and AI data management. BigID enables customers to find, understand, manage, protect, and take action on high-risk & high-value data, wherever it lives. Customers use BigID to reduce their AI & data risk, automate security and privacy controls, achieve compliance, and understand their data throughout their entire data landscape: from the cloud, on-prem, and everywhere in between. BigID has been recognized for innovation as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer; named to the Forbes Cloud 100; the Inc 5000 for 4 consecutive years; the Deloitte 500 for 4 consecutive years; Market Leader in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM); and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner.
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