BURLINGTON, Massachusetts,
May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Attunity Ltd. (NASDAQ CM: ATTU), a leading provider of data
integration and big data management software solutions, today
announced a comprehensive data governance solution designed to
assist companies with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
compliance in SAP environments. The new Attunity Gold Client for
Data Protection solution helps to identify and mask the personally
identifiable information (PII) of customers, vendors, employees and
partners across production SAP ECC applications to address the
"right to be forgotten" mandate. This offering is an important part
of a complete solution for GDPR compliance across the SAP
landscape.
GDPR, in effect as of tomorrow, May
25, applies to any corporation, regardless of their
location, that possesses the personal data of residents of the
European Union. The regulations are designed to strengthen personal
data privacy laws in the EU. Among the GDPR regulations includes a
provision whereby individuals must agree to having their
information used or invoke the "right to be forgotten" option. GDPR
also gives regulators the power to fine offending organizations.
Therefore, it is in the best interest of organizations globally to
ensure that their data governance plan includes provisions for
GDPR. With the launch of Attunity's Gold Client for Data
Protection, enterprises can locate the PII data in their SAP
production environments and enforce the "right to be
forgotten".
Attunity's Gold Client for Data Protection provides the
following capabilities:
- Obfuscates PII data - uses native application functions to
ensure data masking and integrity throughout the SAP application
environment, ensuring that individuals do not have access to PII
data in compliance with the GDPR statutes.
- Exposure reporting -profiles the existing customer data and
proactively defines who can be/should be "forgotten" based on rules
created by the user
- Custom masking levels -powerful options include
pseudonymization, substitution, and redaction while still
preserving referential integrity
- Configurable policy rules - define what could or should be
masked based on different timeframes and business activity
- Complete audit trails - makes changes directly through the SAP
application layer to provide an audit log of all activity
- User-defined "undo" period -provides a user-defined period
after which the data masking process cannot be reversed
"GDPR is reshaping data management practices. As the regulation
goes into effect across the European Union (EU) tomorrow, companies
around the world will be impacted by these strict data privacy
regulations," said Cindy Zhou,
Vice President and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research.
"Many enterprises are working diligently to ensure their systems
comply. It is critical that businesses have an action plan and
enabling technology solutions to effectively meet the new data
protection requirements."
"The largest application vendor, SAP provides the primary system
of record for tens of thousands of enterprises worldwide that
require an effective data management and governance solution for
GDPR compliance," said Shimon
Alon, Chairman and CEO of Attunity. "Attunity Gold
Client for Data Protection helps businesses meet this need. As data
privacy and protection regulations continue to be implemented
around the world, Attunity's solutions will ensure that enterprises
remain compliant and future-proof."
About Attunity
Attunity is a leading provider of data integration and Big Data
management software solutions that enable availability, delivery
and management of data across heterogeneous enterprise platforms,
organizations and the cloud. Our software solutions include data
replication and distribution, test data management, change data
capture (CDC), data connectivity, enterprise file replication (EFR)
, managed file transfer (MFT), data warehouse automation, data
usage analytics and cloud data delivery.
Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its
enterprise-class customers for over 20 years and has successful
deployments at thousands of organizations worldwide. Attunity
provides software directly and indirectly through a number of
partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Hewlett Packard
Enterprise. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via
offices in North America,
Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of local
partners. For more information, visit http://www.attunity.com or
our blog and join our community on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and
YouTube.
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Press contact:
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Senior Director of Marketing Communications
Attunity
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