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The document provides an overview of data classification in Snowflake including how it works and its benefits. Classification analyzes metadata and fields to associate system tags with personal data columns to track sensitive information like IDs, locations, or salaries. This helps facilitate compliance and improve governance by enabling tools like access policies and data masking.

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Introduction To Classification - Snowflake Documentation

The document provides an overview of data classification in Snowflake including how it works and its benefits. Classification analyzes metadata and fields to associate system tags with personal data columns to track sensitive information like IDs, locations, or salaries. This helps facilitate compliance and improve governance by enabling tools like access policies and data masking.

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4/29/24, 3:12 PM Introduction to Classification | Snowflake Documentation

Guides Data Governance Data Classification


Introduction to Classification
ENTERPRISE EDITION FEATURE
This feature requires Enterprise Edition or higher. To inquire about upgrading,
please contact Snowflake Support.

This topic provides information on how classification works.


For information on how to use custom classifiers, see Custom Data Classification.
Overview
Classification is a multi-step process that associates Snowflake-defined system
tags to columns by analyzing the fields and metadata for personal data; this data
can be tracked by a data engineer using SQL and Snowsight. A data engineer can
classify columns in a table to determine whether the column contains certain kinds
of data that need to be tracked or protected, such a unique identifier (passport or
bank account data), a quasi-identifier (the city in which the individual lives), or a
sensitive value (the salary of an individual).
By tracking the data with a system tag and protecting the data by using a masking
or row access policy, the data engineer can improve the governance posture
associated with the data. The overall result of the classification and data protection
steps is to facilitate compliance with data privacy regulations.
You can classify a single table or tables in a schema. Snowflake provides
predefined system tags to enable you to classify and tag columns, or you can use
custom classifiers to define your own semantic category based on your knowledge
of your data. You can also choose an approach the uses Snowflake system tags
and custom classifiers depending on the governance posture that you wish to
adopt.
Classification provides the following benefits to data privacy and data governance
administrators:
Data access The results of classifying column data can inform identity and
access management administrators to evaluate and maintain
their Snowflake role hierarchies to ensure the Snowflake roles
have the appropriate access to sensitive or PII data.
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