Aurva

How Aurva Compares to Palo Alto (Dig Security)

Aurva secures the entire data lifecycle. Dig stops at storage.

Real-time data security, from entry to exit.

Most data security tools only tell you where your data is, not who accessed it, what they accessed, or why. This missing context leaves security teams blind to insider threats, unauthorized access, and data exfiltration, exposing sensitive information to constant risk.

Aurva fills this critical gap with real-time, end-to-end data observability. It tracks every interaction from entry to exit, providing precise, actionable insights without the blind spots and overhead of legacy systems. This means you can detect complex threats, secure sensitive data, and respond faster without compromise.

See More, Secure More

See beyond simple tags and labels with Aurva’s NLP-driven classification, accurately identifying sensitive data across structured, unstructured, and AI-driven environments.

Features

Data Classification

Context-aware NLP models for high-accuracy data classification
OCR support
Country specific models

Regex-based data classification
OCR Support

Document classification

Identifies a wide range of documents, including legal, financial, and custom categories

Not supported

Data Localization

Support for internal data storage as well as external data sharing locations

Support for internal data storage

Coverage: Data assets

All major DBs across AWS and GCP, including Bigtable, ScyllaDB, AlloyDB, Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDBAtlas, and custom DB support within a month of onboarding

Major DBs across AWS and GCP supported. No support for ScyllaDB and AlloyDB

Coverage: SaaS tools

GDrive and O365 Support is provided

Not supported yet. Building support for O365

Uncover Every Interaction

Aurva tracks how data moves within and beyond your environment, from entry to exit, including app-to-app transfers and third-party sharing. Aurva delivers complete, real-time visibility into data flows that competitors often miss.

Features

Cloud DLP (Egress Monitoring)

Comprehensive monitoring of all outbound data transfers, by analyzing complete network traffic.

Not Supported

Data Exfiltration Monitoring

Threat Intelligence to detect malicious third parties and locations.

Not Supported

Complete Data Flows

Tracks and monitors all data flows within the environment, ensuring visibility over data movements and interactions

Focuses on data discovery and classification without real-time flow visibility

Runtime Security

Strong focus on monitoring and securing data in real-time, providing a holistic view of data flows and access, including complete application to application flows

Monitoring activity through Cloudtrail/Audit Logs (limited to core services)

Remediation Steps

Detailed step-by-step remediation supported

GPT-based recommendations

Real-Time, High-Precision Insight

Capture every query, access, and data interaction without latency, providing continuous, context-rich monitoring for both human and machine identities.

Features

Need for Audit Logs Enabling

Not required. Logs generated through eBPF based monitoring

Need to enable Cloudtrail/Audit Logs which are expensive and not comprehensive

Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)

Option to enable DAM for compliance which correlates with sensitive data

Not supported

Integration with Logs to understand access to public bucket

Supported

Analytics on top of Cloudtrail logs to understand bucket level access

Anomaly detection

Detects anomalies across data flows, access patterns, and user behavior

Limited to static anomaly

Additional use cases:

Features

Regulatory Compliance

Helps organizations comply with regulations like RBI Infosec policies for PSO, SEBI, IRDAI Infosec policies, and automates DPDPA/GDPR, providing detailed visibility and control over data

Compliance-related policies

Access Permissions Overview

All application level active access.
Granular employee based access overview for Metabase, Redash, Looker, etc. as well as DAM
Roles and IAM policy based accessors support.

Roles and IAM based accessors

Conclusion

Aurva: Beyond Storage, Into Real Data Security

Aurva moves beyond just tracking where data is stored. It provides real-time, context-aware visibility into who is accessing what data, why, and how it moves across complex environments. This comprehensive approach empowers security teams to protect sensitive data with precision, even in dynamic, hybrid architectures.

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