# What is LightBeam?

[LightBeam.ai](http://www.lightbeam.ai/) converges data security, privacy, and governance, enabling businesses to secure their data, remediate access risks, and comply with regulations with a single sensitive data platform. LightBeam ties together sensitive data across cloud, SaaS and on-prem locations covering structured (databases), unstructured (file repositories), and semi-structured applications. LightBeam enables you to start down the road of your zero trust data protection journey.

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## :mag: Spectra

The Spectra engine co-references all data fragments and uses AI to build an identity-centric PII graph for each entity.

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## LightBeam PrivacyOps

[<mark style="color:blue;">**PrivacyOps**</mark>](https://docs.lightbeam.ai/lxqobxw6ak7CTnsQjikH/core-features/privacyops/cookie-consent) provides workflows for assisting organizations in efforts to comply with state, national & international privacy regulations like **GDPR**, **CPRA**, **Quebec Law 25, India DPDP**, and so on.

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> <mark style="color:purple;"><strong>🤷‍♂️Self-serviced Data Subject Requests</strong></mark><br></td><td><br>Multiple privacy regulations have provided rights to individuals to access and erase their personal data. With <strong>PrivacyOps</strong>, businesses can respond to requests in no time.</td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/data-subject-request-dsr">data-subject-request-dsr</a></td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/data-subject-request-dsr">data-subject-request-dsr</a></td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4dc">📜</span> <mark style="color:purple;"><strong>Privacy Impact Assessments</strong></mark></td><td>LightBeam allows organizations to assess the privacy risks associated with their data processing activities</td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/privacy-impact-assessment-pia">privacy-impact-assessment-pia</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Consent Management</td><td></td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/consent-management">consent-management</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:purple;"><strong>🍪 Cookie Consent</strong></mark></td><td>Facilitates appropriate collection of user consent regarding cookies, which are small data snippets stored on user devices, mandated by stringent data protection regulations.</td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/cookie-consent">cookie-consent</a></td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/cookie-consent">cookie-consent</a></td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4dc">📜</span> <mark style="color:purple;"><strong>Record of Processing Activities</strong></mark><br></td><td><br>Keeping RoPA reports up to date helps businesses comply with <strong><code>GDPR Article 30</code></strong>, in addition to many other state and international regulations.</td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/records-of-processing-activity-ropa">records-of-processing-activity-ropa</a></td><td><a href="core-features/privacyops/records-of-processing-activity-ropa">records-of-processing-activity-ropa</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## :handshake: Data Governance

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