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title: Exploring ServiceNow Vault
description: Learn more about ServiceNow Vault and review the benefits it can provide for your data protection needs.
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# Exploring ServiceNow Vault

Learn more about ServiceNow Vault and review the benefits it can provide for your data protection needs.

## ServiceNow Vault overview

ServiceNow Vault is a set of data security tools that protect sensitive information from unauthorized access, corruption, or theft throughout its entire life cycle. You can use ServiceNow Vault to apply protections like encryption, continuous authentication, and data privacy for the redaction and auditing of sensitive information.

**Note:**

ServiceNow Vault is a paid plugin that ServiceNow personnel must activate on your production instance. ServiceNow Vault includes the components listed here.

To purchase a subscription, contact your ServiceNow account manager. When you purchase a subscription, certain plugins are activated automatically. If a paid plugin isn't activated automatically, you can manually activate it from the **All Applications** list in your instance.

## ServiceNow Vault benefits

|Benefit|Feature|Users|
|-------|-------|-----|
|Get a comprehensive ServiceNow Vault overview and review the metrics related to the discovery, classification, and protection of your data|[ServiceNow Vault console dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/vault-dashboard.md)|Platform Admins|
|Guided setups to easily start using ServiceNow Vault tools with applications|[Use guided setup for ServiceNow Vault](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/use-vault-guided-setup.md)|Platform Admins|

## What to explore next

To learn more about configuring and using ServiceNow Vault, see:

-   [AI in ServiceNow Vault](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-now-assist-vault.md)
-   [Vault Suite](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/vault-suite.md)
-   [ServiceNow Vault console dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/vault-dashboard.md)
-   [Configuring ServiceNow Vault](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/configuring-servicenow-vault.md)
-   [Use guided setup for ServiceNow Vault](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/use-vault-guided-setup.md)

## ServiceNow Vault tools

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[Platform Encryption \[Omitted image "bus-security.svg"\] Alt text:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/encryption.md)

 [Cloud Encryption and Field Encryption with Key Management is a suite of highly configurable encryption modules](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/encryption.md)

</td><td>

[Code Signing\[Omitted image "bus-contract.svg"\] Alt text:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/code-signing-landing.md)

 [Help improve security by validating sensitive application configuration data and scripts before they are used.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/code-signing-landing.md)

</td></tr><tr><td>

[Data Privacy\[Omitted image "bus-password-reset.svg"\] Alt text:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-privacy-classic/data-privacy-landing.md)

 [Use the Data Privacy plugin to remove personally identifiable information \(PII\) from user data when it is migrated from a production instance to a non-production instance.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-privacy-classic/data-privacy-landing.md)

</td><td>

[Data Discovery\[Omitted image "bus-find-an-app.svg"\] Alt text:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/data-discovery-landing.md)

 [The Data Discovery plugin enables you to find personally identifiable information \(PII\) from user data. The data can then be classified for further security measures.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/data-discovery-landing.md)

</td></tr><tr><td>

[Log Export Service\[Omitted image "bus-log-store.svg"\] Alt text:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-landing-page.md)

 [Improve security, performance, and user experience by exporting ServiceNow log data into enterprise log analytics using the log export service.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/les-landing-page.md)

</td><td>

[Zero Trust Access\[Omitted image "bus-block.svg"\] Alt text:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/session-access.md)

 [ServiceNow Session Access enables organizations to dynamically reduce user privilege in a web session](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/session-access.md)

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>-   **[AI in ServiceNow Vault](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-now-assist-vault.md)**  
With the ServiceNow Otto for Vault application, you can automate many tasks in Vault with the help of AI. These tasks include securing custom applications to improve your security posture, checking role access for an encrypted column to monitor your instance’s encryption access posture, and others.
-   **[Vault Suite](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/vault-suite.md)**  
Vault Suite deploys the complete set of ServiceNow Vault capabilities on your instance automatically, eliminating manual plugin setup.

**Parent Topic:**[ServiceNow Vault](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/servicenow-vault-landing.md)