TITUS

What TITUS does

TITUS is an Ottawa-based data classification software company founded in 2005 that was acquired by Fortra and is now operated as Fortra's Data Classification Suite (DCS). The product identifies, labels, and organizes sensitive information across on-premises environments, major SaaS storage platforms (Microsoft SharePoint, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox), and end-user productivity tools (Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, AutoCAD, DraftSight). Core technical capabilities include classification at the point of creation via alert-driven policy guidance, persistent labels that travel with files and enrich metadata for downstream security tools, scanning and retro-labeling of data at rest, and a machine-learning-powered Intelligent Protection feature that is trainable per customer to recognize company-specific document categories such as board-level communications, M&A material, and IP. The Classifier Suite (formerly Boldon James) extends coverage into office and CAD workflows and is integrated with Fortra DLP via SDK to align DLP policies with classification schemas.

The company sells to enterprise customers in regulated industries — financial services, healthcare, public sector/defense, and broad data-privacy-mandated organizations — with named users including Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Allianz, GE, Walgreens, Dollar General, BAE Systems, and The Pokémon Company International. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales plus inside sales, with quote-based custom subscription pricing, a partner/channel program, and an AWS Marketplace listing; 1,000+ customers are cited. Product positioning targets compliance with HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, SOX, DORA, GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, ITAR, CMMC L1/L2/L3, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP Moderate, and NATO STANAG. Leadership disclosed includes CTO Steph Charbonneau and Chief Architect Ayman Wassif; the company has 51-100 employees and is private under Fortra's ownership.

Name

TITUS

Website

https://titus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TITUS, now Fortra's Data Classification Suite, is an Ottawa-based enterprise software company that identifies and labels sensitive information across on-premises, SaaS, and cloud environments. It serves 1,000+ regulated-industry customers in financial services, healthcare, public sector, and defense with persistent labels and machine-learning-powered classification.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Classification and Security Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Discovery, Classification & Labeling (HDADAFAF)

Keywords

• Data classification software
• Data security solutions
• Information protection
• Data loss prevention
• Compliance management

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing and Subscription: Fortra Data Classification is sold as a software platform with both on-premises and cloud deployment options. The product is offered via 'Request a Demo' and 'Get a Quote' pricing models, suggesting enterprise licensing. The Data Classification Suite and Classifier Suite are the primary product offerings, with unlimited classifier fields and reporting functionality.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TITUS provides data classification software that identifies, labels, and organizes sensitive information across emails, documents, and file types in on-premises, SaaS, and cloud environments. Following acquisition by Fortra, TITUS operates as the Data Classification Suite (DCS), delivering persistent labels, machine learning-based intelligent protection, and compliance support for organizations in regulated industries. Classifier Suite extends classification into productivity applications like Microsoft Office and CAD tools.

Product overview

TITUS is now part of Fortra's Data Classification portfolio, offering a unified platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering is Data Classification Suite (DCS), formerly Fortra's Titus, which provides data classification, identification, and reporting capabilities. This core platform is complemented by Classifier Suite (formerly Boldon James), which focuses on classification within productivity applications like Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, and CAD software. The products integrate with various cloud storage platforms (SharePoint, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox) and can work alongside Fortra's own DLP solution to enable automated policy enforcement based on persistent metadata labels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Data Classification Suite (DCS) Previously known as Fortra's Titus, Data Classification Suite allows organizations to add rich context to on-prem and cloud data with data classification, identification, and reporting capabilities. Offers unlimited classifier fields for ultimate flexibility, integrates with SharePoint, OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox, and supports NATO STANAG conformance.
• Classifier Suite Previously known as Fortra's Boldon James, Classifier Suite offers robust classification for standard office applications like Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes and CAD software like AutoCAD and DraftSight, with reporting functionality and optional further customization via the Classifier SDK.
• Fortra Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ happy customers trust Fortra Data Classification

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Microsoft SharePoint / SharePoint OnlinecoreTechnology or IntegrationFortra Data Classification integrates with Microsoft SharePoint and SharePoint Online to automatically apply persistent labels to data discovered in these SaaS storage environments, enabling consistent classification and policy enforcement.
• Microsoft OneDrivecoreTechnology or IntegrationFortra Data Classification integrates with Microsoft OneDrive to scan and apply persistent labels to data at rest in OneDrive environments, supporting compliance and data governance.
• BoxcoreTechnology or IntegrationFortra Data Classification integrates with Box to automatically apply persistent labels to discovered data, supporting cloud data security and compliance in Box environments.
• DropboxcoreTechnology or IntegrationFortra Data Classification integrates with Dropbox to scan and apply persistent labels to data at rest in Dropbox storage, enabling classification coverage across cloud platforms.
• AWS MarketplacecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFortra Data Classification is available in AWS Marketplace, allowing AWS customers to discover, evaluate, and procure the data classification solution through AWS's marketplace platform.
• Microsoft Office / Lotus NotescoreTechnology or IntegrationFortra Classifier Suite (formerly Boldon James) provides classification functionality for standard office applications including Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes, enabling persistent labeling directly within productivity tools.
• AutoCAD / DraftSightcoreTechnology or IntegrationFortra Classifier Suite provides classification for CAD software including AutoCAD and DraftSight, extending data classification capabilities to engineering and design document workflows.
• Fortra DLPcoreTechnology or IntegrationSDK-based integration between Fortra Data Classification and Fortra DLP closes gaps in file type coverage, aligns DLP policies with classification schemas, and extends protection beyond endpoints, creating a unified data security stack.
• NATO / STANAGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFortra Data Classification enables NATO member countries to conform with strict STANAG requirements, enabling secure communications and interoperability across multinational environments. This supports consistent labeling, metadata enforcement, and secure information sharing.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Collibra: Enterprise data governance and catalog platform serving data steward and privacy use cases. Comparable to TITUS at the data-governance layer (especially for GDPR/CCPA), but operates as a broader data catalog rather than a labeling engine for documents and emails.
• OneTrust: Privacy, security, and governance platform with data discovery, classification, and consent management capabilities. Comparable to TITUS on the privacy-driven PII discovery and labeling workflow, though OneTrust's broader portfolio dilutes focus on classification specifically.

Emerging players

• Immuta: Data access and security platform with policy-driven controls over structured data in cloud warehouses. Partial overlap with TITUS on data-policy orchestration, but Immuta focuses on structured data and access policy, while TITUS emphasizes unstructured document labeling.
• Seclore: Data-centric security platform with persistent file-level encryption and usage controls. Comparable to TITUS in applying persistent, traveling protections to documents and emails, though focused more on usage-control enforcement than on labeling-driven policy orchestration.
• BigID: Data intelligence platform with classification, data cataloging, and privacy management. Overlaps with TITUS on automated sensitive-data discovery and labeling for GDPR/CCPA use cases, but positioned more as a data catalog and privacy platform than a labeling-first product.

Direct peers

• Spirion: Data classification and sensitive data discovery vendor focused on PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance use cases. Overlaps with TITUS on automated data discovery, labeling, and remediation in regulated industries.
• Digital Guardian (Fortra): Data loss prevention and endpoint data protection vendor, also owned by Fortra. Highly comparable in buyer, regulated verticals, and DLP-adjacent classification use cases; integrates with Fortra's Data Classification Suite to form a unified data security stack.
• Varonis: Data security platform with deep classification, data discovery, and DSPM capabilities across file shares, SaaS, and cloud. Competes head-to-head with TITUS in regulated enterprises that need automated labeling, sensitive data discovery, and downstream policy enforcement.
• Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Microsoft's native classification and labeling capability embedded in M365 E3/E5 and Purview. It is the most direct substitute for TITUS, applying persistent sensitivity labels to documents and emails across the Microsoft ecosystem at effectively zero marginal cost to enterprise Microsoft customers.
• Netwrix (formerly StealthBits): Data classification and governance vendor serving regulated enterprises with content-aware classification, access governance, and compliance reporting. Directly comparable to TITUS on data classification workflows and target buyer (compliance and security leaders in financial services and healthcare).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TITUS
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/titus-
• Facebookfacebook.com/TitusOttawa

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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