Immuta Teams with Alation to Eliminate the Last-Mile Problem in Data Access

The integration unifies data discovery and governed access into a single data provisioning workflow, accelerating secure data access for both humans and AI while scaling with today's data demands.

BOSTON, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Immuta, the leader in data access provisioning, today announced a new integration with Alation that connects Alation's Data product Marketplace with Immuta's automated data access workflows. Now generally available, the integration allows users to discover data products in Alation and request access through Immuta–streamlining what is often a slow, bureaucratic process. Immuta brings requesters and approvers together through a unified workflow, allowing each stakeholder to take action in parallel and focus on one outcome: making data access decisions quickly, securely, and at scale.

This collaboration brings together Alation's Data Product Marketplace with Immuta's data access approval workflows and policy enforcement engine, giving data consumers a unified experience from discovering data products to gaining access through a streamlined, policy-driven workflow–eliminating the delays, tickets, and manual steps that typically slow teams down. The result is faster access to data–with the same control, rigor, and auditability–scaled to meet the needs of modern enterprises as they grow the number of data consumers across teams and data platforms.

"Data discovery is only half the battle. Access is where things break down for organizations," says Matt Carroll, CEO and co-founder of Immuta. "This integration addresses that. By combining Immuta's automated provisioning with Alation's marketplace, we're streamlining the entire process–from discovery to access decisions–by eliminating the bureaucracy that slows data down. Too many people need to approve too many things. We make it simple and fast by using a combination of birthright access and request workflows, powered by AI, to automate most decisions and route the rest to the right person. And unlike others, we don't just approve–we actually provision the data.

Data access is still the bottleneck

Organizations have made major strides in cataloging and surfacing data, giving users better visibility than ever. But getting actual access to data is still a challenge. Manual approval workflows, legacy governance systems, and inconsistent policy enforcement leave business users and AI agents waiting days or weeks to use the data they need. Most of these delays are the result of IT service request tickets–via platforms like ServiceNow–which were designed for application access, not data access.

"Bringing together Alation's metadata-driven discovery with Immuta's dynamic policy enforcement means users can now find and access trusted data in one seamless workflow," says Jake Magner, senior director of product management at Alation. "It is a significant step forward for data teams aiming to scale governed, AI-ready access across the enterprise."

The growing adoption of data products and AI strategies has only added pressure. Data teams are forced to choose between complex workarounds or over-provisioning–neither of which scales. The Immuta-Alation integration eliminates that tradeoff by tightly coupling discovery and provisioning in one secure, automated workflow.

The fastest path from data product to business impact

This new integration helps data teams accelerate time-to-insight, reduce manual work, and deliver consistent governance across platforms like Snowflake and Databricks. Key benefits include:

• Centralized inventory with consistent policy management: Alation's rich metadata catalog feeds directly into Immuta's native policy engine for end-to-end control.
  
  
• Metadata-driven automation: Policies are applied dynamically based on metadata tags, without the need for manual tagging or intervention.
  
  
• Self-service access provisioning: Users get approved data access in minutes, not weeks, removing the time to data delay and the pain of all of the process.
  
  
• Always-on auditing and monitoring: Every access decision is logged, enabling full traceability and compliance.
  
  
• AI-enabled Access Decisions: Immuta's Review Assist AI gives governance teams AI-powered insights and recommendations to speed up and standardize data access approvals—cutting through the noise and scaling access review for both users and AI agents.

"The new Immuta capability embedded in Alation allows users at GRAIL to seamlessly discover data assets in the catalog and directly request access with a single click," says Ganjanan Lankar, associate director of software engineering at GRAIL. "This streamlines the approval process by notifying approvers and leveraging Immuta's automated risk-based recommendations. The integration reduces friction between discovery and access, enabling faster, compliant use of data for analysis."

Together, Immuta and Alation are removing the last-mile friction between finding data and using it–making it possible for organizations to move at the speed of business without compromising control. This integration not only simplifies how data teams manage governance, but also enables enterprises to confidently scale self-service access as they adopt data product and AI strategies. With discovery and provisioning finally unified, data becomes immediately usable with no delays, IT service ticket requests, and trusted access, exactly when and where it's needed.

The integration is now generally available globally across all supported cloud environments. To learn more visit: https://www.alation.com/blog/alation-immuta-data-products/

About Immuta:
Since 2015, Immuta has helped Fortune 500 companies and government agencies put data to work faster and more safely than ever before. As organizations face exploding demand for data access provisioning from both human and AI systems, Immuta's platform automates data provisioning and governance across complex data ecosystems. By eliminating manual processes that create access delays, Immuta helps enterprises provision secure access at unprecedented speed while maintaining continuous compliance. The company's intelligent solutions streamline collaboration between data consumers, stewards, and governors, enabling organizations to scale data use without scaling risk. For more information, visit immuta.com.

About Alation:
Alation is the data intelligence company. Nearly 600 global enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 100 — rely on Alation to realize value from their data and AI initiatives. Customers such as Cisco, DocuSign, Nasdaq, Pfizer, and Samsung trust Alation's platform for self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI-ready data, fostering data-driven innovation at scale. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Alation has been recognized five times by Inc. Magazine as one of the Best Workplaces. To learn more, visit www.alation.com.

SOURCE Immuta