PII Data

Overview

The PII Scan feature allows the user to select a configured repository connector and job, then scan the repository for Personally Identifiable Information (Pii).

This can include phone numbers, social security numbers, proper names, and addresses.

A temporary job is created using the repository configuration of the selected job.

Important:  File size limit is 95MB

PII Tutorial


Running the PII Scan

Under Analytics select PII Scan and complete the PII Scan page

  • Select the repository connection you want to scan

  • Select the Job to scan for PII

  • Optional

    • Start Date: Select a date to start searching for PII. If left blank the Job start time will be used

    • Exclude Binaries

    • Define list of properties. The default is all properties.

    • Notify of completion by email.

  • Select the Scan for PII button

Important:  When running a PII Scan for a job with the PII Detection task included, please uncheck the "Break up PII data into individual fields with a prefix. (Ex. prefix_CreditCard)". Otherwise, the total PII instance will be 0


Viewing PII Data

Once the PII is ran users can view the PII report in the Discovery UI by either:

  • Clicking on the link provided in the Scan complete notification box or

  • Selecting PII Data Viewer in the left navigation pane on the home page of the Discovery UI


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