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. Auto-generated job details can be found in the job run history. And if the pii scan includes mapping audits than those details can be found in the mapping audits page under analytics.

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

  • Turn on include tasks and mapping if you would like the scan to run with the mappings and tasks that have been added to the job.

  • Give the scan a unique identifiable name.

  • 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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PII Properties