What is PII Scanning? 🤔
PII scanning, or Personally Identifiable Information scanning, refers to systematically searching for and identifying sensitive information that can be used to identify individuals personally.
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The PII Scan view is built into two main views: Scan Profile and Scan Results.
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PII - Table of Contents
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PII - Details
PII Profiles
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What is a PII Profile? This is where you configure ConnectSecure agents to scan for PII, set scan criteria, and determine file types to be scanned. You must configure a profile to use the PII scan feature. |
Add, Edit, Delete, and Scan from the PII Profiles section.
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Add Scan Profile
Give the scan profile a Name of your choice.
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Choose the Scan Type of data you want to identify.
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ConnectSecure will detect American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, Atos Private Label, Aura, UnionPay, JCB, Fuel Card and Cirrus. |
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ConnectSecure will not detect these cards due to spaces or gaps in some cases: Maestro, Dankort, Eftpos, Hipercard, Vpay, Visa_dankort, Uk Fuel Card, Troy, Sodexo, and Cabal. |
Select any additional Allowed Extension Types to scan for.
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When specifying paths for scanning, the logical root path is required to ensure the scan starts from the correct directory and interprets the wildcard accurately. Example for Windows: C:\Users\*\Documents\ Example for Linux/MAC: /home/*/Documents/ |
Tap Save when completed.
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Scan
Tap the Scan button to initiate a PII scan; you must first select at least one of the Scan Profiles.
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Edit Scan
You must first select an existing scan profile to use the Edit Scan options.
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Make any desired changes, then tap Save; otherwise, click Cancel.
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Remove Scan
You must first select an existing scan profile to use the Remove Scan options.
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Select Yes in the Confirmation box to remove the PII scan profile.
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PII Results
What are PII Scan Results? 🤔
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You can click on the PII Data column to see details of the PII data identified.
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PII - Action Toolbar Overview
The action toolbar has the standard Jobs and Alerts options.
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PII - Action Toolbar Details
Jobs
Tap to view the PII scan jobs for the selected company.
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Alerts
Tap to view the timeline-style alerts for the selected company.
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Need Support?
Contact our support team by sending an email to support@connectsecure.com or by visiting our Partner Portal, where you can create, view, and manage your tickets.
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