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What is a PII Scan Profile? 🤔
This is where you can set up the parameters for the ConnectSecure agent(s) configure ConnectSecure agents to scan for PII, specify the set scan criteria, and determine the file types to be scanned.
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Global PII
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Profile - Table of Contents
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Global PII
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Profile - Overview
Let's start by configuring the profile needed to initiate a scan for Personally Identifiable Information (PII). You'll find a table containing the existing scanning profiles. By default, there none are none available, and you can use the ‘Add Scan Profile’ button to create your first one.
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Global PII
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Profile - Side Navigation Toolbar Overview
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Add Scan Profile - tap here to add a new scan profile that defines the scanning parameters.
Initiate Scan - starts a PII scan on the selected asset(s).
Edit Scan Profile - edit an existing scan profile; it requires one selected scan profile.
Remove Scan Profile - remove an existing scan profile; it requires one to make a selection at a time.
Jobs - view historical and active job data across all companies.
Alerts - tap to view the alert's timeline style.
Dashboard - tap to be redirected to the external dashboard site.
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Global PII Profile - Side Navigation Toolbar Actions
Add Scan Profile
Tap on the ‘Add Scan Profile’ button to get started.
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You will then have to complete the required fields for the PII scanning parameters, which include:
Name
Give the PII scanning profile a name.
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Scan Type
Select the type of PII data you want to scan for with this profile. Data types include the following.
Bank Account Number | IP Address |
Credit Card | MAC Address |
Date of Birth | OAuth Token |
Driving License | Phone |
Social Security Number |
Default Extension Type
By default, the PII scan will scan the following extension types.
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Extension | Description |
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.txt | Text file |
.zip | ZIP archive file |
Portable Document Format file | |
.xls | Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file (older format) |
.xlsx | Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file (newer format) |
.doc | Microsoft Word document file (older format) |
.docx | Microsoft Word document file (newer format) |
Allowed Extension Type
Certainly! Here's the information presented in a table format:We can use these additional, optional, and permitted extension types to search for personally identifiable information (PII).
Extension | Description |
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.c | C source code file |
.cpp | C++ source code file |
.go | Go source code file |
.html | Hypertext Markup Language file |
.js | JavaScript file |
.json | JavaScript Object Notation file |
.php | PHP script file |
.sh | Shell script file |
.tex | LaTeX document file |
.ts | TypeScript source code file |
.wpd | WordPerfect document file |
.xlsm | Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook file |
.xml | eXtensible Markup Language file |
.yaml/.yml | YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) file |
Choose Company
Select a company from the drop-down menu to associate with the scan profile.
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Choose Agent
Select an agent from the drop-down menu to associate with the scan profile.
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Source Type
Files will be auto-selected for you; there are currently no other choices.
Path Settings
Define the included and/or excluded path locations that the scanning parameters. This can include wildcard locations using the '*' when searching. You can add as many locations as needed or just search the entire storage/partition.
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Initiate Scan
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Edit Scan Profile
Remove Scan Profile
Jobs
Dashboard
PII Scan Profile - Results
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To initiate a PII scan, select one of the configured Global PII Profileoptions and tap the initiate scan icon.
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Once the scan is started, you can track the scan progress and status by clicking on the Jobs icon.
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Tap on the date/time stamp column to see the details further.
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See the timeline-style details of the job as it is being processed.
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Edit Scan Profile
To edit an existing scan profile, select one of the configuredGlobal PII Profileoptions.
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After making any necessary changes to the scan profile, tap Save. If you don't need to make any changes, click the Cancel button to exit.
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Remove Scan Profile
Select a record and tap the Remove Profile icon to remove an existing scan profile.
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You will be prompted to confirm the action of removing the profile. Tap Yes to remove; otherwise, click Cancel to back out and keep the profile.
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Jobs
Tap the jobs section to see the progress and status of the PII scanning.
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Standard Jobs and Alerts
You can access the Jobs history and Alerts timeline system of System Events
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