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.
PII includes any data linked to a specific person, making it sensitive and subject to privacy and security regulations.
Personally identifiable information (PII) includes sensitive information such as full name, social security number, bank account number, and email address.
The PII Scan view is built into two main views: Scan Profile and Scan Results.
PII - Table of Contents
PII - Details
PII Profiles
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.
Add Scan Profile
Give the scan profile a Name of your choice.
Choose the Scan Type of data you want to identify.
ConnectSecure will detect American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, Atos Private Label, Aura, UnionPay, JCB, Fuel Card and Cirrus.
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.
Choose your Agent(s) that will scan for PII.
Define the Path Settings to include or exclude during the PII scan.
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.
Scan
Tap the Scan button to initiate a PII scan; you must first select at least one of the Scan Profiles.
Edit Scan
You must first select an existing scan profile to use the Edit Scan options.
Make any desired changes, then tap Save; otherwise, click Cancel.
Remove Scan
You must first select an existing scan profile to use the Remove Scan options.
Select Yes in the Confirmation box to remove the PII scan profile.
PII Results
What are PII Scan Results? 🤔
This is where you can view the results of your PII scans. Before you can view any results, you must first configure a PII Scan; see PII section above for information.
Here, you can view your PII scan(s) results. These fields include Status, PII Data Type, Source Type, Total Machines, File Path, and Input URL.
Label | General Use / Description |
|---|---|
Status | Displays as Pending or Remediated |
PII Data | Displays the PII data type (Bank Account Number, Credit Card, Date of Birth, Driving License, Email, IP Address, MAC Address, OAuth Token, Phone, or Social Security Number. |
Source Type | Displays source of PII Scan. |
Total Machines | Displays the count of machines where PII data is found. |
File Path | Displays the file path where PII data is found. |
Input URL | Displays the Path Settings from the selected PII Scan Profile. |
You will also find standard filtering and searching options.
You can click on the PII Data column to see details of the PII data identified.
PII - Action Toolbar Overview
The action toolbar has the standard Jobs and Alerts options.
PII - Action Toolbar Details
Jobs
Tap to view the PII scan jobs for the selected company.
Alerts
Tap to view the timeline-style alerts for the selected company.
Need Support?
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