PII and Sensitive Data

The Catalog can help you identify your PII. How does it work? The Catalog can highlight columns that are likely to include PII based on the metadata received.

Start your journey by requesting a PII report from your Catalog team. This report provides the likelihood that a column includes PII. Once validated, you can tag columns as PII and report on them using advanced search or Governance reports.

Step 1: Start With the PII Likelihood Report

Ask your Catalog team to provide the PII likelihood report. This report analyzes all your metadata and provides the likelihood that a column might include PII based on the naming convention and a few other factors.

Step 2: Tag PII

Once confirmed, tag your PII columns by selecting the PII tag against it.

If a table includes PII, the PII tag will appear on the top right corner.

Step 3: Find PII

You can find your PII assets in advanced search by selecting the has PII checkbox.

You can also report all PII fields by downloading the PII columns report.