Identifying that an item of information potentially includes an item of sensitive information

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer code for identifying that an item of information potentially includes an item of sensitive information, the computer code including instructions to cause a processor to:

• receive the item of information in a response to a query of an end-user database;
• determine an existence of a characteristic associated with the item of information by at least one of:
• comparing a format of the item of information, received in the response to the query, with a format known to be used for an item of information that includes the item of sensitive information,
• determining that the item of information, received in the response to the query, matches an item of information, received from a second database, known to include the item of sensitive information, or
• analyzing a source, in the end-user database, of the item of information with respect to an organization of items of information in the end-user database,
• the characteristic being:
• indicative that the item of information potentially includes the item of sensitive information, and
• different from being that the source, in the end-user database, of the item of information has been designated, via an information management system, as unsearchable;
• and
• cause an action in response to a determination of the existence of the characteristic.

A system for identifying that an item of information potentially includes an item of sensitive information, the system comprising:

• a memory configured to store the item of information;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive the item of information in a response to a query of an end-user database;
• determine an existence of a characteristic associated with the item of information by at least one of:
• comparing a format of the item of information, received in the response to the query, with a format known to be used for an item of information that includes the item of sensitive information,
• determining that the item of information, received in the response to the query, matches an item of information, received from a second database, known to include the item of sensitive information, or
• analyzing a source, in the end-user database, of the item of information with respect to an organization of items of information in the end-user database,
• the characteristic being:
• indicative that the item of information potentially includes the item of sensitive information, and
• different from being that the source, in the end-user database, of the item of information has been designated, via an information management system, as unsearchable;
• and
• cause an action in response to a determination of the existence of the characteristic.