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US 2021/0334407 A1Published application
Personally identifiable information storage detection by searching a metadata source
AssigneeServiceNow, Inc.
InventorsAlexander North, Nicholas Farrenkopf, Kyle Del Castillo
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Abstract
A configuration associated with locating personally identifiable information stored in a database is received. An alternate metadata source separate from the database is identified. The separate alternate metadata source is searched using the configuration to identify locations in the database that store personally identifiable information.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a configuration associated with locating personally identifiable information stored in a database;
- identifying an alternate metadata source separate from the database;
- and
- searching the separate alternate metadata source using the configuration to identify locations in the database that store personally identifiable information.
1 more element
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive a configuration associated with locating personally identifiable information stored in a database;
- identify an alternate metadata source separate from the database;
- and
- search the separate alternate metadata source using the configuration to identify locations in the database that store personally identifiable information;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
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A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving a configuration associated with locating personally identifiable information stored in a database;
- identifying an alternate metadata source separate from the database;
- and
- searching the separate alternate metadata source using the configuration to identify locations in the database that store personally identifiable information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.