Protected data type handling awareness

A computer-implemented method for monitoring a usage of one or more protected data types, the method comprising:

• providing, by way of a computer system, a protected data type library comprising one or more protected data type classes configured to perform operations on the one or more protected data types, the one or more protected data type classes further configured to generate data at a runtime describing runtime usage of the one or more protected data types;
• causing a software package that uses at least one of the one or more protected data type classes to be deployed to one or more hosts for execution;
• causing the software package to be executed on the one or more hosts, whereby the at least one of the one or more protected data type classes emit the data describing the runtime usage of the one or more protected data types on the one or more hosts;
• and
• generating a protected data type usage graph from at least the data describing the runtime usage of the one or more protected data types, the protected data type usage graph comprising data identifying the one or more hosts and the runtime usage of the one or more protected data types on the one or more hosts.

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• provide a protected data type library comprising one or more protected data type classes, at least a protected data type class of the one or more protected data type classes for performing at least an operation on a protected data type;
• generate a fact manifest at a build time of a software package that uses at least the protected data type class, the fact manifest comprising data identifying the protected data type used by the software package;
• cause the software package to be sent to one or more hosts for execution;
• and
• generate a usage graph from at least the fact manifest, the usage graph comprising data identifying the protected data type used by the software package and the one or more hosts to which the software package has been sent for execution.