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Configuring and Running Discovery Scans

Privacera Discovery scans are used to identify sensitive data in connected data sources.

Discovery scan targets

After an application data source has been connected, subsets of that data can be configured as scan targets.

To define a Privacera Discovery scan target:

  1. To add specific databases and tables in case of JDBC connector or resource in case of File System to be scan targets, go to Discovery > Data Source.

  2. Click the desired application in the Applications section.

  3. Click ADD to define a subset of that Datasource for scanning.

    • Enter the database name (database or for Snowflake database.schema) or wildcard asterisk for all databases.

    • Enter one or more comma-separated table names or wildcard asterisk for all tables. Wildcard asterisks can also be used in table names as prefix, suffix, or inside the name.

    • Enter one or more comma-separated file name or folder name. Wildcard asterisks can also be used in file/folder names as prefix or suffix.

Start a scan

After a scan target is established, it can be scanned. Each database/table set is listed by row, under Scanning Details. The columns are: Database , Tables , and Actions.

To start a scan, click SCAN RESOURCE.

The following message is displayed:

Scan request is in the queue, please check after 2 minutes.

View a scan

Completion status and various statistics for all scan Discovery > Scan Status.

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