Sensitive Data Detection
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API Discovery detects and highlights sensitive data consumed and carried by your APIs, which allows applying encryption, tokenization, or other security controls to protect it and prevent data breaches and transmitting sensitive data across insecure channels or to unauthorized systems.
API Discovery detects the following types of sensitive data:
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Technical data like IP and MAC addresses
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Login credentials like secret keys and passwords
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Financial data like bank card numbers
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Medical data like medical license number
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Personally identifiable information (PII) like full name, passport number or SSN