Inbuilt Types and Detectors

PII Types

​ Tokern can detect multiple types of PII. In-built types are: ​

• Phone
• Email
• Credit Card
• Address
• Person/Name
• Birth Date
• Gender
• Nationality
• SSN
• User Name
• Password
• Zip Code
• PO Box ​ ​

ColumnNameRegexDetector

Tokern uses common regular expressions on column names to detect sensitive data. ​

• PERSON

^.*(firstname|fname|lastname|lname|
    fullname|fname|maidenname|_name|
    nickname|name_suffix|name).*$

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• Email

^.*(email|e-mail|mail).*$

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• BIRTH_DATE

^.*(date_of_birth|dateofbirth|dob|
    birthday|date_of_death|dateofdeath|birthdate).*$

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• GENDER

^.*(gender).*$

• NATIONALITY

^.*(nationality).*$

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• ADDRESS

^.*(address|city|state|county|country|zone|borough).*$

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• ZIP_CODE

^.*(zipcode|zip_code|postal|postal_code|zip).*$

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• USER_NAME

^.*user(id|name|).*$

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• PASSWORD:

^.*pass.*$

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• US Social Security Number

^.*(ssn|social_number|social_security|
    social_security_number|social_security_no).*$

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• PO_BOX

^.*(po_box|pobox).*$

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DatumRegexDetector

Tokern uses the CommonRegex Improved package to scan a sample set of rows for sensitive data. ​ The following data categories are recognized using this method: ​

• Phone
• Email
• Credit Card
• Address
• US Social Security Number
• Zip Code
• PO Box