Sensitive data settings

Coro enables you to specify sensitive data types to scan on endpoint device drives to detect potential privacy violations. When sensitive information is detected on a device drive, Coro raises Endpoint Data Governance tickets to alert admin users.

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Coro does not actively monitor device drives for violations. An admin user with sufficient permissions must initiate or schedule a scan on a protected device to detect potential policy violations. For more details, see:

To access sensitive data settings:

  1. Sign in to the Coro console .
  2. From the sidebar, select Control Panel to access the Control Panel .
  3. Select Endpoint Data Governance :

    EDG module

  4. Select Privacy sensitive data .

    If data privacy parameters are not configured, Coro shows a banner page prompting you to set up parameters:

    Sensitive data settings

    If data privacy parameters are configured, the Privacy sensitive data tab shows your selected parameters:

    Sensitive data settings

Data privacy configuration

Create a data privacy configuration tailored to your organization’s needs. Based on your selected industry, Coro automatically selects the sensitive data types to scan for on device drives. This streamlines data privacy setup and enables:

  • Industry-based configuration : Select your industry to tailor data privacy settings to your organization.
  • Automated sensitive data type recommendations : Coro automatically selects sensitive data types based on your industry to help reduce ticket fatigue by minimizing unnecessary ticket generation. For more information, see Sensitive data types assigned per industry .
  • Configuration customization : Modify industry selections and data types to fit your organization’s needs.

For information on the sensitive data that Coro recognizes, see Sensitive data recognized by Coro.

For information on sensitive data type tickets, see Ticket types for Endpoint Data Governance.

Creating a data privacy configuration

Use the Privacy sensitive data tab to create a data privacy configuration tailored to your organizational requirements.

Coro automatically assigns sensitive data types based on your selected industry.

To create a configuration:

  1. From the Privacy sensitive data page, select SET UP PARAMETERS :

    Setup parameters

    Coro opens the Select industry dialog:

    Setup parameters

  1. Enable the industries applicable to your organization.
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    Use Search... to filter the list.

  2. Select SAVE to create your data privacy configuration:

    Select industry

    Coro displays your configuration and recommended data types:

    Panes

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    Select additional sensitive data types from the Other data types section to tailor detection for your organization.

Editing a data privacy configuration

Edit an existing data privacy configuration to modify industries and sensitive data types.

Editing industries

Edit industries defined in an existing configuration from the Selected parameters pane.

To edit industries:

  1. Select Edit :

    Edit industries

    Coro opens the Select industry dialog.

  2. Enable or disable additional industries.
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    Use Search... to filter the list.

  3. Select SAVE to update your data privacy configuration:

    Edit industry

    Coro displays your updated configuration:

    Panes

Editing sensitive data types

Edit sensitive data types defined in an existing configuration from the Privacy sensitive data pane.

Important

Editing your sensitive data types overrides the recommended selections made by Coro.

To edit sensitive data types:

  1. In Recommended data types , enable or disable sensitive data types preselected by Coro.
  2. In Other data types , enable or disable additional sensitive data types not preselected by Coro.

    Edit sensitive data types

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Coro automatically saves and applies your changes to sensitive data types.

Image file types

Coro scans documents and files on device drives for sensitive data based on your data privacy configuration. Coro also detects sensitive data in image files of the following types:

  • bmp
  • jfif
  • jpeg
  • jpg
  • png
  • tiff
  • webp
  • x-portable-anymap
  • x-portable-bitmap
  • x-portable-graymap
  • x-portable-pixmap
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Coro is unable to identify sensitive data in scanned PDFs or within images embedded in documents such as Microsoft Word.

Sensitive data types assigned per industry

Coro User Data Governance and Endpoint Data Governance automatically assign sensitive data types to your data privacy configuration based on your industry:

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This table does not cover all industries and might not address every scenario or requirement. Admin users must ensure that the data types they select in their Coro data governance configuration meet their organization’s needs.

Industry Data type
Accounting services Personal data
Agriculture and food Personal data AND credit card data
Automotive Non public data
Business and marketing Personal data
Business services Personal data
Colleges and universities Non public data AND personal data
Construction Personal data
Consulting Personal data
Consumer services Personal data
Education Personal data
Energy, utilities, and waste Personal data AND credit card data
Finance Non public data
Government Personal data
Health Health data AND personal data AND credit card data
Holding companies and conglomerates Personal data
Hospitality Personal data AND credit card data
HR Personal data
Insurance Non public data
IT services Personal data AND credit card data
Law firms and legal services Personal data
Manufacturing Personal data
Media and internet Personal data AND credit card data
Minerals and mining Personal data
Organizations Personal data
Pharma Health data AND personal data AND credit card data
Real estate Personal data
Retail Personal data AND credit card data
Software Personal data AND credit card data
Telecommunications Personal data AND credit card data
Transportation Personal data AND credit card data