Types of data that you can protect
This section contains information about the types of data that you can protect in a CloudWatch Logs data protection policy, and which countries and regions are relevant for each type of data.
For some types of sensitive data, CloudWatch Logs data protection scans for keywords in the proximity of the data, and
finds a match only if it finds that keyword. If a keyword contains a space, CloudWatch Logs data protection automatically matches keyword
variations that are missing the space or that contain an underscore (_
) or hyphen (-
)
instead of the space. In some cases, CloudWatch Logs also expands or abbreviates a keyword to address
common variations of the keyword.
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CloudWatch Logs managed data identifiers for sensitive data types
The following tables lists the types of credential, device, financial, medical, and protected health information (PHI) that CloudWatch Logs can detect using managed data identifiers. These are in addition to certain types of data that might also qualify as personally identifiable information (PII).
Supported identifiers that are language and region independent
Identifier | Category |
---|---|
|
Personal |
|
Credentials |
|
Financial |
|
Financial |
|
Financial |
|
Personal |
|
Personal |
|
Personal |
|
Personal |
|
Credentials |
|
Credentials |
|
Credentials |
|
Credentials |
|
Personal |
Region-dependent data identifiers must include the identifier name, then a hyphen, and then the
two-letter (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) codes. For example,
DriversLicense-US
.
Supported identifiers that must include a two-letter country or region code
Identifier | Category | Countries and languages |
---|---|---|
BankAccountNumber | Financial |
DE, ES, FR, GB, IT |
CepCode |
Personal |
BR |
Cnpj |
Personal |
BR |
CpfCode |
Personal |
BR |
DriversLicense |
Personal |
AT, AU, BE, BG, CA, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, US |
DrugEnforcementAgencyNumber |
Health |
US |
ElectoralRollNumber |
Personal |
GB |
HealthInsuranceCardNumber |
Health |
EU |
HealthInsuranceClaimNumber |
Health |
US |
HealthInsuranceNumber |
Health |
FR |
HealthcareProcedureCode |
Health |
US |
IndividualTaxIdentificationNumber |
Personal |
US |
InseeCode |
Personal |
FR |
MedicareBeneficiaryNumber |
Health |
US |
NationalDrugCode |
Health |
US |
NationalIdentificationNumber |
Personal |
DE, ES, IT |
NationalInsuranceNumber |
Personal |
GB |
NationalProviderId |
Health |
US |
NhsNumber |
Health |
GB |
NieNumber |
Personal |
ES |
NifNumber |
Personal |
ES |
PassportNumber |
Personal |
CA, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, US |
PermanentResidenceNumber |
Personal |
CA |
PersonalHealthNumber |
Health |
CA |
PhoneNumber |
Personal |
BR, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, US |
PostalCode |
Personal |
CA |
RgNumber |
Personal |
BR |
SocialInsuranceNumber |
Personal |
CA |
Ssn |
Personal |
ES, US |
TaxId |
Personal |
DE, ES, FR, GB |
ZipCode |
Personal |
US |