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Default NER data patterns

Use Named Entity Recognition (NER) based discovery to help discover sensitive data that does not follow fixed patterns.

Several Data Privacy capabilities support using Named Entity Recognition (NER) model data patterns to discover data such as names, organizations, nationalities, and political affiliations. Data patterns with the type Model use this feature (see Configure Data Discovery patterns for more details).

Warning: This feature requires an additional $0 SKU to be signed by the customer in order to be enabled. Also, customers must have the latest version of the GenAI Controller sn.generative.ai installed on their instance (which requires the admin role).

NER data patterns can be used for:

NameDescriptionNamed Entity RecognitionKeywordsExamples
AddressA full or partial location identifier, including street names, unit / plot numbers, but excludes city, state, country and zip code.ADDRESS 
  • Matching
  • 135 Roslea Rd Hayward
  • [135, Roslea Rd]
  • Non matching
  • New York, NY
  • Apt. 11
CityThe name of a city or town from regions and countries around the world.CITY 
  • Matching
  • Hayward
  • Cleburne
  • Non matching
  • Switzerland
  • 87591
CountryThe name of a sovereign nation or territory.COUNTRY 
  • Matching
  • USA
  • India
  • Non matching
  • U-S-A
  • U.S.A.
Date & TimeAbsolute or relative dates or periods or times smaller than a day.DATE\_TIME 
  • Matching
  • 22-07-1992
  • 22/07/1992
  • 07/22/1992
  • 07-22-1992
  • 07 12 1992
  • Non matching

55 II IOO5

Job positionA specific role or set of responsibilities within an organization, designated to be filled by an employee.JOB\_POSITION 
  • Matching
  • senior software engineer
  • Director
  • CSR
  • Lecturer
  • Non matching

sr software engineer

LocationName of politically or geographically defined location \(cities, provinces, countries, international regions, bodies of water, mountainsLOCATION 
  • Matching
  • Himalayas
  • Great Lakes
  • Mount Rainier
  • Non matching
  • Bay Of Bengal
  • The south
Nationality, religious or political groups \(NRPs\)A person's nationality, religious or political group.NRP 
  • Matching
  • American
  • Indian
  • Indo-american
  • Non matching
  • Bald
  • Handsome
OrganizationName of organization.ORGANIZATION 
  • Matching

Abraham & Lincoln co.

  • Non matching

Now india co

PersonA full person name, which can include first names, middle names or initials, and last names.PERSONFred Luddy, Abel Tuter, Abraham Lincoln
  • Matching
  • Fred Luddy
  • Abel Tuter
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Non matching
  • Fred
  • Toyota
SalaryA numeric value representing an individual's earnings, often accompanied by currency symbols.SALARY 
  • Matching

my salary is $500, my salary is ₹500, my pay is 1.234,56 €

  • Non matching

40/hour

StateStates, Provinces, Prefectures and regions around the world.STATE 
  • Matching
  • CA
  • IN
  • Non matching
  • Australia
  • Pacific Northwest