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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Vijay Simha Joshi, Karnataka, IN;
Hozefa Yusuf Palitanawala, Foster City, CA (US);
Pallab Rath, Bangalore, IN;
Bharat Shrikrishna Paliwal, Fremont, CA (US);
John Chaitanya Kati, Foster City, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for automatically discovering and protecting sensitive data are disclosed. In some embodiments, a set of data objects is searched for data matching a first set of one or more regular expressions and for metadata matching a second set of one or more regular expressions. A confidence score is then generated for a particular data objects in the set of data objects as a function of regular expressions in the first set of one or more regular expressions that match data stored in the particular data object and regular expression in the second set of one or more regular expressions that match metadata associated with the particular data object. One or more operations may be performed to protect sensitive data stored in the particular data object based, at least in part, on the confidence score.