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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Glenn Weidner, Gilroy, CA (US);
Krishnaswamy Sundaramurthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Shraddha Baliram Kannav, San Jose, CA (US);
Haeri Kim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ngan Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Shashi Kumar Nanjaiah, Sacramento, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, a computer program product, and a system for detecting sensitive information in a non-relational database. The method includes partitioning a non-relational database into a plurality of partitions that are based characteristics relating to the non-relational database. The method also includes analyzing, by proceeding in an iterative manner with a first partition from the plurality of partitions, detecting a plurality of documents within the first partition containing metadata and data values, populating a table with the metadata representing fields and the data values relating to the metadata representing records, detecting sensitive information in the table, and recording the sensitive information. The method further includes proceeding with a second partition acting as a next entry for a next iteration, until all partitions in the plurality of partitions are analyzed, and reporting the sensitive information gathered from the partitions.