Data Discovery Parent topic

Use the Data Discovery screen to configure and run data discovery tasks that scan and locate sensitive content in data at rest on your network.
A data discovery scan is a two-step process:
  1. Specify scan targets in data discovery task definitions.
  2. Run or schedule the discovery task.
WARNING
WARNING
Performing a full scan of an endpoint drive or directory could cause a noticeable system slowdown for the user.
Note
Note
Due to security and performance issues, DLP does not scan the autoexec.bat file and the following file paths:
?:\Documents and Settings\*\Application Data\
?:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\
?:\Documents and Settings\*\Cookies\
?:\Program Files\
?:\Windows\
?:\Winnt\
?:\Users\*\AppData\
?:\ProgramData\
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