Manage Sensitive Types

You can manage sensitive types.

Update a User-Defined Sensitive Type

You can modify user-defined sensitive types, but not Oracle predefined sensitive types.

1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Data discovery.
2. Under Data discovery, select Sensitive types.
3. Search for and select the name of the user-defined sensitive type that you want to update.

   The Sensitive type information page is displayed.

4. Select Edit.

   The Edit Sensitive Type window is displayed.

5. Modify the parameters, and then click Save.

Move a User-Defined Sensitive Type to a Different Compartment

1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Data discovery.
2. Under Data discovery, select Sensitive types.
3. To search for the user-defined sensitive type that you want to move, in the Search and Filter field, select Oracle predefined/user defined and then select User defined.
4. Select the name of the user-defined sensitive type that you want to move. The Sensitive Type Details is displayed.
5. Select the Actions drop-down.
6. Select Move resource. The Move resource dialog box is displayed.
7. Select a compartment.
8. Select Move resource.

Delete a User-Defined Sensitive Type

Deleting a user-defined sensitive type is permanent. You cannot delete Oracle predefined sensitive types.

1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Data discovery.
2. Under Data discovery, select Sensitive types.
3. To search for the user-defined sensitive type that you want to move, in the Search and Filter field, select Oracle predefined/user defined and then select User defined.
4. Select the name of the user-defined sensitive type that you want to delete. The Sensitive Type Details is displayed.
5. Select the Actions drop-down.
6. Select Delete.
7. In the dialog box, select Delete to confirm.

Export and Upload User-Defined Sensitive Types

Exporting user-defined sensitive types allows you to export existing sensitive types and categories from one region or tenancy and then upload the same sensitive types and categories into other regions or tenancies using XML. This minimizes the time required to define the same sensitive types and categories multiple times across different regions or tenancies.

In order to export and upload sensitive types and categories, you need to obtain permissions on the data-safe-sensitive-types-export and data-safe-sensitive-types resources. See data-safe-discovery-sensitive-types-export Resource and data-safe-sensitive-types Resource for more information.

Export user-defined sensitive types

1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Data discovery.
2. Under Data discovery, select Sensitive types.
3. Select the Actions drop-down.
4. Select Export sensitive types as XML.
5. Enter a Name for the export resource.
6. Set the Compartment that the export resource will be saved in.

   The export resource will be stored in the selected compartment for three months, and will be automatically deleted after that. During the three months while the resource is available, you can access it to download the XML file containing the exported sensitive type(s). See Download exported sensitive types from the export resource for more information.

7. (Optional) Add a Description for the export resource.
8. Select which sensitive types and/or categories you want to export.

   You will see all sensitive categories and types available within the root compartment and all child compartments, regardless of what compartment you're currently in.

   When selecting sensitive types and categories that are children of other sensitive categories, the hierarchy will be preserved in the export, i.e, the parent sensitive categories will be exported as well. However, sibling sensitive types and categories will not be exported unless they are explicitly selected for export.

   Ensure that any sensitive categories that you select contain at least one sensitive type. You can't export an empty sensitive category.

9. (Optional) Select Add tag to organize your resources.
   1. Select a Namespace from the drop-down list.
   2. Select or enter a Key.
   3. Select or enter a Value.
10. Click Export sensitive types.

    You will be brought to the export resource details.

11. Click Download as XML.

Download exported sensitive types from the export resource

If it's been less than three months since you initiated the export of sensitive types, then you can access the XML of that export from the Sensitive type exports resource.

1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Data discovery.
2. Under Data discovery, select Sensitive type exports.
3. Select the desired export from the list.

   You will be brought to the export resource details.

4. Select Download as XML.

Upload user-defined sensitive types

This action is typically done in a different region or tenancy from where the export took place.

1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Data discovery.
2. Under Data discovery, select Sensitive types.
3. Select the Actions drop-down.
4. Select Upload sensitive types as XML.
5. Select the compartment that the sensitive types will be uploaded into.
6. Select the XML file of exported sensitive types from your local system to upload.
7. Select Upload.

   When uploading sensitive types and categories that were originally the children of other sensitive categories, the hierarchy is preserved in the upload, i.e, the parent sensitive categories will be created in the destination region or tenancy as well.