Systems and methods for tracking sensitive data in a big data environment

US10445324B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ravi Arasan · Jalan Pedongkelan, US
• Sandeep Bose · Scottsdale, US
• Xiaoyang Chen · Beijing, CN
• Debasish Das · Kanchinakote, IN
• Matthew Kent Meyer · Livingston, US
• Gurusamy Ramasamy · Princeton, US
• Jeremy D. Seideman · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/2457
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system may retrieve a pattern from a pattern database with the pattern identifying a type of sensitive data. The system may also retrieve data identified by a variable from a big data management system. The system may then match the data to the pattern to detect the type of sensitive data in the data. An output may be generated in response to the data matching the pattern. A variable access permission may be retrieved for the variable from a permissions repository, a sensitive data permission may be retrieved for the type of sensitive data from the permissions repository, and the variable access permission may be compared to the sensitive data permission to detect a discrepancy.