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title: Sensitive Data Discovery
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-5-0/sensitive-data-discovery
description: Learn how the Sensitive Data Discovery feature helps companies adhere to regulations and enforce security measures by effectively identifying critical information in their databases. Implement this powerful tool to safeguard sensitive data and maintain co
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createdAt: 2022-08-01T16:18:26.000Z
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Companies need to detect where sensitive data is to ensure compliance and effectively enforce monitoring and security policies.


The Sensitive Data Discovery feature can be used to discover important data in a database. The database to be searched for sensitive data must be defined in Kron PAM with its credentials, to get the schema, table, and column names.