Creating an Identification Task

Prerequisites

You have added OBS buckets, databases, or big data sources to the asset list. For details, see Assets.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Security & Compliance > Data Security Center.
4. In the navigation pane, choose Sensitive Data Identification > Identification Task, as shown in Figure 1.
   Figure 1 Identification tasks
   

5. In the upper left corner of the task list, click Create Task.
6. In the displayed dialog box, set required parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Start Task	Indicates whether to enable the sensitive data identification task. By default, the task is started. : enabled : disabled
   Task Name	You can customize the task name. The task name must meet the following requirements: Contain 4 to 255 characters. Consist of letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must start with a letter. Be unique.	Test task_01
   Sensitive Data	Type of data to be identified. You can select multiple types. OBS: DSC is authorized to access your Huawei Cloud OBS assets and identify sensitive data in the assets. For details about how to add OBS assets, see OBS Assets. Database: DSC is authorized to access your database and identify sensitive data in the database assets. For details about how to add database assets, see Database Assets. Big Data: DSC is authorized to access your big data source assets and identify sensitive data in the big data source assets. For details about how to add big data source assets, see Big Data Assets. MRS: DSC is authorized to access your Hive assets and identify sensitive data in the Hive assets. For details, see MRS Assets.	Database
   Identification Template	You can select a built-in or custom template. DSC displays data by level and category based on the template you select. For details about how to add a template, see Creating an Identification Template.	Huawei Cloud Data Security Classifying and Grading Template
   Identification Period	Set the execution policy of the data identification task. Once: The task will be executed once at a specified time. Daily: The task is executed at a fixed time every day. Weekly: The task is executed at a specified time every week. Monthly: The task is executed at a specified time every month.	Once
   When to Execute	This parameter is displayed when Identification Period is set to Once. Now: Select the option and click OK, the system executes the data identification task immediately. As scheduled: The task will be executed at a specified time.	Now
   Start Time	This parameter is displayed when Identification Period is set to Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. Select the time when the task is being executed. After the time is selected, the task is executed every day, every week, every month, or at the specified time.
   (Optional) Topic	Select an existing topic from the drop-down list or click View Topic to create a topic for receiving alarm notifications. If you do not configure a topic, you can view the identification result in the identification task list. For details, see Viewing the Identification Result.	None

7. Click OK. A message is displayed indicating the task is created successfully.

Follow-up Procedure

Viewing the Identification Result: After the sensitive data identification task is complete, you can click Identification Result in the Operation column of the row containing the target task, to view the total number of sensitive information items, risk level, and sensitive information classification and grading result of the data assets.