Updated on 2025-07-18 GMT+08:00

Usage Process

Obtain permissions for DSC to access and protect your assets.

Assigning Permissions for DSC

Figure 1 shows the process for assigning permissions for DSC.

Figure 1 Assigning permissions for DSC

Before using DSC, you need to enable and use either OBS or RDS to ensure that there is data to be scanned by DSC.

After permissions are granted, DSC will automatically identify sensitive data in the authorized data assets and evaluates data asset risk levels. You can go to the DSC console to view the asset security details on the Overview page.

  1. (Optional) Enable Huawei Cloud OBS or RDS to protect data in your OBS self-built buckets.

    • If OBS or RDS was enabled, skip to 2.
    • If OBS or RDS was not enabled, enable it and then go to 2.

      For details about how to enable OBS, see OBS User Guide. For details about how to enable RDS, see RDS User Guide.

  2. (Optional) Create an OBS bucket and upload the files to be stored in the bucket or create a database in an RDS DB instance.

    • If the bucket was created, skip to 6.
    • If the bucket was not created, create one and then go to 6.

      OBS: For details about how to create a bucket, see Creating a Bucket. For details about how to upload a file to a bucket, see Uploading an Object.

      RDS: For details about how to create a database, see Creating a Database.

  3. (Optional) Set the type of other OBS buckets to Public to protect other OBS buckets.
  4. (Optional) Obtain the information about the engine, version, and host of a self-built database to protect it.
  5. (Optional) Obtain the information about the engine, version, and host of other self-built data sources to protect them.
  6. Authorize DSC to access cloud assets.

  7. Configure sensitive data identification rules.

    For details, see Creating a Task.

  8. View the identified sensitive data or files and their statistics.

    For details about how to view the identification result, see Identification Results.

  9. Handle exceptions or mask sensitive data based on the identification result.

    For details, see Handling an Abnormal Event.

    For details about how to mask sensitive data, see Data Masking Introduction.

  10. Set alarm notifications for exceptions.

    For details about how to configure alarm notifications, see Alarm Notifications.