Usages

Defining Data Asset

An important feature of Forcepoint DSPM is the ability to identify data assets that are important to the organization and assign those assets in the inventory. Detectors are a powerful method that work in conjunction with the AI Mesh to find critical, sensitive, and regulated data during scans.

GQL queries

Once Detectors are configured and scans are underway, users can access them for describing queries in GQL . Use the detectorHits value as shown below. GQL will give suggestions to help speed up filtering.

Analytics

Detectors are used along with the AI Mesh to analyze data and visually present findings in the Analytics Dashboard. Detectors associated with various data assets and types can be found through the out-of-the-box widgets and play a crucial role in helping to identify specific important data.

Create Employee Lists

In order to identify employee data during scans it can be useful to add all employee names to a detector. This means a detector that helps identify HR data located throughout the data estate.

Overall, detectors give a better understanding of the data and help define very specific attributes as well as broad categories of data assets.