Patent ID: 11860905
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a computer system, indications of one or more datastores to be scanned for personally identifiable information (PII) during a PII scan;
prior to performing the PII scan:
selecting, with the computer system, a proper subset of a plurality of classifiers to apply to the one or more datastores during the PII scan to identify PII;
determining, with the computer system based on the proper subset of classifiers, a first plurality of scan objectives for the PII scan, wherein the first plurality of scan objectives include indications of portions of a PII scan logic library to be used in the PII scan;
determining, with the computer system, available computer resources to perform the PII scan;
estimating, with the computer system, one or more scan quality metrics and an estimated execution duration for the PII scan based on the scan objectives and the available computer resources; and
presenting, with the computer system to a user, indications of the one or more estimated scan quality metrics and estimated execution duration for the PII scan; and

in response to one or more commands from the user, performing, with the computer system, the PII scan.