Scan and Remediate Sensitive Data With PII, PHI, PCI Scanner

Become compliant with data privacy laws by effective PII, PHI, PCI scanning & redaction-reducing the risk of data breaches and the associated legal and reputational consequences.
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Monitor 100+ File Types With Strac PII, PCI, PHI Scanner

Strac PII Scanner automates PII discovery and classification across SaaS apps, Cloud apps, Endpoint devices, file storage drives and databases, ensuring compliance with efficient risk management and reporting.

Complete Protection Across SaaS, Cloud, and Endpoints

Strac runs a real-time scan across SaaS applications like O365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce to identify and mask PII collected and stored there. It extends its capabilities to cloud applications like S3 and RDS, endpoint devices, and storage drives.

Unstructured Document Scanning

Strac will scan for sensitive data in unstructured documents across all formats like pdf, jpeg, png (images/screenshots), docx (word documents), xlsx (excel spreadsheets) via its OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and special purpose machine learning algorithms.
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Unstructured Text

Strac will scan unstructured text like chat messages, transcripts, customer support conversations, email bodies and detect sensitive data with its accurate Machine Learning (ML) model.

Sensitive Data Remediation

Once Strac detects sensitive data in your tools or storage — it automatically remediates them by redacting, masking, encrypting, deleting, alerting or blocking. Businesses can configure their data remediation actions.
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Enhanced Data Privacy Management

Strac gives a clear view of PII storage and usage within an organization, ensuring data privacy practices are up to date and effective.

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Strac DLP evaluates the risks associated with storing and handling PII, helping organizations to proactively mitigate potential security threats.

Automated PII Discovery & Classification

By automatically scanning and classifying PII, it reduces workload and enhances accuracy, ensuring sensitive information is always correctly identified and managed.

Insights and Reporting

Strac PII Scanner provides valuable insights into where PII is stored and its usage. It also generates detailed reports for internal audits and compliance verification.

Integrate Your Complete SaaS, Cloud, Endpoint Stack

Strac seamlessly integrates with SaaS, endpoints, and cloud apps, offering a streamlined setup process that takes just 5 minutes, helping you see immediate results.
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PII protected by Strac

Identity

Data like Driver's License, SSN, EIN, including global identification numbers.

Vehicle

Identifiable data like License Plate numbers and Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN).

PII (Personal Identifiable Information)

Information such as Name, Address, Email, Phone, DoB.

Crypto Secrets

Cryptographic data like Seed Phrases, Bitcoin/Ethereum addresses.

PHI (Protected Health Information)

Health status, care details, and payment information linked to individuals.

Voice Recording

Audio recordings containing sensitive data elements mentioned above.

PCI/Financial Details

Bank and card details including Account, Routing Numbers, Credit/Debit Card info.

Trade Secrets

Company's confidential practices or processes not known externally.

Secrets

Sensitive digital keys like API, OAuth Tokens, Passwords, and Passphrases.

Creative Files (PS, AI)

Protecting designs, videos, and screenshots in cloud storage.

Profanity

Detection of inappropriate, offensive, or unwanted language and content.

Custom

User-defined detection/redaction of sensitive or confidential data elements.

Physical Network

Elements such as IP Addresses, CIDR Blocks, and MAC Addresses.

PII Scanner FAQs

Everything about scanning for PII, PHI, and PCI data

What is a PII scanner?
A PII scanner automatically finds personally identifiable information — names, Social Security numbers, credit cards, emails, and more — across your files, apps, and systems. Strac’s PII scanner discovers PII, PHI, and PCI data across SaaS, cloud, and endpoints, then redacts or masks it to reduce breach and compliance risk.
How does a PII scanner work?
A PII scanner connects to your data sources and uses pattern matching, machine learning, and OCR to detect sensitive data in structured and unstructured content — chats, emails, PDFs, and images. Strac scans in real time and across historical data in apps like Slack and Gmail, classifies findings, and can automatically redact, mask, tokenize, or delete them based on your policies.
Is there a free PII scanner?
Open-source PII scanners exist, but they typically detect only common patterns, require engineering effort to run, and don’t remediate the data they find. Strac offers a managed PII scanner that deploys in under 10 minutes, covers 100+ file types across your SaaS apps with high accuracy, and redacts sensitive data automatically. Book a demo to see it scan your environment.
What is the difference between a PII, PHI, and PCI scanner?
They detect different regulated data: a PII scanner finds personal identifiers (SSNs, emails, addresses); a PHI scanner finds protected health information for HIPAA; and a PCI scanner finds payment card data (PAN, CVV) for PCI DSS. Strac is a single scanner that covers all three across every data source.
Can a PII scanner detect PII in images and PDFs?
Yes — the best PII scanners use OCR (optical character recognition) to read text inside images, screenshots, and scanned PDFs, then detect sensitive data within them. Strac applies OCR and machine learning to 100+ file types across stores like Google Drive and Box, so PII hidden in a screenshot or scanned document is caught, not missed.
What is automated PII detection?
Automated PII detection continuously scans your systems for personal data without manual review, flagging or remediating it the moment it appears. Strac automates discovery, classification, and remediation across SaaS, cloud, and endpoints in real time — so sensitive data is protected continuously instead of during periodic audits.
How is a PII scanner different from DLP?
A PII scanner discovers and classifies sensitive data (data at rest); DLP prevents it from leaving (data in motion). Modern platforms combine both. Strac unifies PII scanning with DLP across SaaS, cloud, endpoints, and the browser — finding sensitive data and stopping it from being exposed, overshared, or sent to AI tools.
What data sources can Strac’s PII scanner cover?
Strac scans SaaS apps — Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Salesforce, Zendesk and 60+ more — plus cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and endpoints (Mac, Windows, Linux). One scanner covers your entire data footprint.

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