What is a Target?
This article describes how a Target is, where, when and how it is used in Spirion Sensitive Data Platform.
A Target is any data location (such as a database) within an Asset that Sensitive Data Platform can scan. Assets are detailed below.
The Target can be on a local “physical” machine that can be scanned, remote machines, or in the cloud.
Target Examples
- Targets in Local Assets: SQL Databases on a local SQL server
- Targets in Cloud Assets:
- Databases on Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Bitbucket, Google Drive
- File Directories in SharePoint
- Targets in Email:
- Exchange On-Prem email which is housed on a local server
- Exchange Online email which is housed in the cloud
- Targets in Virtual Machines: Databases on an Oracle VM, Amazon EC2, etc.
Purpose and Function
The Data Assets and Targets screen is where you can view and manage Assets and Targets.
- Assets
- Locations, physical or cloud, that contain one or more Targets.
- Examples:
- A SQL Server hosted on-premise at your business
- A Dropbox account you maintain.
- Asset and Target Examples:
- An SQL server (Asset) with multiple SQL Databases hosted on it (Targets)
- A SharePoint Online instance (Asset) with multiple sites (Targets)
- A Workstation (Asset and single Target), or a Azure Data lake (Asset that can’t be scanned)