For each type of sensitive data, you can adjust how Tonic Textual identifies and updates the values.
Exclude specific values
Identify specific values to exclude from redaction or synthesis.
Select the handling option
Indicate whether to redact, synthesize, or ignore values.
Configure synthesis for datetime values
Add rules to indicate how to adjust datetime values.
For each data type, you choose how to handle the sensitive data values.
The available options are:
Synthesis - Indicates to replace the value with another realistic value. For example, the first name value Michael might be replaced with the value John. Tonic Textual does not synthesize any excluded values.
Redaction - This is the default option. For text files, Redaction indicates to replace the value with a placeholder that identifies the data type. For example, the first name value Michael is replaced with the value PERSON. For PDF files and image files, Redaction indicates to cover the value with a black box. Textual does not redact any excluded values.
Off - Indicates to not make any changes to the values. For example, the first name value Michael remains Michael.
To select the handling option for an individual data type, click the option for that type.
To select the same handling option for all of the data types, in the Bulk Edit panel above the data type list, click the option.
You can exclude specific values for a data type. For example, a detected value might be labeled incorrectly, or you do not want specific values within that data type to be redacted.
In the detected data types list, the first icon and count shows the number of excluded values. If you did not configure any excluded values, then the count is 0.
To configure a list of excluded terms:
Click the exclude icon next to the excluded values count.
On the Blocklist panel:
In the Keywords or Phrases list, provide specific values to exclude.
In the Regexes list, provide regular expressions to use to identify the values to exclude.
For each list, place each entry on a separate line.
Click Save.
For some value types, when you select the Synthesis option, you can configure additional options for how Tonic Textual generates the replacement values.
To display the available options, click Options.
Location values include the following types:
Location
Location Address
Location State
Location Zip
For each location types other than Location State, you can specify whether to use a realistic replacement value. For Location State, based on HIPAA guidelines, both the Synthesis option and the Off option pass through the value.
For location types that include zip codes, you can also specify how to generate the new zip code values.
By default, Textual replaces a location value with a realistic corresponding value. For example, "Main Street" might be replaced with "Fourth Avenue".
To instead scramble the values, uncheck Replace with realistic values.
By default, to generate a new zip code, Textual selects a real zip code that starts with the same three digits as the original zip code. For a low population area, Textual instead selects a random zip code from the United States.
To instead replace the last two digits of the zip code with zeros, uncheck Replace zeroes for zip codes. For a low population area, Textual instead replaces all of the digits in the zip code with zeros.
By default, when you select the Synthesis option for Date/Time values, Textual shifts the datetime values to a value that occurrs within 7 days before or after the original value.
To customize how Textual sets the new values, you can:
Set a different range within which Textual sets the new values
Indicate whether to scramble date values that Textual cannot parse
Add additional date formats for Textual to recognize
By default, Textual adjusts the dates to values that are within 7 days before or after the original date.
To change the range, in the # of Days To Shift +/- field, enter the number of days before and the original date within which the replacement datetime value must occur. For example, if you enter 10, then the replacement datetime value must occur within 10 days before or after the original value.
Textual can parse datetime values that use either a format in #synthesis-options-datetime-default-formats or a format that you add.
The Scramble Unrecognized Dates checkbox indicates how Textual should handle datetime values that it does not recognize.
By default, the checkbox is checked, and Textual scrambles those values.
To instead pass through the values without changing them, uncheck Scramble Unrecognized Dates.
By default, Textual is able to recognize datetime values that use a format from #synthesis-options-datetime-default-formats.
Under Additional Date Formats, you can add other datetime formats that you know are present in your data.
The formats must use a Noda Time LocalDateTime pattern.
To add a format, type the format in the field, then click +.
To remove a format, click its delete icon.
By default, Textual supports the following datetime formats.
Format | Example value |
---|---|
Format | Example value |
---|---|
Format | Example value |
---|---|
yyyy/M/d
2024/1/17
yyyy-M-d
2024-1-17
yyyyMMdd
20240117
yyyy.M.d
2024.1.17
yyyy, MMM d
2024, Jan 17
yyyy-M
2024-1
yyyy/M
2024/1
d/M/yyyy
17/1/2024
d-MMM-yyyy
17-Jan-2024
dd-MMM-yy
17-Jan-24
d-M-yyyy
17-1-2024
d/MMM/yyyy
17/Jan/2024
d MMMM yyyy
17 January 2024
d MMM yyyy
17 Jan 2024
d MMMM, yyyy
17 January, 2024
ddd, d MMM yyyy
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
M/d/yyyy
1/17/2024
M/d/yy
1/17/24
M-d-yyyy
1-17-2024
MMddyyyy
01172024
MMMM d, yyyy
January 17, 2024
MMM d, ''yy
Jan 17, '24
MM-yyyy
01-2024
MMMM, yyyy
January, 2024
yyyy-M-d HH:mm
2024-1-17 15:45
d-M-yyyy HH:mm
17-1-2024 15:45
MM-dd-yy HH:mm
01-17-24 15:45
d/M/yy HH:mm:ss
17/1/24 15:45:30
d/M/yyyy HH:mm:ss
17/1/2024 15:45:30
yyyy/M/d HH:mm:ss
2024/1/17 15:45:30
yyyy-M-dTHH:mm:ss
2024-1-17T15:45:30
yyyy/M/dTHH:mm:ss
2024/1/17T15:45:30
yyyy-M-d HH:mm:ss'Z'
2024-1-17 15:45:30Z
yyyy-M-d'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'
2024-1-17T15:45:30Z
yyyy-M-d HH:mm:ss.fffffff
2024-1-17 15:45:30.1234567
yyyy-M-dd HH:mm:ss.FFFFFF
2024-1-17 15:45:30.123456
yyyy-M-dTHH:mm:ss.fff
2024-1-17T15:45:30.123
HH:mm
15:45
HH:mm:ss
15:45:30
HHmmss
154530
hh:mm:ss tt
03:45:30 PM
HH:mm:ss'Z'
15:45:30Z