Investigate

PII PRO This feature is only available in Enterprise Recon PII and Enterprise Recon Pro Editions. To find out more about upgrading your ER2 license, please contact Ground Labs Licensing. See Subscription License for more information.

This section covers the following:

• Overview
• Navigation
• Components
  • Filter Targets and Locations
  • Results Grid Column Chooser
  • Sort Target Locations
  • Match Inspector
  • Trash
  • Export
  • Inaccessible Locations
• Investigate Permissions

Overview

The Investigate page provides a one-stop view of match locations across all Targets to help users easily review, export and remediate match results.

Users can get to the Investigate page from the navigation menu or Targets page. See Navigation for more information.

Within the Investigate page, users can sort the list of match locations across all Targets, or filter the results set according to specific criteria. These filters can also be used when exporting CSV match reports from the Investigate page. See Export for more information.

Users can navigate from the Investigate or Targets page to view the list of inaccessible locations for each Target. See Inaccessible Locations for more information.

Navigation

There are several ways to access the Investigate page.

1. Navigation Menu
   1. Log into the ER2 Web Console.
   2. Go to Investigate. The Investigate page displays the complete list of match locations across all Targets on the Master Server.
2. Targets Page
   1. Log into the ER2 Web Console.
   2. Go to Targets.

   3. To go to the Investigate page, click on the:

      

      Item	Description
      (A) Target Group	Investigate page displays match locations for all Targets in the associated Target Group.
      (B) Target	Investigate page displays match locations for the selected Target.
      (C) Target Location	Investigate page displays match locations for the selected Target location.

Components

The following table is a list of components found in the Investigate page:

Component	Description
Results Grid	Displays the match results across all Targets. Target Group tags indicate the Target Group that the Target belongs to, and filter tags describe the filters that are applied to the match results set in the results grid. Clicking on the arrow to the left of the Target name expands to show all match locations within a Target. Match results should then be reviewed and remediated where necessary.
Sort Target Locations	Display match results within a Target by the selected sort order (e.g. Location, Owner, Status, Sign-Off, Matches). See Sort Target Locations for more information.
Filter Locations By	Display specific Targets or match locations according to the filter criteria. See Filter Targets and Locations for more information.
Columns	Add, remove, and prioritze columns to display in the Results Grid. See Results Grid Column Chooser for more information.
Match Inspector	Displays detailed information for a match location. See Match Inspector for more information.
Remediate	Perform remedial actions on selected Targets and match locations. See Remediation for more information. This feature is only available to users with Remediate or Global Admin permissions.
Control Access PRO	Perform access control actions on selected Targets and match locations. See Data Access Management for more information. This feature is only available to users with Access Control or Global Admin permissions.
Classify PRO	Manually classify or remove the MIP sensitivity labels for selected Targets and match locations. See Data Classification with MIP for more information. This feature is only available to users with Classification or Global Admin permissions.
Trash	Remove scan results for specific locations or data types from a Target. See Trash for more information.
Export	Export a CSV report of the Targets and match locations that are selected in the results grid. See Export for more information.
Target Options	Dropdown menu to Edit Target, access Target Reports, Inaccessible Locations, Operation Log, Scan History and Scan Trace Logs.

Filter Targets and Locations

Select one or more filters in the Filter Locations By panel to show specific Targets and match locations in the results grid. Clicking on Apply Filter updates the results grid to display only the match locations that fulfill all the selected filter criteria.

Filters that are applied to the match results set will be displayed in the filter tags pane above the results grid.

• Click See More or See Less to expand or collapse the filter tags view.
• Click Clear All to reset all filters.

Results Grid Column Chooser

You can customize the Results Grid view by adding, removing or rearranging the columns with the Column Chooser.

1. In the Investigate page, click the Columns button.
2. In the Edit Columns dialog box:
   • Add a column to the Results Grid by dragging the <Column> tile from the Available Columns panel, to the Selected Columns panel.
   • Remove a column from the Results Grid by dragging the <Column> tile from the Selected Columns panel, to the Available Columns panel.
   • Rearrange the column sequence in the Results Grid by dragging a <Column> tile up or down in the Selected Columns panel.
3. Click Ok to save the column configuration.
4. (Optional) To adjust the column width, hover over the column boundary until the resizing cursor appears, then hold and drag the column boundary to resize the width.

The column and column width settings are saved only for the logged in user account, and will be displayed for subsequent logins to the Web Console until further changes are made.

Sort Target Locations

Match locations within a Target can be sorted in the results grid using the ˄ and ˅ arrow at each column header.

Match Inspector

The Match Inspector window allows you to review the list of matches for a specific match location and evaluate the remediation options.

1. Go to the Investigate page.
2. Click on the arrow to the left of the Target name to expand and show all match locations within a Target.
3. (Optional) Sort the list of match locations by:
   • Location - Full path of the match location,
   • Owner - User with Owner permissions,
   • Status - Remediation, access control or classification status(es) for the match location,

   • Matches - Match count and match severity (e.g. prohibited, match, test),

   • Access PRO - Number of unique users with any form of access permissions to the location, or
   • Access Control PRO - Access control actions taken on a given location.
   • Risk PRO - Highest priority risk level mapped to a given location.
   • MIP Label PRO - MIP sensitivity label applied to a given location.
   • Classification Status PRO - Classification status of the MIP sensitivity label (e.g. Discovered, Classified) applied to a given location.

4. Click on the match location to bring up the Match Inspector.

   

   Component	Description
   Data type matches	Displays the list of matches detected in the match location, sorted by data type.
   Match details	Displays samples and contextual data for the match. Click on View all info to see the metadata and a breakdown of data type matches for the match location.
   Match sample encoding	Select the encoding format to use for displaying contextual data for the match. Encoding options: Plain text (ASCII), EBCDIC (used in IBM mainframes), Hexadecimal.

   Contextual data

   Contextual data is the data surrounding the matches found in a match location. Reviewing contextual data may be helpful in determining if the match itself is genuine, since matches are always masked dynamically when presented on the Web Console.

   To display contextual data around matches, make sure this option is selected when you schedule a scan.

   Scanning EBCDIC-based systems can be enabled in Data Type Profiles.

See Remediation for more information.

Trash

You can use the Trash function to remove scan results for Targets or selected match locations by applying the location filters.

Using the Trash button to remove scan results does not delete the actual match data on the Target. If no remedial action was taken, the scan results that were trashed would be detected as match locations if a scan is executed again on the Target.

To delete scan results:

1. (Optional) In the Investigate page, select one or more filters in the Filter Locations by panel and click Apply Filter to display specific Targets and match locations in the results grid.
2. In the results grid, select the Targets or match locations.
3. Click the Trash button to remove scan results for the selected Targets or match locations.
4. Enter a name in the Confirm Removal of Data Type field.
5. Click Confirm.

Export

You can generate a CSV report of the match results and locations that are selected in the results grid of the Investigate page. See Match Report for more information.

Inaccessible Locations

When ER2 encounters any error when accessing files, folders and drives on a Target during a scan, they are logged as Inaccessible Locations. The log of inaccessible locations should be reviewed to ensure there are no issues in the scan setup, such as scanning a Target using credentials with insufficient permissions.

To view the log of inaccessible locations for a Target:

1. Log into the ER2 Web Console.
2. Go to the Investigate page.
3. Hover over the Target and click on the gear icon.
4. Select Inaccessible Locations from the drop-down menu.

You can also view the list of inaccessible locations from the Targets page.

Investigate Permissions

Resource permissions that are assigned to a user grants access to specific components in the Investigate page.

^[1] This feature is only available to users with Global Admin permissions.

For more information about resource permissions in ER2, see Resource Permissions.

PRO This feature is only available in Enterprise Recon PRO Edition. To find out more about upgrading your ER2 license, please contact Ground Labs Licensing. See Subscription License for more information.