Sensitive Data Detector

[shivamvish160]

Sensitive Data Detector – Flow Designer Action

This Flow Designer Action scans a specified field in a ServiceNow record for sensitive data patterns such as credit card numbers, Social Security Numbers (SSNs), and passwords. It helps prevent data leaks and supports compliance with data protection standards.

Features

• Detects sensitive data using regex patterns.
• Supports scanning for:
  • Credit Card numbers
  • SSNs
  • Password-like strings
• Returns a list of matches and a flag indicating if sensitive data was found.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
record_table	String	Table name (e.g., incident)
record_sys_id	String	Sys ID of the record
field_name	String	Field to scan

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
contains_sensitive_data	Boolean	true if sensitive data is found
matches_found	Array of Strings	List of matched patterns
error_message	String	Error message if any issue occurs

Example Usage

Use this action in a flow triggered by record creation or update. If contains_sensitive_data is true, you can:

• Notify a compliance officer
• Block email notifications
• Log the incident for review

Here is the latest execution
This is the incident record in which i have provided dummy credit card date in short description field

And here is the execution

[github-actions]

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[bird-03]

@shivamvish160

Thanks for your contribution!

Looks good and it can add a lot of value to sensitive data handling for various use cases. Specially for transaction and banking sector!!
Keep contributing with such ideas