Automate custom PII detection at scale with Amazon Macie and Step Functions

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Your applications, claims processing systems, partner data feeds, and internal workflows produce files that may include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and domain-specific identifiers such as policy numbers, member IDs, and medical record numbers. Identifying and classifying this sensitive data is a compliance imperative. Regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and PCI DSS require you to know where PII resides, who can access it, and how it is protected.

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▪Your applications, claims processing systems, partner data feeds, and internal workflows produce files that may include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and domain-specific identifiers such as policy numbers, member IDs, and medic
▪Identifying and classifying this sensitive data is a compliance imperative.
▪Regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and PCI DSS require you to know where PII resides, who can access it, and how it is protected.

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Automate custom PII detection at scale with Amazon Macie and Step Functions by Aishwariya Khiani, Ashish Jain, and Karthik Chemudupati on 22 JUL 2026 in Amazon Macie, AWS Step Functions Permalink Share Organizations in regulated industries like financial services, insurance, healthcare, and government ingest large volumes of data containing personally identifiable information (PII). Your applications, claims processing systems, partner data feeds, and internal workflows produce files that may include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and domain-specific identifiers such as policy numbers, member IDs, and medical record numbers. Identifying and classifying this sensitive data is a compliance imperative.

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