PII (Personally Identifiable Information)
Also known as: Personally identifiable information, Personal data
PII is information that can identify a specific individual — names, addresses, government IDs, financial details, and more. Infostealer logs frequently contain PII drawn from autofill, documents, and credentials, creating identity-theft and privacy risk.
What is PII?
Personally identifiable information is any data that can identify a person on its own or combined with other data. It ranges from names and emails to government identifiers, financial accounts, and health data, and is protected under regulations like GDPR and CCPA.
PII in infostealer logs
Stealer logs commonly expose PII through saved autofill profiles, stolen documents, and account credentials. This makes infostealer exposure not just a credential problem but a privacy and identity-theft problem with regulatory implications.
VantaPrism includes PII-aware parsing of stealer logs, with AI-assisted false-positive filtering, so teams can assess personal-data exposure alongside credential risk.
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