PII Redaction

PII Redaction

Get Secure Observability on the Wire, stop PII before it leaves your network

Take Control of Your User Data with MyDecisive

Conceptual overview of PII Redaction
Is your sensitive user information (PII) being transmitted to your observability vendor's cloud without your knowledge? Are you facing additional charges each month to delete that data after it has already left your network? Remember, your data is yours, not your vendor's.
With MyDecisive, you can remove sensitive data while it is still in-flight within your network. Our simple, snap-in solutions empower you to:
  • Identify private user data
  • Anonymize sensitive fields
  • Completely delete user data
All of this happens before your telemetry ever leaves your systems, ensuring data privacy and reducing vendor-related costs.
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SaaS-Centric PII vs. PII in the SmartHub

FeatureSaas-Centric PIIPII in the SmartHub

Data Control Location

Vendor's SaaS Cloud

Data is collected and transmitted to the vendor's cloud for processing and storage.

In-Network / Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)

Runs in your Kubernetes cluster, providing full control before data leaves your system.

PII Control / Data Privacy

Reactive / Post-Ingest Deletion

Data is transmitted to the vendor, where you configure the rules. To eliminate incurring additional fees on data you can create rules to delete data you don’t need for PII Redaction.

Proactive In-Flight Redaction/Deletion

Programmable modules allow you to identify, anonymize (redact PII), or drop sensitive data at the source.

Cost Savings

Cost Based on Volume

Billing is typically based on the sheer volume of data ingested, regardless of data value or sensitivity.

Cost Reduction via Filtration

Automatically filter and sample noisy or unnecessary data (like traces and logs) to dramatically reduce the volume you pay your vendor to store and analyze data.

Architecture / Data Flow

Data Collection Only

Primarily focused on collecting raw data and sending it to your own backend, with minimal in-flight filtering.

Intelligent Filter / Hub

A programmable, OpenTelemetry-based layer between your applications and vendors. Continue using your existing agents (proxying them).

Context

Stateless / Limited Context

Filtering is often simple and stateless, often limiting complex, intelligent decisions. We add context based on the complete context of an event.

Braided Context

Retain all related logs, metrics, and traces in-memory to enable sophisticated, high-context filtering decisions.

The Key Takeaway: Control and Cost

The MyDecisive Difference

The ability to retain Braided Context is what allows the SmartHub to make informed filtering choices. This means that PII is only redacted if it’s part of an error trace, allowing non-sensitive traces to be preserved.

Control

The SmartHub shifts the point of control of PII, data quality, and data volume from the vendor's cloud back into your network.

Privacy

In terms of privacy, sensitive data is either anonymized or deleted before it leaves your systems or is shared with third-party vendors.

Cost

From a cost perspective, organizations can eliminate unnecessary expenses by stopping payments to vendors for ingesting, storing, and ultimately deleting data that was never intended for their access.

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