Salts and hashes the source table for exact data match and sends only the hashes to Microsoft; best practice is to hash on one secure machine and upload from another. Whoever signs in has to be a member of EDM_DataUploaders.
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Terms in this definition
- Event
Table in Log Analytics where entries from Windows event logs are kept.
- Exact data match
A custom kind of sensitive information type that looks up the real values held in a table your organisation supplies, such as a customer list, rather than matching a generic pattern. Data loss prevention can then flag only those precise records.
- HTTP / HTTPS
The protocols of the web, with HTTPS being HTTP secured by TLS.
Related terms
- EDM_DataUploaders
Only accounts in this security group can upload exact data match hashes with the EDM Upload Agent.
- Two-computer method
The preferred way to upload EDM data. A secure computer with no tenant connection hashes the source table, and just the hash and salt files move to a second computer to be uploaded; the EDM Upload Agent version must match on both.