Entity Types

Entity Types

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Overview

An entity type is what DryvIQ is detecting. The DryvIQ Platform comes with preinstalled entity types that cover a wide range of data, but you also have the option to create custom entity types. Entity types are assigned to a category that identifies the type of data being detected and a match type that identifies how the data is being detected. This page provides a high-level overview to help you understand entity types. To learn more about a specific match type, refer to the DryvIQ Platform documentation page for that particular match type.

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You can download a complete list of the preinstalled entity types to review descriptions for the over 160 entity types in the DryvIQ Platform.

Categories

Categories identify the type of data being detected. DryvIQ comes with the default categories listed below. You can also create custom categories if one of the default categories doesn’t capture the entity type you want to identify. (See Managing Categories for information about creating and managing custom categories.)

Category

Description

Category

Description

1

Credentials/Passwords/Keys

This category includes entity types related to the technology field, such as:

  • Client & Platform IDs

  • Client Secrets

  • Common Product License Keys

  • Domain Names

  • Encryption Keys

  • Generic API Keys

  • Most Common Passwords

  • Password - No Format

  • Password - Secure Format

  • User IDs.

2

Driver's License Numbers

This category includes the entity types for US driver’s license numbers for each US state.

3

Duplicate Data Identification

This category contains entity types used for duplicate data detection:

  • Type of Identification

  • Content Signature

  • File Metadata Signature

4

File Properties

This category includes entity types used to identify various file properties:

5

Financial/PCI

These entity types are for financial information, such as:

  • ABA routing numbers

  • BIC/SWIFT Codes

  • Credit Card Numbers

  • CUSIP Numbers

  • International Bank Account Numbers

  • International Securities Identification Numbers

  • IRS Tax Identification Numbers (EIN, ATIN, PTIN)

  • US Bank Account Numbers

  • US Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN).

6

GDPR

This category includes all entity types covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Note that this is a separate extension package offered by DryvIQ. This category includes the following entity types:

  • Austrian Passport Number

  • Austrian Social Security Number

  • Belgian Driver's License Number

  • Belgian National Number

  • Belgian Passport Number

  • Bulgarian Uniform Civil Number (EGN)

  • Czech Republic National Number (Rodne Cislo)

  • Danish Personal Identification Number (CPR)

  • Dutch National Number

  • Finnish Personal Identification Number

  • French Driver's License Number

  • French INSEE code

  • French Passport Number

  • French Social Security Number code

  • GDPR Banking and Finance Related Keywords

  • GDPR Government Identification Related Keywords

  • GDPR Healthcare and Insurance Related Keywords

  • GDPR Personal Profile Related Keywords

  • GDPR Travel Related Keywords

  • German Driver's License Number

  • German Passport Number

  • German Personal ID Number

  • Hungarian Social Security Number

  • Irish Personal Public Service Number (PPS)

  • Italy Driver's License Number

  • Italy Passport Number

  • Luxembourg National Identification Number

  • Netherlands Driver's License Number

  • Netherlands Passport Number

  • Polish Identity Card Number

  • Polish Social Security Number (PESEL)

  • Romanian Cod Numeric Personal (CNP)

  • Spanish Driver's License Number

  • Spanish National ID Number (DNI/NIE)

  • Spanish Passport Number

  • Spanish Social Security Number

  • Swedish Passport Number

  • Swedish Personal Identification Number

  • Ukraine Domestic Passport Number

  • Ukraine International Passport Number

  • Ukrainian Identity Card Number

  • United Kingdom Driver's License Number

  • United Kingdom National Health Service Number

  • United Kingdom National Insurance Number

  • United Kingdom Passport Number.

7

Metadata

This category includes entity types that identify file metadata:

8

Permissions

This category includes entity types used to identify file permissions:

  • Active User Status

  • File Permissions.

9

PII

This category includes entity types that identify personally identifiable information (PII) in a document:

  • Canadian Social Insurance Number

  • COVID-19 Vaccination Status

  • Date of Birth

  • Disability Status

  • Email Addresses

  • Employee Compensation

  • Employee Hire Date

  • Employee ID Template

  • Employee Termination Date

  • Ethnic Characteristics

  • Gender Identities

  • IMEI Number

  • IP Addresses - v4

  • IP Addresses - v6

  • MAC Addresses

  • Marital Date

  • Marital Status

  • Military & Veteran Status

  • PII Extraction Module

  • Precise Geolocation (Global, DD Format)

  • Precise Geolocation (USA Only, DD Format)

  • Racial Characteristics

  • Religious And Philosophical Characteristics

  • Sensitive Object Detector

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Trade Union Memberships

  • U.S. Social Security Number (SSN)

  • US Passport Numbers

  • US Phone Numbers

  • US Vehicle Identification Number.

Match Type

Match type is how the data is being detected. DryvIQ supports four match-type methods.

Match Type

Description

Match Type

Description

1

Block List

A block list allows matching on a given list of keywords within a file. 

2

Classification

This is a custom classification model plugged into the system. DryvIQ has the following preinstalled classification entity types:

  1. Document Type

  2. File Name

  3. Form Matcher

  4. Language Detection

  5. Microsoft Purview Information Protection

  6. PII Extraction Module

  7. Sensitive Object Detector

3

Regular Expression

A regular expression is a pattern used to identify text. It allows you to control the content DryvIQ detects at a fine-grained level.

4

Transformation

A transformation entity type allows you to generate a new value by applying a custom metadata expression against any prior matches. This option is available only through the DryvIQ API.

Related Pages

DryvIQ Platform Version: 6.3
Release Date: October 10, 2025