Tools/SIT X-Ray/U.S. Social Security Number (SSN) (v2)

U.S. Social Security Number (SSN) (v2)

disabled6 patternsproximity 300recommended confidence 85 (high)

Detects formatted and unformatted US social security number.

This SIT is marked disabled in Purview's built-in definitions. The definition is still worth reading, but Purview does not evaluate it, so it will never match anything in your tenant.

The patterns, as the engine reads them

confidence 85 (high)

Primary: Func_ssn: Pre-2011 strongly formatted SSN with dashes or spaces (ddd-dd-dddd), validated against issuance ranges.
Required: Keyword_ssn: 12 keywords (word match), e.g. "SSA Number", "social security number", "social security #"

confidence 85 (high)

Primary: Func_randomized_formatted_ssn: Post-2011 randomised SSN with dashes or spaces: valid ranges but outside pre-2011 issuance.
Required: Keyword_ssn: 12 keywords (word match), e.g. "SSA Number", "social security number", "social security #"

confidence 75 (medium)

Primary: Func_unformatted_ssn: Pre-2011 strongly formatted SSN as nine consecutive digits, validated against issuance ranges.
Required: Keyword_ssn: 12 keywords (word match), e.g. "SSA Number", "social security number", "social security #"

confidence 65 (low)

Primary: Func_randomized_unformatted_ssn: Post-2011 randomised SSN as nine consecutive digits: valid ranges but outside pre-2011 issuance.
Required: Keyword_ssn: 12 keywords (word match), e.g. "SSA Number", "social security number", "social security #"

confidence 65 (low)

Primary: Func_ssn: Pre-2011 strongly formatted SSN with dashes or spaces (ddd-dd-dddd), validated against issuance ranges.
Evidence: none required. The primary element alone decides the match.

confidence 65 (low)

Primary: Func_randomized_formatted_ssn: Post-2011 randomised SSN with dashes or spaces: valid ranges but outside pre-2011 issuance.
Evidence: none required. The primary element alone decides the match.

Microsoft Learn definition

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