Data Classification Properties in Visual Studio However, once this is done, you can see the information in the Properties window for the field as well. You will need to know the GUIDs for the labels and types in your solution to do this manually. Once that is set, you can use the following code to add the classification manually or you can apply it to your database and do a scheme compare to bring it in. First, you need to make sure your project is targeting SQL Server 2019 or Azure SQL Database. The question was raised about Visual Studio support in database projects. This should be part of your data governance plan. Updating this policy allows you to discover data or information that you want to classify based on rules you set up. In Azure, you can update the information policy in the Security Center. I recommend you export the file and modify it. You do have the ability to update the policy in SQL Server with a JSON file. You should be able to integrate your logging from the applications to the database in Azure. More importantly, Azure logging is a platform level solution. I think that there is still work to be done on SQL Server to better support auditing. You can build more reports from that information to support more sophisticated auditing. The details contain who accessed the information, their IP address, and what was accessed. You can also use the Log Analytics query features to build your own queries to further analyze the data. You can click into the dashboard to dig into details. Log Analytics Dashboard which Shows Access to Sensitive Data Log Analytics has a dashboard which shows activity in your database with this data. (Click here for information about setting up Auditing.) I chose to use Log Analytics which is in preview. You can now add auditing to your server or database. In the Security section in your SQL Database view in the Azure portal, choose Auditing. The key difference is turning on auditing and logging information about people querying the classified data. This will allow you to discover and classify your data. Click the D ata Discovery & Classification panel to open a similar classification window that we see in SSMS. Advanced Data Security in Azure SQL DatabaseĪs you can see above, you get a visual here initially. You can find this in the Azure portal with your SQL Database. The primary differences are (1) it requires Advanced Data Security which costs $15/month per server and (2) audit logging support is built in. Data Classification Report in SSMS Adding Data Classification in Azure SQL DatabaseĪzure SQL Database supports similar functionality for discovering and classifying data. Once you have classified some of your data, you are able to view a report that shows the coverage of the classification work you have done. You will get a list of recommendations and the ability to add custom classifications in your SQL Server database. View the Data Classification window in SQL Server. This will allow you to Finding the Data Discovery and Classification Options in SSMS Right click the database and choose Tasks > Data Discovery and Classification > Classify Data. SQL Server 2019 includes the sys.sensitivity_classifications system catalog view so you can query to see what field have been labeled. I would recommend that you use SSMS 18.4 or greater. Using SQL Server 2019 and SSMS 18.4+įor on premises implementations, you can use SQL Server Management Studio. This includes labels such as Confidential and Confidential-GPDR. By tagging your columns with types you will be able to easily see the types of data stored in your tables. This includes types such as Address, Name, Networking, and Credit Card. Information type is a way to describe the content of the data at high level. Data Classification Basicsĭata classification in both SQL Server and Azure allow you to discover and label data based on information type and sensitivity. The topic was data classification with SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database. I presented at the virtual Minnesota SQL Server User Group meeting on June 16, 2020.
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