What is PII?
Options
- Personally Identifiable Information about a person (Correct option)
- Public Internet Interface for network connections
- Private IP Index, a table of internal addresses
- Password Integrity Indicator for strong passwords
Answer
Personally Identifiable Information: data that can identify a person, such as name, ID number, email or address
Why
PII needs special care: encrypt it, limit who can see it, keep it out of logs and delete it when it is not needed.
Laws such as GDPR in Europe set strict rules for personal data.
A classic mistake is writing emails or tokens into log files.
Remember
PII = data that identifies a person. Protect it.