# piiscan

> piiscan — cognis-digital-piiscan. Use this tool when you need to discover and identify personally identifiable information (PII) across large data repositories, such as warehouses and lakes, to ensure data privacy and compliance. It solves problems related to data security and regulatory adherence by scanning data sources to detect sensitive information. The piiscan tool takes in data repositories as input and outputs identified PII, providing a critical interface for data protection and governance.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/cognis-digital-piiscan  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-piiscan

## Description

PII discovery across warehouses and lakes (data-side scanner)

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/cognis-digital/piiscan)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "cognis-digital-piiscan"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-piiscan` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-piiscan/pull`

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