How Does It Work? - Architecture Tour

Visual and console tours of PII detection and redaction

How Does It Work? - Architecture Tour

Visual and console tours of PII detection and redaction

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How PII Detection Works

Choose your path: a visual tour with diagrams, or a hands-on console tour exploring the AWS infrastructure.

Architecture Tours

Visual Architecture Tour

How documents flow through PII detection and redaction

10 min

1. 1

   Document Upload

   Your FOI document is uploaded securely to AWS

2. 2

   Comprehend PII Detection

   Amazon Comprehend identifies personal information

3. 3

   Confidence Scoring

   Each detected entity receives a confidence score

4. 4

   Redaction Applied

   PII above threshold is redacted from the document

5. 5

   Audit Report Generated

   A report documents what was redacted and why

Console Architecture Tour

Navigate AWS Console to understand PII detection infrastructure

15 min Requires deployed stack

1. Comprehend PII Detection

   What to look for: PII entity types, confidence scores, detection results

2. Lambda Redaction Function

   What to look for: Redaction logic, threshold configuration, audit logging

3. S3 Document Storage

   What to look for: Original and redacted document buckets, encryption settings

4. CloudWatch Audit Logs

   What to look for: PII detection events, redaction audit trail

What's Next?

Test the Limits

Push the boundaries to understand edge cases.

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Production Guidance

Learn what changes for FOI compliance.

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