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Data Security Center:Unstructured data OSS

Last Updated:Nov 24, 2025

After you purchase a Data Security Center (DSC) instance, you must enable the relevant features before using DSC to detect sensitive data in Object Storage Service (OSS) or monitor abnormal operations on OSS buckets.

Prerequisites

View asset details

  1. Log on to the Data Security Center console.

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Asset Center.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left, under Unstructured Data, choose OSS.

    Note

    After you purchase a DSC instance, a sync task for your cloud assets runs automatically the first time you log on to the console. You do not need to perform this operation manually. DSC automatically scans and syncs the asset list daily at midnight. You can also go to the Asset Center in the navigation pane on the left to manually perform an Asset synchronization.

  4. At the top of the Asset Center page, view the Total Assets, Feature Status, and the usage of the purchased instances and storage for this asset type.

    You can click the number below a disabled feature to filter the list.

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Enable features

For Object Storage Service (OSS), you can manually enable the Configuration Risks, Classification and Grading, Data Auditing, Data Detection and Response, and Image Masking features. You can also use the Enable feature.

Note

The Enable With One Click feature supports only Configuration Risks, Classification and Grading, Data Auditing, and Data Detection and Response. You must manually enable other features.

Manually enable a feature

  • To enable the Configuration Risks, Data Auditing, or Data Detection and Response feature, click the image switch that corresponds to the feature.

  • Classification and Grading

    1. Click image to access the Classification and Grading feature.

    2. In the Enable Classification and Grading dialog box, configure Activation Method and Authorization Scope, and then click OK.

      Configuration Item

      Description

      Activation Method

      Only Service-Linked Role Access is supported.

      Authorization Scope

      Only Entire data source is supported.

      Automatically create and start a default scan task

      If you select this option, DSC automatically creates a scan task to identify data after the bucket is connected.

  • Image Masking:

    • Click the Image Masking switch for the destination bucket.

    • In the Enable Image Masking panel, configure the parameters as described in the following table and click OK.

      Configuration Item

      Description

      Task Name

      A custom task name. This parameter helps you identify tasks.

      Bucket

      The name of the selected bucket. This parameter cannot be changed.

      Masking Scope

      Configure the scope of images to be desensitized. DSC performs a full scan to identify images in the selected bucket.

      Scan Type

      Select a start time for the task.

      Image De-identification

      • Image Type: Select an image type.

      • De-identification Method: Select an image desensitization method. Only Masking is supported.

      Note
      • Image desensitization supports the following formats: PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, and WEBP. The size of a single image cannot exceed 10 MB.

      • By default, desensitized images are stored in the aliyun_dsc_desensitization folder of the bucket to which the images belong.

Enable a feature with one click

  1. In the Actions column of the destination bucket, click Enable.

  2. In the Enable dialog box, select Scan assets and identify sensitive data now. as needed, and click OK.