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Rescan a Managed Cloud App

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Rescan a Managed Cloud App

Learn how to rescan a cloud app on Data Security to update match results.

When you Configure Data Patterns, Data Security scans all connected cloud apps automatically to detect sensitive content that match on these patterns. This is the discovery process. Unlike a forward scan, a rescan does not request assets from the cloud; rather, a rescan downloads previously discovered assets from the cloud app.

Rescan is a resource‑intensive and time‑consuming operation. Depending on the volume of assets in your cloud app, the rescan might take a long time to complete.

Consider a rescan if:

You added or modified a data pattern. Data Security matches content from that time onwards, but does not automatically look for matches on previous scan results. To find matches for content that Data Security already scanned, you can Rescan a specific cloud app.
You updated your internal domain list and you want Data Security to recalculate exposure for previously discovered assets.

To rescan your app, go to Data SecurityApplications<Your Application>View SettingsActionsRescan.

The Rescan option is available for the cloud app if the option is displayed, and rescans are limited to once every three days. A rescan timestamp indicates when you initiated it.

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