Removing sensitive information

Companies that deal with sensitive information must react when data is exposed into an unauthorized environment or to those without a need-to-know. Administrators can remove (redact) the sensitive information by following these steps.

Before you begin

You must be a Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Manager administrator to view and use the Redact menu choice and icon.

About this task

You can begin a redact operation from the Browse Products and Audit History screens.

Procedure

  1. Right-click over the product versions containing sensitive information that you want to remove, and select Redact. A completeness check starts to ensure that all product versions and their successors are selected.

    If a product version you chose to redact has later versions (successors), and the successors are not selected, the successors might have copies of the sensitive information, so a warning dialog shows the successors.

  2. In the confirmation dialog box, click Redact.

    After the product versions are redacted, the products remain in the Browse Products and Audit History screens. If the first product version is redacted, the name changes to Redacted. If a product version with a predecessor is redacted, the name changes to that of its predecessor.

  3. If the selected product versions do not include all versions that contain sensitive information, the confirmation dialog box shows a warning message. Click Show details to view the list of versions that caused the incomplete redaction. You can redact now or later.

    To redact all sensitive information immediately, follow the steps in step 4.

    To redact some sensitive information immediately and the remainder later, follow the steps in step 5.

  4. Redact all sensitive information immediately.
    1. Copy and paste the list of product versions to a text editor.
    2. In the confirmation dialog box, stop the incomplete redaction by clicking Cancel.
    3. Redact the product versions that you originally selected and the versions that you saved in the text editor from either the Browse Products or Audit History screen.
  5. Optional: Redact some sensitive information immediately and the remainder later.
    1. Copy and paste the list of product versions to a text editor.
    2. In the confirmation dialog box, continue the incomplete redaction by clicking Redact.
    3. When you are ready, redact the product versions that you saved in the text editor from either the Browse Products or Audit History screen.
  6. View the changes to the product versions in the Browse Products or Audit History screen.

    The redacted products remain in the Browse Products and Audit History screens, but they no longer contain the product version name, user properties, artifact links, added or removed child products, and audit information about these changes.


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