About Kaspersky Lab data categories
May 15, 2024
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Kaspersky Lab categories are preset categories that have been developed by Kaspersky Lab specialists. Each category includes data subcategories (that is, more specific categories).
Subcategory is a nested, embedded data category included in a larger-scale category. Each subcategory describes a set of category data combined with a specific feature. For example, the "Magnetic stripe data" subcategory makes part of the "Banking cards" category.
You can change the contents of a category by excluding or including subcategories. When a Kaspersky Lab data category is used, the application considers the data subcategories selected as part of this category. Subcategories that have been excluded from the category are ignored. For example, you can exclude subcategories upon which the application generates false positive incidents.
Kaspersky Lab categories are provided as part of the Kaspersky Security distribution kit. Categories can be updated during application database updates. The application records information about new Kaspersky Lab categories received during the update in the Windows® Event Log. To receive information about preset Kaspersky Lab categories that have been added or modified, you can enable automatic notifications. Notifications contain information about the number of new and modified categories with their descriptions.
Kaspersky Lab categories
Category name | Category description |
Administrative documents | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that are used in standard forms of administrative and regulating documents. These include orders, notices, job descriptions, and applications from employees. Sets of data on administrative documents depend on the country they are used in. |
Alcohol, tobacco and narcotic substances | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that, directly or indirectly, are associated with alcoholic products, tobacco goods, and narcotic and / or psychoactive substances. These include advertising descriptions, instructions on the use or preparation of such substances. |
Payment cards | This category allows you to scan files for data that are protected by the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). The requirements of this standard apply to companies that work with international payment systems. These requirements protect personal data of payment card owners when such data are processed, transmitted, and stored. This category allows you to detect the data of a payment card and its magnetic strip. |
Discrimination | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that may infringe upon the rights and legitimate interests of various groups of people. Any meaningful distinction of a person may become a pretext for discrimination; this may be his or her sex, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, nationality, or occupation. |
Confidential documents | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that are used in confidential documents. These include documents with tags indicating their confidential character: "For internal use only", "Confidential", or "Not for external distribution". |
Medical data (UK) Medical data (Germany) Medical data (Russia) Medical data (USA) Medical data (France) | These categories allow you to check files for the numbers of medical insurance policies, medical case histories, diagnoses, and medical advice. Sets of data on drugs, treatments, and social insurance data depend on the country in which a person receives medical assistance. (Registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.) |
Violence and weapons | This category lets you detect words and expressions that are associated with cruelty or that indicate a planned, provoked, or occurred use of force intended to harm the life or health of an individual or group of people (including to cause harm to one's own health or to commit suicide). This category also lets you detect information associated with the manufacture, acquisition, or use of weapons or explosives. |
Discontent | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that may indicate employees' depressed state or discontent. For example, employees may give unfavorable opinions on the managerial staff, colleagues, and customers, express discontent of their job or salary. Such opinions may indicate a negative emotional state of employees and lead to degradation of working performance. |
Explicit language | This category allows you to detect rude and abusive words and expressions, as well as explicit language. |
Personal data (UK) Personal data (Germany) Personal data (Russia) Personal data (USA) Personal data (France) | These categories allow you to check files for personal data that can be used to ascertain a citizen's identity or location (for example, date of birth, address of residence, data from the passport or driver's license, social security number and social insurance number, banking card data and numbers of banking accounts). The set of data classified as personal depends on the laws of the country whose citizenship the person holds. |
Personal identification (Russia) | This category lets you detect copies of official documents that confirm the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation, and that confirm the right of a citizen of the Russian Federation to operate a vehicle. |
U.S. Federal Law FCRA | The category allows you to detect any information that is protected by the FCRA in the USA. The FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) is a legislative act of the USA that regulates the data reporting for the purpose of assessment of citizens' financial condition, for example, when concluding a credit or insurance agreement. |
U.S. Federal Law GLBA | The category allows you to detect any personal data and financial information protected by the GLBA in the USA. The GLBA (Gramm — Leach — Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act) is a legislative act of the USA that regulates the activities of financial institutions concerning citizens' personal and financial information. |
U.S. Federal Law HIPAA | This category allows you to detect personal healthcare data listed in the HIPPA Federal Act of the USA. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a legislative act of the USA that regulates the activities of medical, insurance, and financial organizations as they handle medical records of individuals. |
Russian Federal Law No. 152 | This category allows you to check files for data protected by the Russian Federal Law No. 152. This law is aimed at protection of personal data when they are processed, stored, and used. The requirements of this law cover personal data operators (public authority, local authority, juridical or physical person who manages or performs personal data processing, as well as defines the goals and content of personal data processing). These requirements regulate activities that concern collection, processing, storage, and transmission of citizens' personal data. |
Financial documents | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that are used in standard forms of financial documents. These include contracts, accounts and invoices, payrolls, and orders. The sets of data on financial documents depend on the country they are used in. |
Erotica and pornography | This category allows you to detect words and expressions that are associated with the sexual side of human relationship. These include descriptions of human genitals, coitus, sexual perversions, or masturbation. |
