--- title: Detect human names in logs with ML in Sensitive Data Scanner description: Datadog's Sensitive Data Scanner now includes ML-based human name detection to automatically identify and obfuscate personal names in logs without regex... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/detect-human-names-in-logs-with-ml-in-sensitive-data-scanner-byrsjmwfe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Detect human names in logs with ML in Sensitive Data Scanner | daily.dev og:description: Datadog's Sensitive Data Scanner now includes ML-based human name detection to automatically identify and obfuscate personal names in logs without regex... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/detect-human-names-in-logs-with-ml-in-sensitive-data-scanner-byrsjmwfe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/byRSjmwfE.png og:image:alt: Detect human names in logs with ML in Sensitive Data Scanner og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Detect human names in logs with ML in Sensitive Data Scanner **[Datadog](https://daily.dev/sources/datadog)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Datadog's Sensitive Data Scanner now includes ML-based human name detection to automatically identify and obfuscate personal names in logs without regex patterns. The feature uses a two-stage ML pipeline that filters candidates and confirms names using context, avoiding false positives from technology names like Jenkins or Cassandra. It handles complex name formats including punctuation, hyphens, diacritics, and multi-word surnames. Teams can configure actions like redaction, hashing, or masking, review findings centrally, and suppress specific matches. This helps organizations validate upstream redaction, support GDPR compliance, and reduce operational overhead of maintaining custom pattern matchers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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