Sensitive data scanning method and device, electronic equipment and medium

The invention provides a sensitive data scanning method and device, electronic equipment and a medium, and the method comprises the steps: receiving a data scanning request, and determining a to-be-scanned file based on the data scanning request; extracting file content of the to-be-scanned file; the file content is matched with a pre-established sensitive information rule base, and whether sensitive data exist in the file content or not is judged. The sensitive data in the disk can be quickly and accurately scanned, so that the leakage of personal privacy is avoided, and the information security is improved. 本发明提供了一种敏感数据的扫描方法、装置、电子设备及介质，包括：接收数据扫描请求，并基于数据扫描请求确定待扫描文件；提取待扫描文件的文件内容；将文件内容与预先建立的敏感信息规则库进行匹配，判断文件内容中是否有敏感数据。本发明能够快速、准确地扫描到磁盘中的敏感数据，从而避免个人隐私的泄露，提高了信息安全性。