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title: "Data Security Settings"
slug: "data-security-settings"
updated: 2026-09-07T08:05:03Z
published: 2026-09-07T08:05:03Z
canonical: "docs.verax.ai/data-security-settings"
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# Data Security Settings

## **1. Introduction**

*Configure data security settings for Verax Protect to automatically block user requests to your Generative AI tools that fall below a certain pre-defined or custom threshold.*

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## **2. Identity Enforcement**

To activate identity enforcement, go to **Protect > Data Security > Identity enforcement** and toggle the switch to **Active**.

When enabled, Verax enforces users to authenticate with your organizational identity provider (IdP) when accessing Generative AI tools, ensuring AI usage is tied to verified user identities.

Before you can enable identity enforcement, you must first connect your identity provider. go to **Settings > Identity Provider** and follow [these instructions](/v1/docs/settings#6-identity-provider).

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## **3. Block sensitive requests**

To activate sensitive request blocking, go to **Protect > Data Security > Block sensitive requests** and toggle the switch to **Active**. Select how you want to block requests:

The **Present threshold** uses pre-defined Verax sensitivity levels to easily manage user request blocking. There are three presents to choose from:

- **Strict (40)** - Blocks anything potentially inappropriate.
- **Balanced (55)** - Blocks inappropriate content.
- **Permissive (70)** - Blocks only clearly inappropriate content.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/0db41097-2a23-4e2b-9fae-aecb3e4383d9/Images/Documentation/protectdatasecurity1.png)

The **Custom threshold** allows you to manually set the threshold level from 0 to 100. 100 will allow all requests through. 0 will block every request. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/0db41097-2a23-4e2b-9fae-aecb3e4383d9/Images/Documentation/protectdatasecuritythreshodl.png)

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## **4. Code Detection**

Enable code detection. When enabled, Verax Protect removes any code from requests sent to Generative AI tools.

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## **5. PII Protection**

Detect and prevent exposure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) by redacting selected data types before requests are sent to AI tools. PII detection is based on configurable patterns that can be customized to meet organizational requirements.

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## **6. PHI Protection**

Detect and prevent exposure of Protected Health Information (PHI) by redacting selected data types before requests are sent to AI tools. PHI detection may incorporate publicly available clinical terminology datasets depending on deployment region.

For information regarding third-party data sources and required attributions, see: Third-Party Data Sources & Licensing →

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## **7. Secrets Protection**

Detect and prevent exposure of sensitive credentials by identifying and removing secrets from requests before they are sent to Generative AI tools. Secrets may include API keys, access tokens, private keys, passwords, and other authentication credentials.