# What types of data does Nightfall classify?

Nightfall classifies over 100+ types of sensitive data, including forms of personally identifiable data (PII), protected health information (PHI), payment card information (PCI), credentials & secrets, and more. For example, email addresses, credit card numbers, social security numbers, API keys, passwords, and many more. These data types support compliance regimes like HIPAA, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS. Likewise, Nightfall’s detectors apply to a broad variety of industries and geographies (countries in US, EMEA, APAC, etc.).

Nightfall also supports custom detectors, as well as features such as context rules & exclusion rules that enable you to further tune detectors to your specific business needs and increase accuracy. Contact us at <sales@nightfall.ai> to determine if Nightfall supports detectors that meet your needs.


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