# POC: Data Mapping with Fides

Our POC (Proof of Concept) guides are intended for enterprise organizations evaluating Fides deployed in their environment and are a helpful way to guide you through deploying and evaluating the world's leading privacy engineering platform.

## Prerequisites Guide for AWS Data Mapping and Data Inventory  
Please follow these guides, in order, for the appropriate environment to get started quickly with your Fides POC (Proof of Concept):

### In-House Systems  
| Step | Description | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWS Provisioning | Provision AWS Credentials | [AWS Guide to provisioning Access Key (opens in a new tab)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/userguide/pstools-appendix-sign-up.html) |
| SQL Database Credential Provisioning | Provision a service account for Database Access | Fides requires read-only permissions for classification. |
| Kubernetes Deployment (If Self-Deploying) | Access to deploy to AKS | [AWS Guide to setting up Helm with EKS (opens in a new tab)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/helm.html) |

### Third Party SaaS  
| Step | Description | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credential Provisioning | Provision Access Keys for third party systems | Refer to vendor documentation for seeding third party system data |
| Seed Test Data | Evaluator will provision sandbox data in a non-production environment | [Example: Stripe - Generating test data (opens in a new tab)](https://github.com/stripe-samples/test-data) |

## POC Checklist for Data Mapping  
### In-House Systems  
| Step | Description | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fides Scanning & Data Mapping | Scan the AWS Instance | [Fides guide to scanning AWS Infrastructure](/content/docs/data-mapping/guides/system-detection#cloud-system-detection-for-aws/index.html) |
| Classify Sandbox AWS MySQL Database | Perform a classification and view results. |  |
| Create a System in Fides and link MySQL Dataset | Linking the dataset to a system. | [Adding Data Uses and Processing Activities](/content/docs/data-mapping/guides/data-uses/index.html) |
| Visualize Datamap, Filter Data, and Export a Report | See, explore, and understand your Datamap. | [Data Mapping and Report Exporting](/content/docs/data-mapping/guides/reports/index.html) |

### Third Party SaaS  
| Step | Description | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Integrate Third Party System | Fides will use its data dictionary to identify PII. | [Example: Stripe - Configuring the integration](/content/docs/integrations/saas-integrations/developer-reference/example-configs/stripe/index.html) |