1. A method comprising: receiving an image of an image flow from a scanner; determining whether a sensitive item is present in the image by comparing parameters of a sensitive item profile with the image to identify whether a sensitive item is present in the image; when a sensitive item is determined to be present in the image, performing a security action with regard to the image as defined within or associated with data of the sensitive item profile, the security action defining data including instructions to: store a copy of the image to a secure memory; and obscure at least a portion of the image within which sensitive information of the sensitive item is present; and passing the image having at least a portion obscured in the image flow from the scanner while the copy stored in the secure memory is not obscured.