Locating Personally Identifiable Information

["David, Elaine" <elaine.david () UCONN EDU>]

At the University of Connecticut we are looking to deploy software for
locating personally identifiable information such as social security
numbers, credit card numbers, etc. in our efforts to help us manage and
protect sensitive data.

We have identified several products that we have tested for
functionality, among them: Cornell's Spider Forensic Tool, Velosecure's
Identity Finder, and Proventsure's Self PII Detection. 

I am interested in learning whether other institutions have implemented
a tool for identifying/locating sensitive information, and if so:
(1) Which tool are they using?
(2) How is the tool being deployed? E.g. Do you just make it available
for use by your staff? Do you have support staff who run the tool for
individuals who request it or can individuals run it themselves?  Is it
mandatory or voluntary to use the tool? 
(3) Any other information that might be useful.

Thank you in advance for any information that you can provide to us.

- Elaine

Elaine David
Assistant Vice President for Information Services
Director of Information Technology Security, Policy & Quality Assurance
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3138 
Phone: (860) 486-1362
Fax: (860) 486-5744
Email: Elaine.David () uconn edu

 

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