Re: Scanner for sensitive information

[Randy Marchany <marchany () CANDI2 CIRT VT EDU>]

The 3 best (in no particular order) freeware sensitive number scan tools are:

1. VA Tech's Find_SSNs available from http://security.vt.edu. Hey, I'm from VT
so of course, I'll put ours first :-).
2. Cornell's Spider Tool available from http://www.cit.cornell.edu/security/too
ls
3. UT-Austin's Sensitive Number Finder Tool (SENF) available from
https://source.its.utexas.edu/groups/its-iso/projects/senf

Some of the Virginia schools including VT are also using a commercial tool,
IdentityFinder from www.identityfinder.com. It is able to check .pst files and
PDFs for sensitive info.

        -Randy Marchany
        VA Tech IT Security Office & Lab