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Re: Identity Finder
From: Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:21:39 -0500
Great product. Very configurable. Has had a few bugs (e.g. at one point couldn't detect SSN in an Excel sheet if it was formatted *as* SSN-type) but they fixed it. Note that it by default limits the size of files it will scan, for performance reasons. Be sure you check all settings and are aware of what it won't be looking into. But for the routine cases, it's very usable and effective. From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Todd Britton Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:18 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Identity Finder I am in the process of starting a project with Identity Finder Enterprise version here at the University of La Verne. I am installing the Windows server and running use cases to determine our best course to roll this out. Please contact me with specific questions or to query on my progress. Good luck and Happy Holidays! Todd Britton, PMP, MCSE, CGEIT Director of Enterprise Application Services Information Security Officer OIT Project Manager University of La Verne 909-593-3511 x4234 tbritton () laverne edu From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Richard A MacLaughlin Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:00 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Identity Finder I am looking into products (or free utilities) that can scan for SSNs, credit card information, and anything else that would be considered sensitive. Currently, we use Cornell Spider, but I'm looking for something more powerful and consistent. It has been mentioned to me before to look into Identity Finder as a potential solution and it looks promising, but I was wondering if any of you had any hands-on experience with Identity Finder or if you could recommend a better or different product? I've contacted their sales department to give me some more information about specific questions I have, but I'll reiterate one question here in case any of you have hands-on experience. It seems like the product is primarily geared toward Windows environments, so I'm wondering how successful (if at all) it is at finding any true positives when scanning file extensions that aren't native to Windows. Of course, I'll reiterate that I'm definitely open-minded to other solutions beside Identity Finder if there is something better. Thanks, Richard A. MacLaughlin Information Security Valdosta State University Phone: (229) 333-5974
Current thread:
- Identity Finder Richard A MacLaughlin (Dec 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Identity Finder Todd Britton (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Gary Dobbins (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Bret Ingerman (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Ben Woelk (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Conor McGrath (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Maria P. Binder (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Flynn, Gerald (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Gary Dobbins (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Willis Marti (Dec 17)
- Re: Identity Finder Peterman, Martin (mdp4s) (Dec 18)
- Re: Identity Finder Allison Dolan (Dec 18)
- Re: Identity Finder Richard Miller (Dec 18)
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