Re: Identity Finder

[Conor McGrath <conormc () UCHICAGO EDU>]

Gary Dobbins wrote the following, on 12/17/09 3:21 PM:
> 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.

I agree with Gary's assessment. We've been using it here for 2+ years and it's 
worked rather well for us both in managed and unmanaged environments. Last month 
we rolled out the OS X version as well.

-Conor

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> *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
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>                 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!
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> *Todd Britton, PMP, MCSE, CGEIT*
> tbritton () laverne edu
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> *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
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> 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.
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> Thanks, 
>
> Richard A. M*a*cLaughlin
> *Valdosta State University*

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Conor McGrath
Enterprise Information Security
The University of Chicago
Phone: (773)702-7611