Re: Identity Finder

[Willis Marti <wmarti () TAMU EDU>]

On 12/17/2009 3:00 PM, Richard A MacLaughlin wrote:
> 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.

Deployed it (for Windows) about a year ago. Have not yet done the Mac
version but will deploy that in Spring '10. Very capable. Some bugs but
good support response. If you have large sites, get the central console.

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Cheers,
 Willis Marti
 Director&  CISO
 Networking and Information Security
 Texas A&M University