Re: Identity Finder

[Ben Woelk <fbwis () RIT EDU>]

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From: Paul Lepkowski
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:02 AM
To: Ben Woelk; The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
Subject: RE: [SECURITY] Identity Finder



At RIT, we are deploying Identity Finder to a couple thousand of our systems (clients and servers).  We are currently 
deploying on Windows first and then MAC (hopefully) soon thereafter.  We are using a centralized model even though we 
have 13 separate IT groups on campus.  This is due to our security requirements for protection of the IDF console 
server.  We also don't want 13 IDF servers scattered around campus.  We have it searching Outlook and PST files as 
well.  There is more PI in email that people realize.  Having a periodic scheduled scan and a process for handling the 
reporting and remediation is very important.  User training is vital.  Ben Woelk and some of our student employees have 
developed an excellent website that includes a training demo.  Please feel free to visit the sites:



- RIT InfoSec website:  http://security.rit.edu/pim.html

- IDF user training demo:  http://security.rit.edu/simulations/pim/idfdemo.html



No product is perfect.  Overall, the Identity Finder product is very good.  Technical support and the response time for 
any issues is excellent.



Our office has developed a very in-depth knowledge of the product over the past several months.  I'd be happy to chat 
with anyone offline if you would like more information.





Paul Lepkowski, CISSP, GIAC-GPEN

RIT Information Security Office

Information Security Lead Engineer to ITS

Staff Council Representative



Rochester Institute of Technology

Ross 10-A200

151 Lomb Memorial Drive

Rochester, NY 14623

(585) 475-6972

paul.lepkowski () rit edu<mailto:paul.lepkowski () rit edu>



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From: Ben Woelk
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:32 PM
To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
Cc: Paul Lepkowski
Subject: RE: [SECURITY] Identity Finder



We're doing an Enterprise rollout at RIT. Our security engineer (Paul Lepkowski) should be able to answer any questions.



Ben Woelk '07

Information Security Communications and Training Specialist

Rochester Institute of Technology

Ross 10-A204

151 Lomb Memorial Drive

Rochester, New York 14623

585.475.4122

585.475.7920 fax

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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 4:00 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