Re: Identity Finder

["Maria P. Binder" <mpb () UMN EDU>]

I've asked several IT people to use it and provide feedback re; general
user adoption.  The feedback so far is nice product, not that intuitive
for joe-user.  I'd be interested to hear from anyone rolling out a pre
configured package to users.

Maria

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Maria P. Binder
University of Minnesota
Office of Information Technology, Security & Assurance
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612-626-9310                               mpb () umn edu



Todd Britton wrote:
>                 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. M*a*cLaughlin
>
> *Information Security*
>
> *Valdosta State University*
>
> *Phone:  (229) 333-5974*