Identity Finder

Search a computer to locate and secure potentially dangerous data such as U.S. Social Security Numbers. In many instances, data found is data the computer user may not know exists.

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Deployment considerations

Before deploying Identity Finder, your department should:

• assess risk of sensitive data already existing on local systems and ongoing risk of new sensitive data being saved on local systems
• develop departmental policies for sensitive data on local systems (allowed or not, encryption, laptop vs desktop, etc)
• determine required frequency of scans and develop regular schedule for scans of local systems (generally off-hours)
• develop procedures to deal with false-positive results
• develop remediation procedures (responsibility on local users, Idnetity Finder admins, etc.)
• develop standardized scan configuration for Identity Finder for department/organization
• establish buy-in from department head (to enforce policies and practices)

Tips and Suggestions

• Identity Finder - individual installations
• Identity Finder - console installations (coming soon)

Support documents and additional information

• Identity Finder at SAS
• Purchase Identity Finder licenses from OSL
• Top 10 ways a person's identity can be stolen