PII scanning tools are used to search for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) on computers. Most commonly, such data takes the form of social security numbers and credit card numbers paired with names. The tools widely in PII scanning tools most widely in use at Cornell currently are Identity Finder and Spider. This site is intended as a conduit for information for technical support providers who support these tools.----
Identity Finder
Identity Finder
Identify Finder is a widely used commercial product for which many departments at Cornell have purchased licenses under an umbrella agreement. Cornell's license is by person (as opposed to by computer) and covers the Enterprise client and server console products.
- Information and discussion about Identity Finder
- Identity Finder Enterprise downloads (license file required to install)
- Identity Finder Enterprise Documentation page
- Identity Finder Enterprise marketing website
- Best practices
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Spider
Spider is an a free, open source tool developed at Cornell, and is in use at universities and companies worldwide. As of August 2009 it supports Windows and Linux and can be downloaded from here.
- Spider download site: http://www2.cit.cornell.edu/security/tools/
- Information and discussion about Spider
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Other tools
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Questions about this page should be directed to Wyman Miles or Dan Elswit
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