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Restricted Data Discovery Tool

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Compliance requirements, particularly the requirement to notify users/the public when data breaches occur, have increased the consequences of inappropriately disclosing restricted information.

Historically, UW has propagated data throughout our systems in order to complete its business: on end user computers, on servers and in databases. This data sometimes contains restricted information such as social security numbers and bank account numbers. Often users and administrators do not know (or have forgotten) that restricted or sensitive information is on their machines.

Given the current threat environment and data breach disclosure law, finding and quantifying where restricted data is stored so that it can be adequately protected or removed is essential to risk reduction.

We have purchased Identity Finder, a software program that helps you locate personal identifying information (e.g. social security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords) in files that exist on your computer.  Once the personal information is found, remediation steps such as deletion, encryption, etc. can be taken to protect the data from loss.

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