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Identity Finder

Initial Cost See below for details
Expiration Date Feb 1
Renewal Price $2/FTE

Restrictions Availability
Departments Available
Students Not Available

Cost to Departments

The cost is based on the FTE count of the department and the System Part Number of the account from which the funds will be drawn. 

  • For 02 accounts, the cost is $3/FTE.
     
  • For all other accounts, the cost is $10/FTE.
     
  • For all accounts, the renewal cost is $2/FTE.

Calculating FTE Count

All employees of the department are included in the FTE count, with part time faculty and staff counting as 0.5 FTE. Student workers and graduate assistants must be included in this count also and will count as 0.5 FTE.

Note: Non-computer using staff can be excluded from the FTE count.

Description of Software

Identity Finder is a program that helps scour your computer to secure or remove personal identifying data.

From the company web page (www.identityfinder.com):

"Enterprise Edition CLIENT Highlights
  • Enterprise ClientEasy to use client application requires no server and allows employees to search for PII* across files, emails, system areas on their personal computers
  • Agentless technology allows administrators to conduct remote searching
  • Automatically find occurrences of personally identifiable information (including PII commonly found in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom)
  • Encrypt, quarantine, or securely delete sensitive data quickly easily with the use of Wizards
  • Analyze findings in an easy to use preview window display
  • Aggregate all findings to a centralized location or Monitoring Console
  • Generate reports that can be used to analyze trends and determine compliance with data leakage laws and privacy requirements
  • Easy and intuitive enough for employees to use on home computers as well; step-by-step guides and interactive help are quick and simple"