Spirion is a tool that allows you to search for PSI (Private Sensitive Information) on your PC or Mac computer. It can scan your local hard drive, file shares, and external
media for PSI. It can search for bank account numbers, birth dates, maiden names,
addresses, passwords, driver's license numbers, and employee identification numbers
in addition to searching for Social Security, and credit card numbers. Data that it
flags as possibly being PSI can easily be securely deleted, securely encrypted, or
ignored if it is not truly PSI to prevent it from being flagged in future scans. All
this can be done from inside the application.
Your PSI as well as the PSI of others such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth, mother's maiden names, driver's license numbers, etc. are all just commodities for hackers. They can easily sell this information on black markets for money, making it a very desirable target for them. The repercussions from leakage of this information can cost individuals and companies large sums of money, and be very troublesome to deal with. Therefore, it is important to store this data where hackers cannot easily obtain it. This is the purpose for the Spirion tool at our institution.
Private Sensitive Information Policy
Letter from the Security Team to the Faculty and Staff Regarding PSI and Spirion
