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Scanning Product Comparison

The information provided below is meant to serve as a reference for the Virginia Tech user community about some of features for software used to scan for sensitive data. The information that is provided is not intended as an endorsement the software listed.

Updated 

July 1, 2010

Find SSN

Cornell Spider

UT Austin SENF

IdentityFinder

Cost

Free

Free

Free

Cost

OS Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix

Windows, Mac(limited)

Any, needs Java

Windows, Mac

SSN formats

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Credit Card formats

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Passport Numbers

No

No

No

Yes

Driver's License

No

No

No

Yes

Bank Account numbers

No

No

No

Yes

Debit Card formats

No

No

No

Yes

First Name, Last Name, DOB in same document

No

No

No

Yes

Centrally Managed

No

No

No

Yes

Exchange Files (.pst) 

No

No

No

Maybe

PDF files?

Yes (enable option)

No

No

Yes

Office 2007

Yes

No

No

Yes

OpenOffice

Yes

No

No

Yes

Contiguous

Yes

No

No

Yes

Dashed/Space

Yes

No

No

Yes