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PII Scanning Service What is PII Scanning?The Pennsylvania State University’s Security Operations and Services office, a unit of Information Technology Services, can help you identify personably identifiable information (PII) on your computer, at no charge leveraging the Enterprise Governance and Compliance Platform, a commercial grade scanning tool, from Proventsure. Who Can Request a PII Scan?Only a departmental network contact can authorize a scan. The appropriate network contacts will be notified to verify a scan request made by non-network staff members. Results of the PII scan will be returned to the network contacts but the information may be shared with system administrators of affected machines, and with management in their units as appropriate. What Happens When I Request a PII Scan?Network contacts can request a scan at their discretion. Scans can be performed as often as contacts deem necessary to protect their environment. Once a request is made, ITS’ Security and Operations Services may contact the scan requestor for more detailed information prior to starting the scan, Results will be returned to the network contact for appropriate action. A scan may be delayed in the event of a high priority security incident. Large-scale scans will take longer to process and analyze. In the event of several concurrent large-scale scans, SOS will contact the requestors to advise them of the situation. Note: Repeated, unauthorized scan requests (e.g., abusive activity) may result in referral to the Office of Judicial Affairs or to the Office of Human Resources. What are Some Limitations of the PII Scanning Service?Under certain circumstances, some PII will not be detected. This scan should not be used as a guarantee that your computer is free of PII. Currently, the scanning software is only available for Windows platforms. If you want to perform a PII scan on a Mac or UNIX/Linux machine, please use Cornell's Spider. How Can I Request a PII Scan?To request a PII scan, please navigate to the following link: PII Scanning request form If you haven't already done so, please also request a ISS vulnerability scan for your machine which will attempt to identify vulnerabilities and mis-configurations in the operating system and installed software.
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