University of Wisconsin–Madison

As part of the campus security strategy to reduce the risk of restricted data loss, The Office of Cybersecurity offers a data discovery service based on a tool called, “Spirion” (formerly Identity Finder).

  • Spirion scans a computer to locate Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, financial account numbers, or other restricted data.
  • Scans files, emails and attachments, databases, and websites
  • Helps you secure data via redaction, encryption or shredding

This tool is centrally funded and available at no cost to you or your department.