DataSniff: The Solution for Discovering Sensitive Information

In an age of identity theft, protecting sensitive data is a top priority within

many enterprise organizations. Stiff fines or high litigation costs are often a
consequence of losing unprotected personal data. Losing this information to
identity theft may cause unrecoverable damage.

Social security numbers or credit card numbers are often located in multiple
locations within an enterprise organization, which presents a difficult task
when outlining and deploying a protection strategy. PII could be located in
legacy mainframe data, customer service notes, documents, files, datasets,
spreadsheets, or even emails. To create a strategy for protecting PII data, it is
critical to “MAP” the data and determine where it resides.
• Available as an Appliance, Virtual Image, or Software
Finding PII information in unstructured or structured data can be a challenge. Download
This is especially true within mainframe data sources, where structured data
• Supports Multiple DataBase Structures:
often lacks standardized mechanisms for determining the data structure
outside of the application in use.  IBM MAINFRAME Z/OS & iSeries
 IMS, DB2, VSAM, QSAM
Over 60% of business critical data is located in Mainframe datacenters.  ORACLE
DataSniff is the only Data Discovery solution to reach beyond “Open Systems”  SQL
to include the Mainframe. This powerful combination of mainframe access  ODBC
technologies blended with Semantic Search technology can locate sensitive
information of many different varieties and easily allows organizations to
control and protect that data.

Why DataSniff?
• DISCOVER SENSITIVE DATA ON THE MAINFRAME AS WELL AS OPEN SYSTEMS
• SIMPLE TO DEPLOY
o Deployed and fully functional in less than 1 week
o Automated discovery process eliminates manual data search processes
• SIMPLE TO USE
o Built-in policy & compliance analytics for discovering data at rest
o Intuitive dashboard representation of your enterprise data structure
o Creates map of sensitive data located throughout the enterprise and
prepares it for Tagging, Protection, Obfuscation, or Remediation
• HIGHLY ACCURATE DATA INVENTORY
o Sophisticated algorithms locate and identify sensitive information in
structured and unstructured form
• REASONABLE COST
o Eliminates all manual search & discovery processes previously associated
with mainframe environments, saving hundreds of hours of IT staff time
• SCALABLE
Features
DataSniff – Accessing Mainframe Data
- Supports the inclusion of an Analytical Engine
-Supports unstructured data in VSAM, QSAM, ISAM data Module which can be used feed any data defined
sets and partitioned data sets. Can access all datasets on in a DataView to the search engine for analysis.
the mainframe or can use a data set name mask to limit The module can also be programmed to
which data sets are accessed. systematically create DataViews for unstructured
-Supports structured data stored in VSAM, and QSAM data sets (typically limited by a name mask.) It
data sets as well as IMS and DB2 databases. Supports can be programmed to systematically feed all or
automatic extraction of meta data from system tables some of the DataViews defined in the system to
for DB2 databases. Supports assisted extraction of meta the search engine for analysis. The module can
data from copy books and other existing sources for also be programmed to accommodate
VSAM, QSAM, and IMS data stores. Supports common transformations of the data for such things as
mainframe practices for storing data including Packed adding a record number field to DataViews of
Decimal, Occurs, and Redefines field and record types. unstructured data.
- Supported IMS databases:
• HDAM - Hierarchic Direct Access Method
• HIDAM - Hierarchic Indexed Direct Access Method
• HISAM - Hierarchic Indexed Sequential Access
Method
• HSAM – Hierarchic Sequential Access Method
• SHISAM - Simple Hierarchic Indexed Sequential
Access Method
• SHSAM - Simple Hierarchic Sequential Access
Method
• INDEX - Secondary Indexes Supported for: HDAM,
HIDAM, & HISAM.
- Supports creating and persisting all of the meta data
that describes the structured and unstructured raw data
sources on a mainframe as Host Source definitions.
These definitions include all the information necessary to
access the data and can include credentials.
DataSniff Supports All Major Compliance Initiatives:
- Supports the creation and persistence of DataViews.
- PCI (Payment Card Industry)
DataViews define a subset of columns, filters and row
limit restrictions that can be used to limit what data is to - HIPAA, EU DPD, PIPED-A, etc.
be analyzed. In most use cases, DataViews will be used - Risk Management & Compliance
to limit the analysis to suspect fields like text fields. In - NIST, DIACAP, FISMA, etc
addition, DataViews can be used to include unique - COBIT, SOX, etc.
identifying information about the record.
- Other PII Initiatives
-Supports other structured data sources including SQL
Server, iSeries DB2, ORACLE and most other databases
accessible via ODBC.

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