Is there a program to protect personal identifiable information for home use?

[DeepWeb]

I know there are corporate solutions that make sure that your information doesn't leak out, but are there products for regular consumers to prevent that certain information travels out of your own computer?

 

[upnorth]

Could you please mention if possible, some of the corporate solutions as I'm not sure what you mean?

 

[DeepWeb]

Could you please mention if possible, some of the corporate solutions as I'm not sure what you mean?

Data Loss Prevention programs like Identity Finder Endpoint
Data Loss Prevention – DLP Solutions | Spirion

Or here:
Top 5 best data loss prevention software in 2017 | TechRadar

But for home use aka for the average joe, highly automated preferably.

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

Could you please mention if possible, some of the corporate solutions as I'm not sure what you mean?

Corporate solutions like DLP (Data Loss Prevention) control egress of sensitive information out from your network. Most enterprise solutions offer DLP of some form or another. Fortinet for example allows you to scan documents into it for DLP DNA Fingerprinting so the Fortigate can identify and alert of sensitive data traversing to the outside of an internal network.

I remember running into a home DLP awhile back but forgot what solution it was.

 

[HarborFront]

BlackFog Privacy

BlackFog Privacy Data and Identity Theft Protection

Discussion here

BlackFog Privacy

 

[upnorth]

Stand-alone Device Control for Small Offices or Home Use - Endpoint Protector

I have no idea how effective they are but they been around a pretty long time.

 

[DeepWeb]

Stand-alone Device Control for Small Offices or Home Use - Endpoint Protector

I have no idea how effective they are but they been around a pretty long time.

Thank you. From the screenshot they seem to only block devices all together. I wonder if they have a program that scans all files for PII and then keeps an eye on where those files are moving and who is accessing them. Does that make sense?

 

[Atlas147]

This seems like something that would be pretty hard to deploy in a home environment because there would just be so much data moving in and out. I can see this as a more feasible idea if you were working on an intranet and occasionally access the internet, then the program would only detect information moving out of the internet but not the intranet. However in a home environment you are also exclusively using the internet and would probably never have an intranet set up so the program is going to get so many hits on personal data moving in and out.

I think a more feasible idea would be to set up a firewall that default denies any inbound or outbound third party application unless you tell them to allow it.

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

This seems like something that would be pretty hard to deploy in a home environment because there would just be so much data moving in and out. I can see this as a more feasible idea if you were working on an intranet and occasionally access the internet, then the program would only detect information moving out of the internet but not the intranet. However in a home environment you are also exclusively using the internet and would probably never have an intranet set up so the program is going to get so many hits on personal data moving in and out.

I think a more feasible idea would be to set up a firewall that default denies any inbound or outbound third party application unless you tell them to allow it.

Agreed, it's difficult, and overkill on a home network. It's really designed for exfiltration from employees.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Better restrict user access to the sensitive folders.