Rochester Institute of Technology
Information Security Office Private Information Management Initiative (PIMI)
User Decision Making Flow Chart
Use the decision making flowchart below to determine the appropriate remediation action for Private Information (PI) found on your machine. Performing an action on PI will remove the row from the Identity Finder search
results.
NO
Is the Identity Match
PI?
YES
NO
Is there a business
reason to keep PI on
your machine?
(Flags the file or identity
match as a false positive.)
NO
DON’T KNOW
or YES
Contact your PIMI business and/or
technical representative:
Is the file needed?
YES
NO
Is the PI needed in the
file?
(Securely deletes the file
containing PI from the local
machine.)
(Replaces/redacts the PI
with ‘X’s.)
YES
Contact your PIMI business and/or
technical representative: