-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Dumb Question - Credit Card Number Scanner
Okay, this one came to me yesterday. Somebody asked me if there were a way to search all files on a mainframe for credit card number information (you know, the 16-digit jobs) for a PCI audit. I know, I know, it could be 16 Alphanumeric, 16 Numeric, 9 Packed Decimal, or 8 Binary. I also know it would require searching EVERY file, and would probably need to use "test" card numbers in order to determine if they really exist. However, for some reason they want to know if a scanner is available. I'm figuring this could be done with ISPF's SuperC, or with CA-Easytrieve or CA-PanAudit, but if anybody knows of a PCI scanner for z/OS, I'd appreciate some names/links. Many thanks. <snip> Check out grep (*nix command). It will probably have to be run under Unix Systems Services (OMVS). It will not be pretty, it will take a long time (wall and CPU). And even then, you will get false positives because not every 16 digit number is a credit card number (could be an account number, or just the result of some calculation). Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
