1. A system for minimizing the risk of theft or disclosure of personally identifiable or other sensitive information on a computer network comprising: a scanning engine located on a computer or work station on the network to identify personally identifiable or other sensitive information on said computer or work station; a user control console in communication with said scanning engine; and a report engine in communication with said control console; wherein said user control console provides a configuration profile to said scanning engine, monitors the scanning engine, receives a data log from said scanning engine, and provides remediation instructions to said scanning engine based on said data log.