Data Access Governance is about making access to data exclusive. It’s about limiting the number of people who have access to data – and their permissions to data – to the lowest levels possible.
Stealthbits’ Data Access Governance solution discovers where your data lives and then classifies, monitors, and remediates the conditions that make managing data access so difficult in the first place. The result is effective governance that promotes security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
The Problem with Data Access Governance
Data is the primary target In virtually every breach scenario – and protecting data gets harder every day. While there are many challenges Administrators face in the management and security of their various data repositories, there are some common denominators that ultimately make managing data access so problematic.
Access rights are already massively overprovisioned, and when mixed with a high degree of management complexity and a plethora of hidden and unknown risks, it’s no wonder why data stores like file shares and databases are so difficult to control and susceptible to attack. As if security concerns weren’t enough, stringent compliance requirements demand something be done to secure sensitive data of all types. But how do organizations approach a problem so big and complex?
Users may have been granted direct access via ACLs or might have access due to membership in an AD group. Getting a clear picture of user entitlements can be difficult and time consuming.
Cyberattackers love to take over legitimate accounts, posing as an employee while they scan your environment and plan their attack. Are you able to detect unwanted and suspicious file activity everywhere your employees store data?
Employees that work with sensitive data must take extra care not to store that data in uncontrolled environments. Can prove to your auditors that your data is being managed in compliance with industry regulations?
Over time, employees collect a variety of privileges and access, which are rarely removed and pose a security risk if the account is compromised.
Stealthbits’ Data Access Governance Solution
Structured and unstructured data is constantly being added to your business environment.
Stealthbits’ Data Access Governance solution makes it easy to get a handle on your data, no matter where it lives. From initial discovery to ongoing governance, Stealthbits’ solution automates the process of obtaining answers to your most difficult data access questions, restructuring access rights in alignment with least privilege principles, and keeping it that way through business-friendly governance workflows.
Discover where data lives to obtain a complete view of your data footprint.
Collect & Analyze relevant data points to answer critical questions (e.g. sensitivity, access, ownership, age, etc.)
Monitor activity to understand user interactions with data.
Restructure access to achieve Least Privilege principles and position for effective governance.
Govern access ongoing to ensure security, compliance, and operational standards are met.
Powerful Data Access Governance Software
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Why Stealthbits for Data Access Governance?
For over a decade, Stealthbits has provided the most complete Data Access Governance solution for unstructured data. However, Stealthbits is still the only vendor to provide equivalent support for your structured data repositories, and a comprehensive suite of solutions for critical components of the data access equation like Active Directory, desktop and server infrastructure, and more.
Stealthbits is the only Data Access Governance provider to support both unstructured and structured data sources, enabling visibility into access, activity, and sensitive data from file shares to databases and more, all from a single solution.
Data access is typically managed using Active Directory. Stealthbits provides the most comprehensive Active Directory Management & Security portfolio in the industry, allowing organizations to ensure AD is clean, understood, configured properly, monitored closely, and controlled tightly.
Active Directory is most commonly compromised from an overabundance of privileged access rights, misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities at the desktop and server layer. Stealthbits controls, limits, and reduces access, while also pinpointing security flaws to keep AD safe.
Learn why Stealthbits’ pragmatic approach to data security is trusted by the world’s largest organizations to ensure full compliance with regulatory guidelines and security best practices.
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