Thursday, December 3, 2020

Key Benefits of Data Access Governance

 

Data Access Governance allows administrators to discover unstructured sensitive and data and govern access for security and compliance. Modern organizations create huge amount of unstructured data. This unstructured data lives in file shares, SharePoint, and cloud storage systems such as OneDrive or Box etc. Mitigating data loss and data breaches requires continuous access audit and remediation. 

 

With Data Access Governance Organizations Can: 

 

  1. Gain visibility and ownership of user entitlements for Windows, Linux and Unix Servers, file shares and Microsoft SharePoint. 

  1. Automate the data access certification process for the lines-of-business. 

  1. Remediate inappropriate access and put in place a consistent methodology for group- based access to file shares and SharePoint. 

  1. Enable a closed-loop validation process for change to data access permissions. 

  1. Determine whether access policy and control objectives are being met. 

  1. Manage data access risk and provide auditable evidence of compliance. 

 

 

Key Benefits Data Access Governance: 

 

Unmatched Visibility – Enables IT and the business to know definitively who owns enterprise data resources, who has access to what data resources, how they got access, whether they should have access, and who approved it across Windows file shares and SharePoint. 

 

Effective Access Certifications for Business Users – An automated access certification process generates actionable reviews that are simple and effective for business users to work with. A closed-loop workflow tracks and audits access changes, providing the evidence needed by auditors and regulators. 

 

Identification of Data Owners – Leverages user activity monitoring to determine who frequently accesses the data in question, which can be used to suggest owners. 

 

Enforcement of Compliance Policies – Easy-to-use business rules enable business and compliance policies associated with users, groups and access permissions to be tested or automatically enforced. 

 

Leverage Existing Security Investments – Leverages Microsoft ADFS group-based data access lifecycle management. Data classifications derived from DLP systems can be leveraged to determine controls and used for access risk management processes.  

 

SecurEnds offers a cloud ready Data Access Governance solution that provides a single pane of glass across all data stores from files shares to databases on cloud or on-premise, continuous monitors access controls using principle of least privileges and offers compliance and Audit reviews for GDPR, CCPA, SOX, GLBA, FISMA, ISO 27001, HIPAA etc. With balanced features and cloud native deployment, SecurEnds makes enforcement of Zero-Trust possible. 

 

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

What is Cloud Identity & Access Management?

 

Implementing cloud Identity Access Management (IAM) helps enterprises improve accessibility and security. With an IAM solution, companies can more easily handle the needs of an evolving IT landscape while reducing overhead. 

 

What Is Cloud Identity Access Management? 

Identity Access Management (IAM) provides a framework that allows users to connect to applications. IAM acts as a database for user records. Often these are cloud-based services that sit outside of your network. When a user tries to gain access, the application will check with the identity provider first to authenticate. 

 

How Cloud Identity Access Management Works 

The Identity Provider sends a series of messages to authenticate. These include: 

  • An authentication assertion that shows the requesting user or device is who or what it claims to be. 

  • An attribution assertion that passes along relevant data when a connection request is made. 

  • An authorization assertion that documents whether the user or requesting device was granted access to the online resource or not. 

These assertions are XML or JSON documents that contain all the necessary information to verify users to a service provider. 

 

SecurEnds Cloud IAM product enables Identity Access and Lifecycle Management for Provisioning and De-Provisioning of user access in AWS, Azure and GCP cloud platforms. The product manages Cloud Governance to meet security and audit compliance. It manages Cloud user permissions for employees, partners, customers and access approval management. 

 

Identity Governance enforces the access life cycle management process directly from granting access and periodically reviewing access privileges. Additionally, it works to revoke access privileges when a user is terminated. The process enables a centralized system where you have the ability to manage the workflow of user access privileges and entitlements, all in a single place for internal governance, auditing and for an external audit to review the user access controls. 

 

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