EMC Enhances Sharepoint Security And Availability

EMC, and its security division, RSA, have announced new solutions to help customers simplify management and ensure the utmost security for Microsoft SharePoint environments. As organisations put SharePoint services to greater use, SharePoint repositories begin to contain confidential and mission-critical information that must be available and secure to meet business needs.

The RSA Solution for MS SharePoint and Enhancements

The RSA Solution for Microsoft SharePoint addresses an array of security issues that arise within a large and distributed SharePoint environment. By enabling customers to gain a clear view on the current SharePoint hierarchy, as well as where sensitive data exists, RSA provides organisations the ability to more effectively evaluate their security and governance posture in order to mitigate risk and gain the most from the company’s SharePoint investment.

As part of the RSA Solution, the new RSA Secure View tool for Microsoft SharePoint provides customers with a hierarchical view of the SharePoint environment from servers to files within SharePoint sites. The tool is designed to also reveal which users have access to resources within the SharePoint deployment and eases the process of identifying where sensitive data resides within the SharePoint environment. With this insight, customers can then more effectively develop a comprehensive risk remediation strategy.

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“Protecting sensitive information is about more than discovering and managing the information itself. Organisations need to also manage access to that information. RSA Secure View tool for Microsoft SharePoint is engineered to reveal which users and groups have access to valuable information within the SharePoint environment and help to bridge the gap between business and security professionals to gain the most from the company’s investment in SharePoint services,” said Christopher Young, senior vice president of products at RSA. “Moreover, the solution is designed to help reduce implementation time and cost of ownership.”

In addition, the new RSA DLP RiskAdvisor for Microsoft SharePoint service leverages RSA Data Loss Prevention Datacenter for automated discovery of sensitive information and provides a snapshot of potential exposure within the SharePoint environment. The result is the rapid identification of sensitive data on target SharePoint servers, sites and SharePoint infrastructure components. The RiskAdvisor service is engineered to encompass a high-level mapping of business functions to sensitive data helping to determine how that information was put at risk. Through the EMC Proven validation of RSA DLP Datacenter, this solution delivers these benefits at an enterprise-scale.

Coupled with RSA Secure View tool, the RSA DLP RiskAdvisor for Microsoft SharePoint service is designed to provide a holistic view of the SharePoint environment, the location of sensitive data, and potential areas of risk. After areas of risk are identified, customers often face the task of building an effective remediation strategy. To help customers more successfully address identified risk, RSA’s solution offers solution architectures and extensive technical documentation – including deployment and configuration guides – that enable customers to better understand how RSA security controls may be consistently applied across a SharePoint environment.