Author Archives: Brian Vecci
Using Varonis: “Fast Track” Recommendations
(This is one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) Over time, a user’s access to systems and data in an organization tends … Continue reading
Using Varonis: Implementing Automatic Rules
(This is one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) What good are rules if nobody follows them, right? If we put a … Continue reading
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Using Varonis: Involving Data Owners – Part II
(This is one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) If your doctor said “Your blood pressure is 120/95” would that mean anything … Continue reading
Using Varonis: Involving Data Owners (Part I)
(This one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) Almost every organization is now data driven. With all the talk about data growth … Continue reading
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Top 3 SharePoint Security Challenges
The rapid adoption of SharePoint has outpaced the ability of organizations to control its growth and enforce consistent policies for security and access control. The ease with which SharePoint sites can be created means that SharePoint use is decentralized and … Continue reading
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Using Varonis: Who Owns What?
(This one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) All organizational data needs an owner. It’s that simple, right? I think most of … Continue reading
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Using Varonis: Which Data Needs Owners?
(This one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) In a single terabyte of data there are typically around 50,000 folders or containers, … Continue reading
Top 5 Things IT Should Be Doing, But Isn’t
A clear path to effective information governance. 1. Audit Data Access Effective management of any data set is impossible without a record of access. Unless one can reliably observe data use, one cannot observe its non-use, misuse, or abuse. Without a … Continue reading
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Using Varonis: Why Data Owners?
(This one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) One of my first jobs in IT was on the help desk for a … Continue reading
Using Varonis: Fixing the Biggest Problems
(This one entry in a series of posts about the Varonis Operational Plan – a clear path to data governance. You can find the whole series here.) Now that we have a pretty good idea where the highest-risk data is, the … Continue reading
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