Ever wonder why most organizations can’t answer a simple question like: “If I pull Alice from this security group, what data is she going to lose access to?” This is one of those questions that, much like the Travelling Salesman … Continue reading
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Varonis Demonstration of Metadata Framework Automation
Last week during our monthly webinar, David Gibson, VP of Marketing and Matt Gilbo, Director of West Coast Sales, gave a demonstration of how Varonis can help organizations effectively protect their unstructured and semi-structured data (documents, images, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.) … Continue reading →
Data Connectors Chicago
I just got back from a fantastic Data Connectors event in Chicago where I had the opportunity to speak to a group of IT security professionals about how we think about unstructured data governance. The theme of the presentation was … Continue reading →
Posted on January 20, 2012 in Access Control Reporting, Data Ownership, Metadata, Permissions Management, Secure Collaboration and tagged events |
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We Can’t Audit Our Lives But We Can Audit Our Data
Two weeks ago my fiancée came home from Christmas shopping. While she was unpacking, she realized she didn’t have her phone with her. She panicked! The idea of losing all her information: phone numbers, addresses, pictures, calendar, etc., was really … Continue reading →
Why You Need An Audit Trail
Imagine if a representative from your bank called you, and said, “Sir/Ma’am, for the next three days our system to audit account activity will be down, and we will be unable to track activity on your bank account. There will … Continue reading →
The Holiday Season is Prime Time for Credit Card Fraud
Be careful while using your credit cards this season. According to PNC Bank, credit card fraud increases about 19% during the holiday season. Most of us tend to use our credit cards more than usual and since we are in … Continue reading →
Posted on December 28, 2011 in Big Data, In The News, Metadata and tagged fraud detection, monitoring, risk management |
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All I Want for the Fiscal Year End Holiday is an Optimized Security Group
In one of our recent posts, Rob Sobers talked a bit about the Varonis recommendations engine and how it compares with hunch.com’s similar technology. I’m currently in the throes of last minute holiday shopping, and one of the things I … Continue reading →
Posted on December 23, 2011 in Access Control Reporting, Big Data, Data Ownership, Directory Services, Metadata, Permissions Management and tagged recommendations |
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How to Assess Your Current Risk Profile and Effectively Reduce Risk
In our December 2011 newsletter, we highlight recent research from Gartner, “Security and Risk Management Lessons, Courtesy of WikiLeaks,” (Gartner subscription required) that begins, “The wholesale release of sensitive diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks serves as a reminder to organizations of … Continue reading →
Posted on December 12, 2011 in Data Ownership, File System Protection, In The News, Metadata, Secure Collaboration and tagged data governance, permissions management, risk management |
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The Challenges of Metadata Collection
In my recent post, Improving Authorization with Metadata, we talked about what kinds of information we need in order to start cleaning up access control. This time I want to talk a little bit about how we’ll actually get that … Continue reading →
Posted on December 9, 2011 in Back To Basics, Directory Services, File System Protection, Metadata, Permissions Management and tagged acl, active directory, data governance, exchange permissions, ntfs permissions, permissions management, sharepoint permissions, unix permissions, windows permissions |
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Improving Authorization with Metadata
Now that we’ve covered why authorization tends to be broken, let’s talk about some solutions. To recap: Authorization is the process whereby we figure out what someone can and can’t access in a system Authorization controls are typically too permissive thanks to … Continue reading →
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