Solution Delivers Visibility and Control of Who Can Access Enterprise-wide Data, including SharePoint and Windows File Shares
Waltham, MA,—June 2, 2011—Aveksa, Inc., the market-leading provider of enterprise Access Governance solutions, today announced that it has extended its suite of Access Governance automation solutions to include the governance and management of unstructured data. Aveksa’s new Data Access Governance module provides enterprises with the ability to easily implement access management and governance for Microsoft SharePoint and Windows file shares.
In response to increased internal and external compliance pressures, as well as a clearly heightened risk of data breaches, organizations increasingly recognize the need to extend their access governance solutions to cover not just critical applications, but critical data as well. According to a leading analyst firm, unstructured data such as documents, spreadsheets, images and media files, accounts for 80% of enterprise data, and is growing exponentially. As evidenced by recent well-publicized data breaches, organizations are clearly struggling when it comes to governing access to critical data; there is often no easy way to understand where the data resides, who in the business has ownership of the data, and who is entitled to access the data.
"WikiLeaks demonstrated to the international community that the lack of an effective Identity and Access Management (IAM) program can contribute inappropriate access to and use of what an enterprise classifies as "sensitive information," and that access can lead to the release of that information to unauthorized parties," wrote Earl Perkins, research Vice President in the Security and Privacy team at Gartner. "Unfortunately, these leaks are not particularly new, and media reports describe similar breaches with disturbing frequency. However, providers and users of IAM can take several steps to lessen the likelihood that a "WikiLeaks-like" event can occur within your enterprise." [source: Earl Perkins, Gartner, “The Lessons of WikiLeaks for Identity and Access Management” 20 April 2011]
Aveksa’s new Data Access Governance module seamlessly integrates into the Aveksa platform, providing a single, unified view of user and group entitlements, across both applications and data. With this solution, enterprises can:
"The introduction of our new Data Access Governance module comes as a result of direct feedback from our customers who have successfully implemented our solutions to gain better control over access to their critical applications, and now want to extend their access governance initiatives to include better control of who has access to data in the enterprise," said Deepak Taneja, Founder and CTO of Aveksa. "Sitting atop Aveksa’s purpose-built Access Governance automation architecture, the Data Access Governance module will enable our customers to seamlessly manage both applications and data through a single automation solution allowing them to more easily meet compliance requirements, reduce the costs of their Information Security initiatives, and strengthen their security posture."
About Aveksa
Aveksa provides the industry's most comprehensive, purpose-built, enterprise-class, Access Governance automation platform. Aveksa enables organizations to manage the complete lifecycle of user access to information resources through an automated, continuous process for access request, approval, fulfillment, review, certification and remediation. Aveksa helps IT organizations reduce access management complexity and increase operational efficiency while minimizing risk and ensuring sustainable compliance. Leading Global 2000 organizations in financial services, healthcare, retail, energy/utility, telecommunications, transportation and manufacturing rely on Aveksa to efficiently address access request, fulfillment and regulatory compliance demands. For more information, go to www.aveksa.com.
Contact:
Tedd Rodman
Aveksa
781-487-7700 x-117
trodman@aveksa.com
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