The goal of the Collect and Analyze phase is to assess relevant data points to answer critical questions like what’s the sensitivity of the data, who has access to it, who owns it, and what’s the age of that data. When you begin to understand the answers to these questions, you can then begin prioritizing the resources that are at most risk and limiting access to them as you work towards achieving a Least Privilege Access model.
Organizations are starting to shift their focus to establish a core set of principles around protecting their data, and they need a blueprint to help them get started. This series serves as the blueprint that will help your organization chart a course to proper data security. The first step in establishing a Data Access Governance program is Discovery.
Organizations are shifting their focus to a core set of principles around protecting their credentials and data, but they struggle with a starting point. In this 6-part ‘Checkbox Compliance to True Data Security’ blog series, we will provide a foundational blueprint. The series will cover an overview of Data Access Governance (DAG) and introduce the 5 phases that will help shape a true data security program. In an interview with Dark Reading, Brian Christensen, head of global audit for Protiviti…
Awareness is the first and most essential ingredient in any successful risk mitigation strategy. StealthAUDIT v8.1 has been enhanced to extend your awareness into high risk conditions that can easily sneak up on you in three key ways: SQL Database Security – Discover, assess access, and monitor activity within SQL databases, scouring each for sensitive data that attackers are likely to target Weak Password Identification – Identify Active Directory user accounts leveraging passwords contained in publically available dictionaries and organizationally-defined…
