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Securing SharePoint -- 5 SharePoint Security Essentials You Cannot Afford to Ignore
The document outlines five essential security practices for SharePoint, emphasizing the importance of governance and compliance in managing sensitive information. It notes that many organizations lack robust security policies, highlighting the significant risks posed by inadequate permissions and failure to conduct regular audits. The recommendations include defining security policies, implementing permission best practices, and utilizing tools like ControlPoint to enhance oversight and compliance.
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Securing SharePoint -- 5 SharePoint Security Essentials You Cannot Afford to Ignore
- 1. Securing SharePoint: 5 SharePointSecurity Essentials You Cannot Afford to Ignore CHRISTIAN BUCKLEY SHAREPOINT MVP & CHIEF EVANGELIST SHAUN NICHOLS LEAD SOLUTIONS ENGINEER
- 2. Christian Buckley Chief Evangelist& SharePoint MVP Metalogix www.buckleyplanet.com @buckleyplanet cbuck@metalogix.com
- 3. Shaun Nichols Lead SolutionsEngineer Metalogix www.metalogix.com @SharePointGiant snichols@metalogix.com
- 4. For over adecade, Metalogix has developed the industry’s best and most trusted management tools for SharePoint, Exchange, and Office 365, backed by our live 24x7 support. Over 14,000 clients rely on Metalogix tools every minute of every day to monitor, migrate, store, synchronize, archive, secure, and backup their collaboration platforms. We are committed to your Success with SharePoint!
- 5. SharePoint Growth &Evolution SharePoint Releases Metadata Content
- 7. Readiness o How importantis governance in your organization/company today? o Do you know who is getting access to what information? o Do you store any financial or legal records in SharePoint? o Do you know who can access or has accessed it? o Do you have compliance regulations that you have to adhere to? o If there was a security breach, who would be held responsible? o Do you regularly run audits on usage, security, content, or permissions? o Do you have an IS department that is asking for reports? o How do you respond to compliance requirements for Audits? o What does the process look like today?
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- 12. A 2012 CIOsurvey by Gartner shows an increasing push in collaboration, analytics, and cloud computing. They predict that by 2016, 20% of CIOs in regulated industries will lose their jobs for failing to implement the discipline of information governance successfully.
- 13. Technical Governance Means… Logins work Data is secure System performs well Metadata applied End users can quickly find their content Storage is optimized Content lifecycles in place, regularly reviewed Legal and regulatory requirements being met
- 14. Corporate IT SharePointContent Strategies Priorities Budgets Customers Facilities Hardware Software Assurance Test Support Ownership Permissions Roles Storage Architecture Retention Auditing Reporting Permissions Ownership Requirements Retention Search Decommission
- 15. Survey says…. 36% ofSharePoint users are breaching security policies (CMSWire) Only 18% of enterprises use technical controls to prevent access to sensitive information. Most — 73 percent — rely on written policies or informal understandings with their workforce (CMSWire) 60% of organizations have yet to bring SharePoint into line with existing data compliance policies. (AIIM) Two-thirds of SharePoint-using companies in a recent survey have admitted to having ‘no active security policy’ in place (Emedia) A survey revealed that 79% of respondents stored sensitive or confidential information on their SharePoint platform (CMSWire)
- 16. What are the5 most common SharePoint security concerns?
- 17. 1. Failure todefine (and communicate) policies and procedures. Start with non-technical elements Develop a Security Policy Implement a training plan for end users Develop a strategy for ensuring users know what content is confidential 34% of IT administrators said that they'd "sneaked a peek" at documents they weren't authorized to view, including employee details and salary information (DarkReading)
- 18. 2. Failure toimplement any kind of permissions best practices. Apply permissions using Least Privileged principles Don’t give users Direct Access Embrace SharePoint Groups and/or Active Directory Groups Ensure Appropriate Use of the Authenticated Users Group Clean up Orphan Users Use Broken Inheritance Responsibly Revoke permissions quickly
- 19. 3. Failure toregularly audit access to content and sites. Are we adhering to Compliance or Governance requirements? Who has been accessing specific content? How often are specific sites being accessed? What features of SharePoint are being used? Are we managing the volume of log data?
- 20. 4. Failure tomonitor changes to security settings. SharePoint security changes over time Ensure users are continuing to adhere to security policies Prevent users from causing havoc We need to plan how we will stay on top of changes
- 21. 5. Failure toempower users and admins with the right permissions. Find your responsible business content owners Enable and Equip them to manage access to their content Ensure management access is limited to those with appropriate permissions Segment your administration responsibilities – Power Users, business owners
- 22. Everyone wants an easybutton
- 23. Apply the Top5 Security Essentials using ControlPoint Easily make changes to or revoke permissions across any scope – even between farms Audit Permissions to ensure only the right people have access Meet compliance and governance requirements with regular scheduled reports Monitor what users are doing – receive Alerts for unexpected security changes Permissions Management wizard for the casual user
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- 27. Permissions Reporting Auditing Compliance ControlPoint: Security andCompliance BenefitsObjectives • Policy driven security and permissions across SharePoint farms • Seamless extension to out-of-the-box security administration • Increased compliance insight and transparency • Mitigate risk of data loss due unauthorized access to content • Provide audit trails of content access • Provide automation of governance policies
- 28. Best Practices Makegovernance a priority Look at your systems holistically (a business view), regardless of where the servers sit Clarify and document your permissions, information architecture, templates, content types, taxonomy -- and ownership of each First define what policies, procedures, and metrics are needed to manage your environment, and then look at what is possible across your various tools and platforms
- 29. Thank you! www.buckleyplanet.com @buckleyplanet cbuck@metalogix.com 30 DayTrial of ControlPoint www.metalogix.com/controlpoint
Editor's Notes
- #19 Demo – Permissions Report Highlight how someone gets permissions Show users with Direct Permissions Show Cleanup User Permissions Show Authenticated Users Orphan User Revoke Permissions From pervious slide – show tagging sites to show confidential, etc
- #20 Demo Audit log report Site or Site Collection features Talk about archiving the audit log
- #21 Demo CP alerts for permissions changes - Receive alerts when changes are made CP policies - Prevent users from causing havoc
- #24 Cleanup permissions – like users with direct permissions
- #28 Presentation Title