Next generation Data Governance software is leveraging advancements in metadata framework technology to improve data loss prevention, while reducing the data management burden on IT.
New York (US) and London (UK): Varonis Systems Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software has released a new version of the Varonis Data Governance Suite (v5.7), with improved reporting and management features, as well as launching a new product – DatAdvantage for Directory Services, which gives organizations the ability to improve data security through Active Directory auditing and recommendations on unused groups and group membership.
Directory Services have become more critical than ever —every user authenticates to Active Directory or LDAP, and nearly every ACL, Mailbox, and SharePoint site and more and more applications refer to users and groups in these directories for authentication, access control, and storage of critical attributes. As critical as directory services are, changes and other activities are often difficult to audit and analyze. With the launch of Varonis DatAdvantage for Directory Services – domains, organizational units (OU’s), computers, groups, users and other domain objects can be viewed in a single console. With the Varonis Data Governance Suite, organizations can track who made changes in Active Directory, model changes without affecting production environments, identify data owners, and quickly and accurately identify files that contain sensitive information.
“With rate of data growth exploding and the persistent threat of data loss, organizations need visibility, intelligence and automation to secure and manage the data on their existing infrastructure investments. Adding Directory Services to the platforms DatAdvantage supports (Windows, UNIX/Linux, SharePoint and Exchange) gives our customers the opportunity to leverage the Varonis® Metadata Framework technology to improve management and security for Active Directory,” said Yaki Faitelson, CEO, president and co-founder of Varonis. “
The new Varonis DatAdvantage for Directory Services provides advanced capabilities to audit and monitor Active Directory:
• View domain and domain objects in DatAdvantage GUI
• Analyze Organizational Unit’s and other AD objects
• Augment auditing of changes to AD objects
These new functionalities are viewable in the DatAdvantage GUI, providing a complete picture of your environment from a single interface.
Additional Data Governance Suite (v5.7) Enhancements include:
New to Varonis DatAdvantage (v5.7):
• Reports template wizard: customize the content and look of your reports
• Flags, tags, and notes: create your own metadata on folders, files, groups, and users
• Easy change reporting for data owners – automatically receive reports on changes to your folders & groups
• Demarcation Report – report on folders that need owners based on their permissions and place in the hierarchy, and who those owners are likely to be
• Support for HP IBRIX X9000 NAS Systems
New to Varonis DataPrivilege (v5.7):
• Create folders from the DataPrivilege interface for easy collaboration
• Dynamically assign first authorizer for permission and group membership requests(“Authorizer 0”)
• “Locations” for groups, adding hierarchical organization to large group structures
• New reports for data owners
ABOUT THE VARONIS METADATA FRAMEWORK
Four types of metadata are critical for data governance:
• User and Group Information – from Active Directory, LDAP, NIS, SharePoint, etc.
• Permissions and File System Information – knowing who can access what data in which containers
• Access Activity – knowing which users do access what data, when and what they've done
• Sensitive Content Indicators – knowing which files contain items of sensitivity and importance, and where they reside
The Varonis Metadata Framework non-intrusively collects this critical metadata, generates metadata where existing metadata is lacking (e.g. its file system filters and content inspection technologies), pre-processes it, normalizes it, analyzes it, stores it, and presents it to IT administrators in an interactive, dynamic interface