SharePoint is growing more and more prevalent in organizations, and offers a great way for users to interact and share content remotely for collaboration on projects. With the increasing use of SharePoint, however, SharePoint admins are facing the same issues that plagued (and, in many cases, continue to plague) administrators of the distributed file system. […]

Permissions get messy over time. Whether it’s in Exchange, SharePoint, the File System, Active Directory, or elsewhere, people will enter and leave the organization, change roles, and require different levels of access as time goes on. Exchange mailbox permissions offer a particular challenge because of multiple layers of access: permissions associated to mailboxes, delegate rights […]

We talk about governance and compliance a whole lot on this blog, and for good reason. Across the board, IT security is a difficult undertaking, and it’s becoming more challenging by the day. For one thing, security threats from outside of the organization have only increased in the last few years, with hackers becoming more […]

Microsoft SharePoint has become a leading solution for enterprise collaboration and document management. SharePoint supports a decentralized approach to administration, allowing organizations to assign Site Collection Administrators and Site Owners responsibilities for managing subsets of SharePoint content. While this delegation of responsibility may streamline the collaborative process in ways, it comes at a cost. Without […]

WikiLeaks has spotlighted the susceptibility of public and private sector entities to fall victim to disclosures of confidential information. The fact of the matter is, if WikiLeaks gets shut down tomorrow, there are thousands of others like them. The only way to address risks of this nature is to understand and lock down the permissions […]

We wanted to take a minute and discuss some of the key business problems that Systems and Data Administrators face on a daily basis. Hopefully, bringing them to light will help you to examine what’s going on in your organization’s environment, and will help you to preempt some potentially costly situations. There are three main […]

If you’re an Active Directory administrator dealing with Maintenance and Cleanup of your systems, you know what a daunting task it can be. To help, we’ve come up with a list of Best Practices / Tips that every admin should know: Users – User objects are often tied directly to different application andservice licensing agreements. […]

Why was PCI DSS developed? Privacy and security breaches involving credit card transactions pose a clear danger to credit card companies and financial institutions. The PCI DSS standard was developed at the urging of large credit card companies to help organizations that process credit card payments to prevent privacy and security breaches through hacking and […]

Every day Administrators are constantly asked to answer seemingly simple questions like Who? What? When? Where? and even How? users have access to systems and data within the infrastructure. STEALTHbits Technologies, Inc. takes a unified view on the IT world to bridge the gaps between Active Directory domains, systems, key applications, and shared data repositories […]

We all know that information is the ultimate asset, as well as being the largest and most challenging area of risk to organizations these days. The data ranges from being proprietary to confidential, encompassing everything from personal files to healthcare details to financial or even government regulatory related documents. Data is constantly generated by internal […]