Making claims for SharePoint security
Access to sensitive content in SharePoint can be restricted based on Trusted attributes about a user’s identity, or claims, using a new version of TITUS Metadata Security
TITUS Metadata Security Claims Edition can automatically apply fine-grained permissions to information by looking at an item’s metadata (ie. human resource document), in combination with an individual user’s claims (ie. full time employee in HR).
Microsoft introduced support for claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2010. Trusted attributes about a user’s identity, or claims, can be used in SharePoint to enhance and enforce policies around user authentication and federation.
By leveraging claims, organisations can go beyond simple user and group permissions, and utilize the benefits of user attributes to help secure their sensitive information in SharePoint.
Using claims also allows organizations to extend SharePoint authorization to partner organizations to facilitate business to business collaboration.
“More and more businesses are choosing SharePoint as their enterprise collaboration solution,” said Kristina Kerr, group product manager, SharePoint Product Management at Microsoft Corp.
“With employees at all levels of the organisation having access to SharePoint, and the growing amount of sensitive data being housed in SharePoint, having the ability to utilise claims about individuals can enhance security and data governance policies.”
The previous versions of TITUS Metadata Security products enhanced and automated native SharePoint security features by using document metadata, enabling enterprises to achieve rich data governance and regulatory compliance for their sensitive information. TITUS Metadata Security Claims Edition takes SharePoint security a step further by allowing organisations to not only use document metadata, but to also use trusted user claims to secure content and enforce policies within Microsoft SharePoint.
“We have built claims-based authorization into our SharePoint products in order to increase the security of information that enterprises store in SharePoint,” said Charlie Pulfer, Vice President of Product Management at TITUS.
“The previous versions of our Metadata Security product have helped organisations to secure sensitive data in SharePoint, but many are looking to further this and ensure that only those individuals with the proper credentials can access specific information. The Claims Edition gives them the tools they need to do that.”
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