Software developer Axiomatics has collaborated with consultancy firm Knowit Secure AB to release the Axiomatics Extension for SharePoint allowing a policy-based approach to SharePoint access control.

The extension integrates the Axiomatics Policy Server into existing SharePoint sites to provide dynamic Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) to documents and data managed within SharePoint.

Although document-level permissions are available in SharePoint, they require time-consuming ongoing manual maintenance, and are not suited to large deployments. As enterprise deployments expand, this creates a burden on SharePoint and IT administrators alike and becomes increasingly significant when sensitive data and critical assets are stored within SharePoint documents.

“A growing need for centralised access control in SharePoint has emerged to control access to documents containing intellectual property and regulated data,” said Gerry Gebel, vice president of business development at Axiomatics.

“Our SharePoint extension will reduce time spent managing authorisation and enable centralised reporting to ease the administration and management burden, help prove regulatory compliance and simplify ongoing audit tasks.”

The Axiomatics Extension for SharePoint was developed in collaboration with Knowit Secure. By extending dynamic fine-grained access control using an Attribute Based Access Control framework into SharePoint, customers can implement one central regulatory framework for information access, for all documents stored in SharePoint. It allows organisations to evolve the access control to a hybrid approach that extends, not excludes, legacy SharePoint access control.

This extension complements native SharePoint access control by adding ABAC capabilities where needed to reduce the SharePoint administrative burden, and to simplify the access management process. The policy-based framework within this extension helps eliminate toxic combinations and avoid stale and silent permissions.

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