SharePoint in the NEWS - December 2011

IN THE COMMUNITY

With the introduction of SharePoint 2010, storage capabilities exploded. In fact, installations of 1TB are not uncommon anymore. What all this does, though, is create a massive headache for admins trying to control access and apply policies to all those documents and assets, because SharePoint's built-in security solution is very manual (labor-intensive) and is coarse-grained. "In SharePoint, people put non-sensitive content right next to sensitive content, so you have to manually assign permissions," said Antonio Maio, senior product manager at document security company Titus. In small installations, it is merely cumbersome. In those terabyte installations, this becomes virtually impossible. So a number of third-party solutions have come to market to address this SharePoint shortcoming, and many providers of this kind of software will be showcasing their expertise in the subject—and the products they have created—at February's SPTechCon in San Francisco. * * * From the BZ Media family (SPTechCon, SPTechReport, SD Times, AnDevCon, et. al.) to yours, we wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. In the immortal words of Charles Dickens' Tiny Tim, "God bless us… everyone!" — David

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IN THE NEWS

Claims-based security from Titus

By David Rubinstein Document security company Titus has released a Claims Edition of its Metadata Security product, which allows organizations to use aspects of user identity to apply access control policies. User attributes that can be leveraged from claims include security clearance, location, time and type of connection. So, if a person's security clearance changes in his or her identity from "top secret" to "confidential," Metadata Security Claims Edition will automatically apply new access policies the next time that user logs in, and prevent him or her from seeing any top-secret documents automatically. The software also retrieves the IP address of the person signing in, so it can see what remote office or country the user is logging in from, and can use whatever policy is in place for remote users regarding what they can and cannot see. "Users can only see content they're permitted to see, based on the metadata, using any number of classifications or metadata fields," said Antonio Maio, Titus senior product manager. "With the Claims Edition, claims are retrieved at login from a trusted server, so it's dynamic, automated and consistent." Similarly, a person logging in from a secure VPN should have greater access to sensitive content than someone logging in from a public WiFi, he noted.

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LINKAPALOOZA

The Linker is toast. A weekend of rum-laced eggnog, hot toddies and schnapps has left The Linker in a sorry state. It'll take all the strength he can muster to pop some champagne corks on New Year's Eve and remain conscious until the ball drops. He says he's up to the challenge, but it's a tall order indeed. Yet through it all, The Linker has never yielded his post, and again brings you good quality SharePoint information, along with a bit of video whimsy. See you in 2012! Trouble in the sandbox… SharePoint, ALM and continuous integration… SharePoint intranet implementation: critical success factors… Spotlight on PowerShell Scripts: Part I… SharePoint Social: Update your MySite and build a business social network. Not-so-random YouTube entry: Collaboration, North Pole style

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There's a good chance that your SharePoint installation doesn't have the security granularity and flexibility needed to meet your company's security and compliance requirements. That's a big issue, but when you consider how SharePoint has evolved from a file-sharing and decentralized workgroup environment, it's easy to see why enterprise-class security isn't baked in. Fortunately, this 16-page technical paper can show you the three steps that you need to take in order to: • Control access to sensitive documents • Prevent unauthorized modification of documents • Raise awareness and educate users about sensitive document content Read this paper to learn how to address each of these areas. You'll see specific recommendations for enhancing SharePoint security: apply security automatically and consistently across the document repository. If you use SharePoint and care about security, read the paper today! » Read the paper today!

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The SharePoint Web Part Gallery

By Raymond Mitchell, SharePoint911 Anytime you choose to add a Web Part to your SharePoint pages, you're using the Web Part Gallery. It is the list of Web Parts (grouped by categories) that have been made available to you. The Web Part Gallery comes pre-populated with a number of default Web Parts. The exact Web Parts that appear depend on what version of SharePoint you have installed as well as what site template was selected when you created your site. READ MORE Raymond Mitchell is a consultant with SharePoint911.

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