SharePoint security concerns
SharePoint deployments are becoming increasingly common, and we’ve been hearing a common concern from IT folks who have installed SharePoint in their network. As usual, Microsoft is trying to do a lot with SharePoint, including collaboration, content management, business intelligence, enterprise search, and portal development. However, it seems that many companies are using SharePoint primarily for file sharing. CMS Wire noted this concern last year: SharePoint Security Concerns Simply a Lack of Governance?
Many of today’s corporate environments are embracing enterprise CMS solutions as a way to disseminate and share information amongst workers and workgroups. Microsoft SharePoint is a popular choice because it aligns well with an existing Microsoft-powered network and project groups’ workflow. However, according to new research from Courion, companies who are deploying SharePoint are doing so in a manner that might be putting crucial data at risk.
According to Courion’s web-based study, 86% of IT managers are concerned about sensitive data being exposed on SharePoint sites when SharePoint is used outside of applicable data security guidelines.
Think about it — companies can put a lot of sensitive information on their SharePoint sites, and because SharePoint can give almost anyone the ability to publish content and files out to both internal and external users, IT managers have a new hole to plug: unauthorized SharePoint sites that are exposing confidential corporate data.
We’ve announced our support for a solution that will help IT managers provide a method of sharing files through SharePoint securely using Biscom Delivery Server.
