The adoption of SharePoint provides business users an improved platform to exchange information and collaborate more efficiently. Moving to a centralized platform such as SharePoint also allows IT teams to better backup, restore, and manage information. For SharePoint to continue to grow as a business platform it must be suitable for highly sensitive areas of the business such as the executive staff and Human Resources. End users in these areas often have special requirements regarding the confidentiality of their information and will resist change, and resist using a collaboration platform such as SharePoint, until their security concerns are adequately addressed.

To enable SharePoint for use for executive staff, boards of directors, and human resources departments, an organization must go beyond common SharePoint security mechanisms such as role-based access control and security for the network session. Specifically, the organization needs to ensure IT administrators cannot mistakenly or maliciously access sensitive content. An additional requirement is that the security control must not hamper the end users’ productivity nor require additional training that distracts them from the value they bring to the company. In short, the security controls must be transparent and automated.

Native security controls in the SharePoint platform are insufficient to full address these requirements. The combination of CipherPoint's transparent encryption and access control technology with SharePoint security capabilities can meet these requirements, and enable harePoint use in these important applications. For complete details on the requirements for these expanded use cases, please complete the whitepaper request form below, and our whitepaper on Sensitive Information Protection and SharePoint will be automatically e-mailed to you.