The Role Enforcer for SharePoint module of EmpowerID provides: access control; centralized and automated permissions management; self-service access requests via configurable workflow processes and full-featured reporting for SharePoint.

Microsoft SharePoint is a highly successful collaborative platform, having reached the $1 billion sales mark faster than any other Microsoft product to date. As companies rush to embrace its powerful capabilities, they must also address the management and compliance challenges posed by its distributed collaborative model, including its security and access limitations.

While SharePoint's native security model is optimized for easy management of personal sites by non-technical users, it becomes unmanageable rapidly in medium-sized and larger deployments. It also fails to support basic compliance requirements, such as being able to answer: "what sites exist?"; "who has access to what?"; "how was this access granted?"; and "who granted this access and when?" One North American bank made the disturbing discovery that they had more than 5,000 uncontrolled and unaudited instances of SharePoint. SharePoint adds enormous value by enabling collaboration, but it needs robust security to protect its sites and resources from unauthorized access. EmpowerID Role Enforcer for SharePoint is designed to provide the critical security and access management required to protect an organization's valuable information.

• Cuts risk exposure by providing instant discovery of new sites and controlling access to them
• Provides a view of your entire environment by inventorying and monitoring all SharePoint sites, lists, folders, document libraries, users, groups, and roles
• Determines who has access to what, and controls and reports security access - even across multiple SharePoint sites and farms
• Empowers end-users with friendly EmpowerID Windows Workflow Foundation workflows for self-service access requests
• Strengthens overall security by allowing site admins to manage the permissions for their sites using workflows with built-in approvals and audit reporting without granting the right to manage these permissions in SharePoint
• Enables clear and consistent delegation of site permissions without relying on fallible methods such as using group names to indicate the SharePoint roles they grant
• Closes the common security gap of AD Groups being created to grant a specific level of access in one site and then unknowingly being used to grant access in others
• Allows enterprise security admins and SharePoint admins to automate access management using Role-Based policies, creating consistent security while reducing costs and errors
• Dramatically cuts the cost and time to audit your SharePoint systems by providing customizable out of the box reports
• Leverages your investment with the ability to develop custom workflows for automating any business-specific requirements (requires optional BPM Studio module)

EmpowerID Role Enforcer for SharePoint solves the essential business and technical challenges of deploying SharePoint in the enterprise by enabling effective enterprise-wide management, enforcement, and audit for even largest and most complex environments. Role Enforcer for SharePoint uses the Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC) framework provided by the EmpowerID platform to delegate access and manage permissions efficiently. Its flexible RBAC system can leverage your Active Directory, HR system, and other directories to control access and make policy decisions based upon a combination of a user's current job function, work location, cost center, or any custom attribute used to define their role. Role Enforcer for SharePoint easily automates permissions management as users change job duties or move between departments and locations in an organization.

Role Enforcer for SharePoint's sophisticated workflow automation improves IT productivity and reduces administration costs. It simplifies SharePoint permission management by unifying management across an entire organization's SharePoint environments with a single centralized management tool.

Role Enforcer for SharePoint reduces management time and costs, while creating consistent and comprehensive security for even the most complex enterprise SharePoint infrastructures.