Get quick insights and create auditable reports using an advanced NTFS permissions tool
Increase efficiency with automation
Relying on manual tools for assigning, modifying, and revoking NTFS file or folder permissions is not only complicated but can also expose sensitive data to online risks. SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) is designed to address this challenge by automating access management. With ARM, centralize the creation of groups with common access requirements and change permissions in bulk. Unlike other NTFS permissions tools, ARM is built to be easy to configure and offers a rich UI to support shorter workflows. By reducing complexity in Windows folder permissions, ARM’s NTFS permissions tool is built to help significantly improve your risk management capabilities.
Mitigate insider threats proactively
It is common for an organization’s internal users to become victims of data loss or be targeted by sophisticated social engineering attacks. Threat actors gain access to shared folders and files, which can compromise sensitive data. Small security lapses in NTFS permissions can quickly escalate beyond control. SolarWinds Access Rights Manager’s NTFS permissions tool can help you address such challenges and proactively mitigate threats with higher agility. ARM is designed to track insecure configurations and can automatically de-provision an account to counter insider threats using role-specific templates.
Demonstrate compliance with ease
Compliance reporting can be a time-consuming task. Teams often struggle to aggregate data from disparate logs and systems. SolarWinds ARM is designed to reduce compliance reporting burdens significantly with audit-ready reports. These reports provide a comprehensive view of user access trails to critical drives, folders, and files. You can customize compliance, permissions, Active Directory user reports, and other reports, as well as schedule automated deliveries to auditors. Such reports are vital for breach notifications and essential to routine internal audits and security reviews.
What are NTFS permissions?
New Technology File System or NTFS permissions control the specific shared resources end-user accounts have access to. By configuring the user account, group member, and domain access permissions applied to network drives, files, and folders, administrators enable individual end-users to share and exchange resources and can improve security by restricting access to sensitive or confidential materials.
NTFS is the file system formatting used by all Windows operating systems and gives admins control over inherited permissions passed down to individual files and folders. NTFS share permissions can be applied to any NTFS-formatted drive. In addition to Windows folder permissions, NTFS permissions utilities can also be used to grant or restrict access to network containers and Active Directory objects.
NTFS folder permissions and other shared resource permissions can be applied to both local and networked users, so when someone logs into any Windows workstation on the network, or via a remote connection, they’ll receive the same set of NTFS file permissions.
