HiSoftware releases Site Sheriff to manage SharePoint access and content security

NASHUA, USA: HiSoftware,a provider of compliance and security solutions announced the release of HiSoftware Site Sheriff, a new solution that leverages dynamic access, deny rules and a zero-footprint secure viewer to allow a variety of secure sharing scenarios and keep confidential information in SharePoint.

"Enterprise admins face a broadening array of demands on their time. Site Sheriff offers a clean, easily deployed and powerful solution to the most common problems faced in SharePoint enterprise content management and governance," said Chris McNulty, HiSoftware's CTO.

HiSoftware Site Sheriff controls access to SharePoint content by allowing a variety of secure sharing scenarios to empower focused audiences to collaborate without changing item permissions and adding complexity. It uses business logic - document metadata, user properties and more to create rules that allow or deny access to selected content, sites and Web applications. Site Sheriff provides security using metadata-driven permission rules to help organizations and administrators gain control over SharePoint sites and increase ROI.

Site Sheriff protects sensitive content by allowing only authorized users to view, share and distribute content. SharePoint ribbon commands and user interface elements can be disabled to control and restrict distribution actions based on the document's classification and the user properties. Site Sheriff helps with version control and document duplication with controls such as restricting actions so that only links are emailed to ensure users come back to SharePoint for the latest version.

HiSoftware CEO Kurt A. Mueffelmann said: "Companies are still struggling with how to best leverage SharePoint for confidential information while still maximizing the collaboration benefits. The key is to ensure that only the right users can access the right content. Mueffelmann.Site Sheriff provides a simple, yet sophisticated answer to this problem by leveraging dynamic access to manage complex sharing scenarios that aren't available out-of-the-box. It provides deny rules to ensure confidential information stays that way."