Providing data access at the right granularity

Providing users with access to the data they need at the right granularity is virtually impossible without automation. The best a data team can realistically hope for is to control data access by job role. However, the structure of an organisation and the volume of its’ data is  typically too complex for this basic level of data access control.  Automated data access governance solutions can control user access at a much greater level of granularity.

There are so many different levels or reasons you might want to give access to a user. You might want to give data access to somebody covering a role temporarily…or you might want to give access to data to a specific department but exclude those still on probationary periods. Somebody from a different department might need access to a folder because it’s part of a project they are working together on…or two people might need access to the same data during a handover period. The list of scenarios goes on.

But without a scalable way to manage data access at this level of granularity, users are often left with restricted or out of date access. Some organisations have provided each user with their own data management platform but this isn’t practical, scalable or affordable. The best solution is an automated data access governance tool such as Torsion that uses Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) technologies to set and control data access at the finest granular level. It does it all in the background so users can get on with their day to day tasks and it revokes access where it is no longer required.

For more information on how Torsion works or for a free trial email info@torsion-is.com.