Symantec™ Data Insight

Symantec™ Data Insight Intelligence into unstructured data ownership and usage Data Sheet: Storage Management Over Overview view

permissions to limit access to data. Enable custodians to

A majority of an organization’s information is unstructured,

review access permissions or entitlements for compliance.

and this data growth is exploding. Analysts predict the growth of unstructured data will continue at over 60% per year, and

Increase operational efficienc efficiencyy and reduce co cosst

in many organizations it accounts for more than 80% of all

To keep up with unstructured data growth, IT organizations

data.1 Despite best efforts and significant investment, IT lacks

are buying more storage. However, if organizations had a

critical insights into the data, such as who owns the data and

better handle on data usage and ownership, storage could be

how it’s being used. This leads to significant challenges in

used more efficiently and, thus, lessening the need to buy

managing an organization’s data governance objectives –

more storage. Data Insight helps:

protecting important business data, maintaining regulatory

• Identify data owners

compliance, driving down costs and improving efficiency to

• Locate inactive or orphan data

manage this rapid data growth.

• Determinie file type

Symantec™ Data Insight helps organizations improve data

This information helps guide data cleanup, retention and

governance through data owner identification and visibility

archiving efforts. The data ownership identification and usage

into usage and access permissions. This intelligence into the

capabilities of Data Insight also help build a consumption/

data enables effective data management to reduce costs,

chargeback model to promote accountability for efficient use

protect sensitive information and achieve compliance.

of the storage.

Highlights

Data Insight provides rich visualization and reporting of usage

Data Insight offers the following key benefits:

patterns such as how fast data is growing, data aging and who or what process is responsible for file generation. The usage

• Increase operational efficienc efficiencyy and reduce co cosst –

analytics help effectively plan for large-scale data

Identify data owners and map them to department or line

management operations, such as migrations, tiering and

of business for business-level consumption or chargeback

capacity planning.

reporting to promote storage efficiency. Discover inactive and/or orphan data and engage the custodians in data cleanup, retention and lifecycle management efforts. • Pro rotect tect inf information ormation from securit securityy risks – Understand who is using the data, how often they are accessing it, proactively monitor suspicious or irregular activity, and protect sensitive data through the integration with Symantec™ Data Loss Prevention. • Achieve re regulator gulatoryy compliance – Find locations with overly permissive access rights and excessive activity to help prioritize risk remediation as well as review

Figure 1. Data Insight identifies data owners and shows how often they are accessing the data.

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Data Sheet: Storage Management Symantec™ Data Insight Supported file ser servers vers

Protect information from security risks

• Microsoft® Windows® File Server 2003 SP1 or higher,

Protecting unstructured data against loss and misuse is a vital

Windows® 2008 (64-bit)

component to a data governance program. Data Insight is

• NetApp® DataONTAP version 7.3.1 or higher

integrated with Symantec Data Loss Prevention to discover

• EMC® Celerra DART version 5.6.45 or higher

sensitive data, identify data owners and understand

• SharePoint 2007 and 2010

permissions and detailed access history to enable an effective

• UNIX File Servers with Veritas Storage Foundation file

data protection process. Symantec Data Loss Prevention can

system

assess which folders are at greatest risk and supports automated user notifications to facilitate data cleanup.

More Information

With Data Insight's intuitive Web-based interface,

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organizations understand who is accessing data and how

http://enterprise.symantec.com

often they are accessing it for security investigations and

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audits. Data Insight's access alerts identifies suspicious or

http://go.symantec.com/education_elibrary

irregular access of sensitive data. Additionally, Data Insight pinpoints which data is at risk, such

To speak with a Product Specialist in the U.S.

as folders or shares that have overly permissive access rights.

Call toll-free 1 (800) 745 6054

This information allows the data owner to lock the data down

To speak with a Product Specialist outside the U.S.

and limit access of sensitive data to only those individuals

For specific country offices and contact numbers, please visit

who have a business need.

our website.

Achieve regulatory compliance

About Symantec

Organizations need to maintain compliant on data access and

Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage, and

entitlements. Data Insight identifies data owners and

systems management solutions to help consumers and

custodians that need to be engaged for compliance efforts. It

organizations secure and manage their information-driven

automates the process of reviewing who has accessed

world. Our software and services protect against more risks at

custodians' data – a requirement for regulatory compliance.

more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.

Custodians also face the challenge of complying with data

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Symantec has

retention guidelines. Data Insight classifies the data based on

operations in 40 countries. More information is available at

owners, groups or roles and provides custodians the ability to

www.symantec.com.

automatically review stale and orphan data. These capabilities

Symantec World Headquarters

facilitate data cleanup or deletion and retention efforts.

350 Ellis St. | Mountain View, CA 94043 USA

Supported platf platforms orms

1 (650) 527 8000 | 1 (800) 721 3934

• Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

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(32-bit) SP2 or higher • VMware® ESX Server 3.5 or higher

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