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Data Access Governance Best Practices - Part 1 of 2

Best Practices for Data Access Management:

Create a complete inventory of your users and resources and keep it up to date.
Work with department managers and other business owners to determine where your sensitive data is and who owns it.
Determine who has access to what and who owns what data in your organization. For example, you can export access lists of your file servers using PowerShell scripts or third-party software.
Establish a security structure by creating security groups and making users members of the appropriate groups.
Assign each group appropriate access to shared data.
Empower data owners to control access rights to the data they own.
Audit the actions of data owners to be sure that all operations are authorized.
Establish an access request workflow (such as a request portal) so users can easily request access to data they need to do their jobs.
Audit and report on access to sensitive data as well as changes to it.
Make all sensitive shares hidden by adding a dollar sign ($) to the end of each share name.
Run an access certification program to align access with business needs.