New Stealthbits Identity-Centric Data Privacy Engine Simplifies and Speeds Compliance with Growing Privacy Regulations

HAWTHORNE, N.J., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stealthbits (now part of Netwrix), a cybersecurity software leader that protects sensitive data and credentials from attackers, today unveiled its new Data Privacy Engine that connects user identities with the locations of their personal data to elevate data access governance. This enables organizations worldwide to deal with Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) efficiently and effectively, mitigating the risk of substantive fines under worldwide privacy laws.

"Privacy legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), demands fast and efficient response to DSARs," said Adam Rosen, vice president, product strategy, Stealthbits. "Our new Data Privacy Engine is the first solution to proactively understand how data is connected to identities, enabling near-instantaneous answers to DSARs. This means our customers can address both data security and data privacy simultaneously, which we believe are two sides of the same coin."

Now available, the new Data Privacy Engine works with the company's StealthAUDIT reporting and governance solution to dramatically streamline and speed data analysis and governance reporting.

A Different Approach – Look Beyond the Data

Stealthbits takes a multi-layered approach that looks beyond the data layer to examine all the different ways data can be accessed, including via Active Directory, elevated privileges, the data resource itself or a combination of permissions and misconfigurations. By automatically examining data, directory and system layers of hybrid IT infrastructures, organizations can rapidly detect and remove hidden vulnerabilities while ensuring appropriate access governance.

"Some data access governance solutions focus only on the data itself, leaving open 'backdoor access' to potential threats," said Fran Howarth, practice leader, Security, Bloor Research. "Stealthbits' approach, however, also accounts for risks from elevated credentials that can be exploited to access governed data by other means."

This multi-layered approach is crucial to determining whether an organization has taken all the necessary steps to protect their data, credentials and systems adequately. All it takes for someone to take advantage of a security incident is some lateral movement and standing privileges. According to a study published last week by Netwrix, more than half of organizations that store customer data in the cloud had security incidents in 2020. Stealthbits adds an extra safeguard to reduce the reach and severity of security incidents while preventing minor exposures from becoming serious data breaches.

Stealthbits' solutions ensure compliance with data privacy regulations by reducing security risk exposure levels through pre-discovery of data subjects across all repositories—structured, unstructured, on-premises or in the cloud. Stealthbits then takes an identity-centric view into this subject data, identifying which files and tables relate to certain people to provide appropriate context and drive better decisions about data access, recovery and other actions.

The new version of StealthAUDIT with the Data Privacy Engine add-on is available from Stealthbits as well as its partners and resellers.

About Stealthbits Technologies

Stealthbits Technologies, Inc. is a customer-driven cybersecurity software company focused on protecting an organization's sensitive data and the credentials attackers use to steal that data. By removing inappropriate data access, enforcing security policy, and detecting advanced threats, we reduce security risk, fulfill compliance requirements, and decrease operational expense. For more information, visit https://www.stealthbits.com.

About Netwrix

Netwrix makes data security easy, thereby simplifying how professionals can control sensitive, regulated and business-critical data, regardless of where it resides. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide rely on Netwrix solutions to secure sensitive data, realize the full business value of enterprise content, pass compliance audits with less effort and expense, and increase the productivity of IT teams and knowledge workers. Founded in 2006, Netwrix has earned more than 150 industry awards and been named to both the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. For more information, visit www.netwrix.com.

For more information, contact

Sue Hetzel
HetzelMeade Communications on behalf of Stealthbits
[email protected]
760.473.4729          

SOURCE Stealthbits Technologies, Inc.

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