“Revolutionizing Data Access: Satori Launches Universal Data Permissions Scanner for Enhanced Transparency”

Satori Launches Universal Data Permissions Scanner to Simplify Authorization and Reduce Security Risks

Sunnyvale, CA — May 4, 2023 — Satori, the industry’s leading data security platform, has recently launched the Universal Data Permissions Scanner, an open-source tool that aims to provide companies with a clear view of data access authorizations, improving their data posture, enhancing data security, simplifying compliance reporting, and reducing the risk of overprivileged or unauthorized users.

The Complexities of User Authorization for Data Access

User authorization for data access is a complex issue, especially considering the variety of data accessible across technologies and clouds, the different authorization models used, and the complex role hierarchies involved. As a result, companies often find it challenging to answer the question of “who has access to what data?”. Also, identifying unauthorized access, tracking data usage, preventing unusual behavior, and complying with data privacy laws becomes problematic.

Without modern tools, data security engineers struggle to manage authorization and simplify data security better. Obstructed authorization information, complex data infrastructures, inefficient manual processes, and a constantly changing workforce add to the challenge. The Universal Data Permissions Scanner from Satori addresses these challenges head-on, providing organizations with a clear view of data access authorizations.

What is the Universal Data Permissions Scanner (UDPS)?

The UDPS is a free and open-source tool that scans databases, data warehouses, cloud accounts or data lakes, and analyzes the permissions model of the different data platforms to produce a human-readable list of users and their access level to data assets such as database tables, cloud storage buckets and files, and more. Moreover, the UDPS is meta-data driven, supporting any platform or system with an API or metadata schema, such as MongoDB, Google Big Query, Databricks, Amazon S3 & Redshift, and Snowflake.

Benefits and Impact of the Universal Data Permissions Scanner

By using the UDPS, organizations can gain transparency into their data environment, allowing them to identify overprivileged or unauthorized users and streamline compliance reporting. Giving companies the ability to map out access controls, track data usage, identify unusual behavior, and remain compliant with data privacy laws. The UDPS offers the following benefits and impacts:

• Reduced security risks: Enables organizations to identify overprivileged and unauthorized users, thereby reducing the security risk of data breaches, insider threats, or other unauthorized access issues.
• Improved data posture: The UDPS provides a clear view of data access authorizations, reducing the data security blindspot and simplifying data security management.
• Enhanced data security: With access controls appropriately applied and revoked, the UDPS ensures that proper controls are in place to prevent unauthorized access.
• Simplified compliance reporting: The UDPS provides a clear view of data access authorizations, making it easier to remain compliant with data privacy laws and to meet regulatory requirements.
• Increased time-to-value: By enabling organizations to quickly and easily share information across departments, the UDPS increases operational efficiency and accelerates the time-to-value of their data assets.

Satori’s Commitment to Collaboration and Enhancing Global Data Security

Satori’s decision to embrace open-source technology for this project is rooted in their belief that collaboration and inclusivity are key to solving complex challenges. Their goal is to enhance global data security by making this tool free and open-source, available to all organizations, regardless of whether they are Satori customers or not.

“We developed the Universal Data Permissions Scanner in response to the constant struggles faced by data and security engineers in simplifying data security and better managing authorizations,” said Yoav Cohen, CTO and co-founder of Satori. “Our decision to embrace open-source for this project is rooted in our belief that collaboration and inclusivity are key to solving complex challenges. By making this tool free and open to all, we are inviting all organizations – not just our customers – to join us in enhancing global data security.”

Satori is revolutionizing data security in the industry by offering a platform that seamlessly integrates into any environment to automate access controls and provide complete data-flow visibility using activity-based discovery and classification. Organizations and data teams can confidently ensure that data security, privacy, and compliance are in place, enabling data-driven innovation and competitive advantage.

The Universal Data Permissions Scanner by Satori is available now on GitHub. Please visit Satori’s website to learn more about the company and its products.

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