Understanding who has access to your sensitive information that is stored in your systems is critical to any security and compliance initiative. Whether it's permisions that were granted to user no longer in the appropriate role for the resource or unauthorized additions, permissions violations often go undetected — putting the entire enterprise at risk of data theft, security breaches, service disruption or non-compliance with government regulations.

Blackbird privilege explorer for Windows File System enables tighter security and control over File System resources across the enterprise. It offers a centralized view of access privileges, so administrators clearly know who has access to which resources and understand the exposure of your company's sensitive information and intellectual property. With Blackbird privilege explorer, you can be sure that users have access to the resources they need to do their job, and only those resources. Obsolete or rogue permisions are quickly indentified and corrected. As a result, you can be sure that all access permissions comply with corporate policies, as well as external regulations.

With Blackbird explorer for Windows File System, you can:

• Report on who has access to which resources for SOX, PCI, HIPAA and other compliance mandates
• See where an account or group has rights in the environment and ensure they only have appropriate access to the resources they need for their job
• Identify and resolve obsolete permision settings
• Provide data owners with reports on who can access their data
• Figure out who had access to a resource when an issue occurred
• Instantly drill down to find out how access to a resource was granted and rollback any unwanted changes through seamless integration with the Blackbird Management Suite

With Blackbird privilege explorer for Windows File System, you'll know exactly who has access to which files, folders and shares in your environment. Live and historical file system reporting enables you to see the current permissions settings, as well as compare permissions over time. You can even drill down into the integrated logs of Blackbird auditor for Windows File System to find out who made the changes, and when. In short, Blackbird privilege explorer provides you with the tools needed to protect company data, enforce internal policies and ensure adherence with external compliance regulations.

Blackbird privilege explorer's powerful reporting capabilities deliver the documentation and data needed to identify violations, and prove compliance to auditors and managers. Advanced filtering allows you to quickly target access reports to specific resources, users/groups, permissions and/or dates. You can filter out inheritance rights to focus only on explicitly set rights. And comparison reporting lets you easily understand how permissions have changed between two points in time.

With Blackbird privilege explorer for Windows File System, you can:

• Report on access permissions on files, folder and shares in your environment to understand the exposure of your sensitive information and intellectual property
• See where an account or group has rights in the environment to ensure they only have the appropriate access to the resources they need to their job
• See the current settings or compare permissions over time with live and historical reporting
• Instantly drill down to find out how access to a resource was granted and rollback any unwanted changes through seamless integration with the Blackbird Management Suite
• Use report filtering to block out inheritance, making it easy to see the explicitly set rights and scope to the desired resources or accounts

With a single click, you can drill down on any privilege or event to find out who made the change (and then click to roll back that change).

Schedule AD compliance reporting and automate the delivery to security officers and business data owners.

Ensure the following software and hardware requirements are in place before installing Blackbird Management Suite.

Blackbird Management Suite can be deployed to 32-bit or 64-bit platforms.

Software Requirements for Blackbird Management Server

• Windows Server 2003 or later, Windows Server 2008 or later
• SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 Express
• Active Directory
• .NET 3.5 SP1 on computers running the Blackbird client
• GPMC where the service is installed (for GPO backup)

Software Requirements for Blackbird Client

• Windows XP or later

Hardware Requirements for Blackbird Management Server

• Pentium 1 GHz minimum, 2 GHz or better recommended
• 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB or better recommended
• Sufficient disk space to store GPO backups

Hardware Requirements for Blackbird Client

• Pentium 1 GHz minimum, 2 GHz or better recommended
• 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB or better recommended