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Security Considerations and Best Practices for Securing SharePoint
23 February 2009
 
Neil MacDonald   Adam Hils  

Microsoft's SharePoint is widely deployed, but often without a comprehensive understanding of how it should be secured. Here we provide a framework for successfully securing SharePoint deployments.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • 1.0 Basic SharePoint Physical and Logical Architecture
    • 2.0 Security Policy and Governance Issues
    • 3.0 SharePoint Access Control Issues
    • 4.0 SharePoint Information Protection Issues
    • 5.0 SharePoint Network and Server Protection Issues
  • Recommended Reading
Figures
Figure 1.
The Multitiered Architecture of SharePoint
Figure 2.
SharePoint Hierarchy
Figure 3.
Pros and Cons of Alternatives to Data Encryption in SharePoint




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