Reviewing Access to Unstructured Data with Access Panel

Access Panel enables organizations to perform access reviews—also known as attestation—on both structured and unstructured data sources. Unstructured data refers to information not stored in traditional databases, such as files in shared drives, SharePoint documents, and cloud storage. With increasing compliance demands, particularly around sensitive or regulated content, verifying access to unstructured data has become essential for reducing risk and maintaining accountability.

Capabilities for Reviewing Unstructured Data

Access Panel supports comprehensive access governance campaigns, including those targeting unstructured data. Key features include:

• Attestation Campaigns: These are automated review processes that allow designated reviewers—typically data owners or managers—to confirm or revoke user access to resources like shared folders or document libraries​.

• Flexible Entitlement Mapping: Through integration with Projected Silos and HyperSync Panel, Access Panel can inventory and represent unstructured data resources as entitlements. These entitlements can be grouped, categorized, and presented for review in user-friendly formats​.

• Custom Review Workflows: Organizations can configure criteria policies and audience rules to tailor who participates in the review process, what resources are included, and how exceptions or conflicts are handled​.

• Historical Context: Thanks to Identity Panel’s Time Traveler feature, reviewers have access to a historical audit trail of access changes, providing clarity during the review process​.

Access Panel empowers security and compliance teams to confidently manage data access—even in environments with complex, decentralized storage—while providing business stakeholders with intuitive tools to stay engaged in protecting sensitive information.