Netwrix Access Analyzer

Shows who can access data by analysing permissions and inheritance.

Netwrix Access Analyzer — analyse permissions across file systems, directories and collaboration platforms

Organisations often lose track of who can reach files when permissions accumulate across servers, directories and collaboration tools. Inherited ACLs, local groups and ad‑hoc shares hide exposure and make audits slow and error prone.

Netwrix Access Analyzer surfaces effective permissions and inheritance chains across the estate. It produces clear reports on excessive access and likely data exposure so teams can target clean-up, reduce unnecessary rights and produce evidence for internal reviews or compliance checks.

Where Netwrix Access Analyzer is used

Run regular scans as part of entitlement reviews to find over‑permissive shares and document who has access. Use the reports to prioritise remediation work and supply evidence for auditors.

Map permissions before migration or consolidation projects. The analysis helps identify permission bloat, highlight inherited rights and inform where to simplify access ahead of changes.

Suitable environments

Suited to medium‑to‑large UK organisations with on‑prem Active Directory, distributed file servers and cloud collaboration tools. It is useful where identity complexity and regulatory or audit pressure make clear access visibility a priority.

Features

Identify sensitive data wherever it resides

Make your security efforts more effective by identifying and verifying sensitive and regulated data, whether it is structured or unstructured, on premises or in the cloud.

Pinpoint gaps in your security posture

Detect conditions that threaten sensitive and regulated data, such as excessive permissions, disabled accounts, and externally shared files.

See who is accessing sensitive data

Reduce permissions to the least-privileged level by monitoring who is accessing which data and to what extent, then revoking unneeded permissions

Remediate threats before you suffer a breach

Stop threats by automatically removing excessive permissions, deleting unneeded accounts, and disabling rogue user accounts. You can prevent business disruptions by simulating a change first, then executing it instantly.

Delegate access management to data owners

The owners of sensitive data should be empowered to regularly review permissions to their data and fix any issues that arise. Reduce IT team workload by enabling business users to request access from data owners.

Satisfy data subject access requests (DSARs)

With complete visibility into the data you possess about any individual, you can reduce costs and avoid penalties.

Provide reports for auditors with far less effort

With easy-to-read reports, you can demonstrate your control over access to regulated data to auditors.

Automate governance processes across key systems

By automating the deprovisioning of AD accounts upon termination, cleaning up stale file system data, delegation of Exchange mailboxes, and service ticket creation in ServiceNow, IT teams can reduce their workload and improve system hygiene.

Extend data governance across your IT ecosystem

Utilise powerful REST APIs to share data between your home-grown systems and Netwrix Enterprise Auditor. Using the AnyData connector, you can scan any data source for sensitive information.

Resources

Datasheet

Netwrix StealthAUDIT

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