Many EDRM offerings were developed (or acquired and bolted on) as an ‘extension’ to another system. Some rights management capabilities were bolted on to existing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems, others as extensions to Enterprise File Synch and Share (EFSS) solutions.
In the case where EDRM was developed as an ‘adjunct’ to the primary offering, or acquired and bolted on, it is typically devoted to that particular ECM or EFSS solution. In both cases, the R & D required to evolve and innovate the rights management capabilities is often limited, since it is a secondary offering.
The big challenge is that most organizations have multiple ECM solutions in the organization. Organizations are also often using multiple EFSS systems, or work with partners who want to use a different EFSS method. And when M & A occurs, the organization will often inherit additional brands of ECM and EFSS. Having an EDRM that is ‘locked down’ to a particular offering places limits on how many sensitive files can be protected, hindering adoption and reducing the ability to stop data leaks.
The organization will benefit more by having a pure-play EDRM system that easily plugs-in to many different enterprise solutions, not just ECM and EFSS systems, but DLP, ERP, Legacy Applications, and SIEM offerings as well. The ability to connect EDRM with multiple enterprise solutions will enable the organization to ‘automatically’ add rights to files as they are downloaded, shared or discovered. As well, when EDRM is the focus for the vendor, they are applying all of their R & D and expertise to file-centric security innovation.
Our prediction is that as persistent file-centric security becomes a mainstream security requirement in 2016, organizations will look for open, agnostic, pure-play EDRM solutions to ensure on-going innovation and flexibility in integration with other enterprise systems.
Prediction #1: The Need for File-Centric Security Is Greater Than Ever Before
Prediction #2: Automation Will Be Deemed Crucial to the Successful Adoption of EDRM
Prediction #4: Ease-of-Use Will Be Deemed Essential to Driving EDRM Adoption
Prediction #5: EDRM Will Play a Key Role in Protecting Data-at-Rest
Vishal comes with more than a decade of experience in sales, marketing and business management. He is the Founder and CEO of Seclore and handles corporate development, investor relations and strategic vision.
Vishal is an IIT Bombay (Electrical Engineering) graduate and a specialist in biometric security systems. His ideation in fingerprint imaging led to the development of the core technology behind Herald Logic, a company he founded in 2000. The company showed record 220% CAGR, spreading to Singapore, Australia and UK.
Vishal is also an active participant in physics activities with the IAPT (Indian Association of Physics Teachers) and NSEP (National Standard Examination in Physics), he is amongst the top 1% in the country in physics.
He is an active sports person, a keen blogger on information security solutions and an intrepid speaker at various information security forum.
