Credential & Data Security Assessment Overview

Proper data security begins with a strong foundation. The Credential & Data Security Assessment (CDSA) provides a deep-dive into the security of your structured and unstructured data, Active Directory, and Windows infrastructure.

The CDSA job depends upon several Access Analyzer solutions for data collection. See the Requirements topic for installation and database requirements.

Supporting Solutions

At a minimum the following solutions need to run prior to the CDSA job to provide the data used to generate the CDSA presentations:

• .Active Directory Inventory Solution

  • See the .Active Directory Inventory Solution topic for additional information

• Active Directory Solution

  • See the Active Directory Solution topic for additional information

• Active Directory Permissions Analyzer Solution

  • See the Active Directory Permissions Analyzer Solution topic for additional information

• File System Solution

  • See the File System Solution topic for additional information

• Windows Solution

  • See the Windows Solution topic for additional information

The following additional solutions also provide data to the CDSA job:

• Entra ID Solution
• AWS Solution
• Box Solution
• Dropbox Solution
• Exchange Solution
• Oracle Solution
• SharePoint Solution
• SQL Job Group

Additionally, the Sensitive Data Discovery Add-On also contributes to the CDSA presentations. See the Sensitive Data Discovery topic for additional information.