3 Major Trends Are Driving External Collaboration

Learn about Security Compliance & Automation with Tricent and 5 Sharing Risks in its Wake!

Collaboration is key to business growth. It’s a vital clog in today’s remote and hybrid working world, aiding efficiency, and enhancing staff recruitment and retention. And research shows collaboration is here to stay. Here’s why:

Collaborative companies are 30% more innovative and 36% more productive. Most importantly, they perform five times better than those who don’t collaborate.

• 75% of employees value workplace collaboration.
• 17% of employees who collaborate regularly have more job satisfaction and stay put.
• 50% of employees working collaboratively are more effective compared to those working independently.

There are three major trends now driving external collaboration:

• Cloud Adoption
• The Rise of the ‘Sharing Generation’
• Globalization & Digitalization

Yet the sharing, collaborative landscape is getting riskier, according to ‘The State of Sharing 2023’ report from Tricent, creators of THE file sharing governance solution.

The report recognises the complexity of data governance. Although, it is essential and underlines how ungoverned file sharing presents serious business risks with sensitive data. This also includes business plans and medical records exposed to the wrong people.

The findings show:

• The average employee shares 2 files per day – that is over 500 a year!
• 75% of shared files are given with editing permission
• 52% of an organization’s sensitive data is in SharePoint
• 63% of IT respondents say employees have accidentally shared files with unauthorized people.

File sharing is essential in today’s collaborative economy and Tricent advocates that it should be done in a manner aligned to company policy. This policy is integral and must take into consideration 5 top risks:

• Security vulnerabilities
• Data Leaks and Breaches
• Data loss and un-governance
• Employee data theft
• Privacy issues

The Safer With Tricent Way:

Tricent has now focussed its solution to deliver Security, Compliance & Automation In Microsoft365.Microsoft’s robust security and Tricent’s secure solution complement your IT environment because of the dual secure layer that is provided. It complements Microsoft’s robust security and collaboration features by delivering:

• Visibility of what is shared in OneDrive, Teams, & SharePoint
• Automatic or bulk removal of external file access
• Insights on files shared with external domains
• Cleansing of orphaned teams, files and folders
• Great employee accountability and awareness

Want to Know More:

Just call our security experts and learn about Security Compliance & Automation with Tricent. Because we want to help make your M365 collaborators safer than ever.

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