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Information Rights Management. What is IRM?. Information Rights Management gives authors control over how people use the documents and e-mail they send IRM is a policy tool, NOT a security panacea Designed for sensitive communications Not every document or mail will use IRM.
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What is IRM? • Information Rights Management gives authors control over how people use the documents and e-mail they send • IRM is a policy tool, NOT a security panacea • Designed for sensitive communications • Not every document or mail will use IRM
IRM features in Office • “Do Not Forward” e-mail • Includes optional expiration • “Do Not Distribute” documents • Provides more granularity • Access can be Read, Change, or Full Control • Additional options include Printing and Expiration • Specifying recipients uses e-mail addresses • Support for Exchange DLs makes it easy to manage access control as group membership changes • “Company Confidential” policies • Supports “permission policies” in enterprises • Admins control policies, even after content is protected
Rights Management Architecture Other ISV Microsoft Windows Windows Rights Management client
Windows Server 2003 w/ Windows Rights Management Services DocumentAuthor DocumentRecipient How IRM Works 7. RM Server validates user and request 8. License is issued and returned 5. Recipient clicksdocument / e-mail 1. Author creates adocument/e-mail 6. App sends credentials and rights to RM Server 2. Author defines a set of rights & recipients 3. Author saves or sends content, causing encryption 9. Application rendersdocument / e-mailand enforces rights 4. Author distributesdocument / e-mail
Enterprise Deployment • Benefits of enterprise deployment • Corporate control over all content • NT authentication to identify users • Integration with AD and support for DLs • Admins can create “permission policies” that appear in Office UI • Client requirements • Office 2003 Professional • Windows Rights Management client components • Connect to Microsoft to activate every desktop • Can be administrated through logon script or on-demand on first use • Proxied through corporate server • Transparent to end-user • Connect to corporate RM server for certificate distribution • Transparent to end-user • Server infrastructure • Windows Server 2003 w/ RM services installed • RM requires a premium CAL • Scales from one server to large clusters • Utilizes SQL for configuration and user databases • Requires ActiveDirectory
Microsoft Service Offering • Free trial service for Office customers • Enables IRM “out of the box” • Relies on Passport authentication • Doesn’t require an IT infrastructure • Admins can disable this to retain complete control over IRM of document and e-mail • Makes it easy for enterprise IT to evaluate the feature before opting-in • Provides a convenient way for end users to collaborate across corp boundaries
Software requirements • Software requirements for running Windows RMS servers.
Infrastructure requirements • The following elements must exist in the infrastructure in which you are running Windows RMS.