Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Identifying Isolation Approaches to SharePoint Security

Various organizations have varying security needs. Some organizations, for example, require strong security and cannot tolerate even the slightest risk to their business. Other organizations have a much higher tolerance for security risks and often choose to make a system more functional at the expense of security. SharePoint scales its security well to the needs of these different organizations and provides a wide spectrum of security options that can be suited to the needs of many different organizations.

Arising from these ideas is the concept of security through isolation. SharePoint servers running on an isolated network segment, for example, are highly secure compared to those directly ...