Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Understanding the Need for AD RMS

Many organizations are faced with the problem of defining how their intellectual property can be managed after it has been distributed. Several high-profile leaks of sensitive internal emails from major corporations have exposed the need to manage and restrict how email that contains sensitive corporate information is disseminated.

The problem stems from the fact that computer systems have historically been good at restricting information to unauthorized individuals, but as soon as an authorized individual gains access to that data, those organizations have traditionally lost control over what is done with the content. Authorized individuals have copied documents offsite, emailed sensitive information, had their ...