Integrity Discover is a component of the Integrity product suite specifically designed to help organizations understand the scope of security and compliance issues that they may be facing when using applications created using MS-Access to support key business processes.

Discover is available free of charge so that there are no hurdles for our clients to face in beginning on the pathway to control of their MS-Access based business applications.

Our customers realize that understanding risk(s) before acting on them is fundamental to making the best decision for their business. In the case of business applications created on the MS-Access platform, just determining their location, dependencies and usage information can be a daunting task.

Discover provides the information that enables the organization to make an informed decision about which databases:

• Pose no significant risk and can be left alone
• Can be removed from the corporate network because of inactivity
• Require further analysis with Integrity Analyzer so that informed mitigations can be made

Once the databases have been discovered, the tools provide additional information about each one that guides in prioritizing which databases require mitigation and ongoing management.

• Location – location of the databases, including hidden databases and possible duplicates or backup versions. (e.g. a database on an open network can be easily compromised)
• Structure – numbers of tables, forms, reports and queries contained in the database (e.g. insight to complexity, functionality and use)
• Usage Statistics – date the database was created, when the database was last used, when the database was last modified (which provides insight into frequency of use)
• Dependencies – other files that this database relies on for correct operation (insight to complexity). Discover identifies dependencies on other MS-Access databases or links to server based systems (e.g. SQL, Oracle) which can indicate data import and export.