Achieving Successful Data Governance Is More Organizational Than Technical

This blog lists the key roles that we recommend from a RACI standpoint so that organizations can be positioned to successfully launch a data governance effort.
What Should I Do with These DLP Alerts, Anyway?
What Should I Do with These DLP Alerts, Anyway? Today I am going to address a common tactical and process challenge that comes up when working with clients implementing Data Loss Prevention policies: How are DLP alerts handled? Also, who performs triage, investigation, and resolution? DLP alerts are unique. They can be an indicator of […]
Executive Considerations for Data Governance with Microsoft Purview
Executive Considerations for Data Governance with Microsoft Purview Implementing Microsoft Purview to help govern your data is a strategic decision that requires thoughtful scoping and planning. Purview implementations look quite different from company to company, and the balance between security, usability, policy, and automation will be unique. I would like to share some important considerations […]
Purview’s New AI Hub: Reduce AI Risks, Improve AI Visibility
Purview’s New AI Hub: Reduce AI Risks and Improve AI Visibility I have written extensively about getting data governance programs off the ground and the fundamentals of Purview Compliance. Today, though, I would like to address the AI concerns in organizations that already have mature Purview implementations, including advanced E5 features like Endpoint DLP, Insider […]
Purview Insider Risk Management: How to Capture Forensic Evidence on Intune Enrolled Devices
Purview Insider Risk Management: How to Capture Forensic Evidence on Intune Enrolled Devices Insider risks are a growing threat to organizations, especially in the era of remote work and cloud-based services. Insider risks can be caused by malicious actors who intentionally steal or leak sensitive data, sabotage systems, or compromise accounts. They can also be […]
Bringing Microsoft Purview and Copilot Together to Protect Sensitive Data
Bringing Microsoft Purview and Copilot Together to Protect Sensitive Data Over the past 5 months, this blog series has covered the fundamentals of Microsoft Purview. As we have shown, Purview provides a powerful layer of data-aware visibility and protection that complements more traditional security controls like identity management, access control lists, group memberships, endpoint security, […]
Improve Your Tenant’s Compliance with Purview Compliance Manager
Improve Your Tenant’s Compliance with Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager The features of Purview that we’ve discussed so far in this series — Content Explorer, Search, Data Loss Prevention, Sensitivity Labeling, and Data Retention—are all foundational tools to help better secure and govern data in your Microsoft 365 tenant. Today, we are going to look at […]
Get To Know Your Data with Purview Content Explorer
Get To Know Your Data with Purview Content Explorer The Challenge Many organizations have data governance on their minds to some degree. Some are actively working on initiatives to apply retention, data loss prevention, and other controls on the data in their tenant. More often, though, IT organizations struggle with where to start, and how […]
Using Regular Expressions to Build a Microsoft Purview Custom Sensitive Information Type
Using Regular Expressions to Build a Microsoft Purview Custom Sensitive Information Type Introduction A colleague of mine needed to create a Microsoft Purview custom Sensitive Information Type (SIT) for a client– The client wanted to use this SIT as part of their implementation of Microsoft Purview. The client needed the SIT to match on occurrences […]