Protect your secure data and secure your business.

Data governance can be defined as the process of managing company data as a strategic asset. This means setting controls around data, its content, structure, quality and use. Microsoft considers data governance to be the foundational pillar of a corporate data strategy.

All the previous steps, such as data discovery or classification are vital to build your data security plan. When done correctly, data governance can make it easier for companies to define that their data is consistent, trustworthy and properly used.

A robust data governance strategy is crucial for all organisations. As there is data held in all businesses, you need to take data protection seriously. Collecting data on employees, partners, clients etc, means you need to data security strategy which manages risks and takes necessary precautions.

Below is a summary of what Data Governance and Security services we offer. If what you’re looking for isn’t there, contact our team to discuss your needs and what we can offer your business.

Purview Records Management.

A records management system allows businesses to manage regulatory, legal, and business-critical records. Records management for Microsoft Purview, aids businesses to remain within their legal obligations and increases efficiency with regular disposition of items that are no longer required to be retained, no longer of value, or no longer required for business purposes.

Below we detail further benefits of the system:

Purview Information Protection.

ThinkShare can maximise the capabilities from Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Microsoft Information Protection) to help you discover, classify, and protect sensitive information wherever it lives or travels. Below is a summary of what it can offer:

Data discovery

Scan across data at rest and in use to classify across on-premises, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Microsoft Teams, endpoints, and non-Microsoft cloud apps.

Data classification

Apply labels to identify sensitive information or proprietary data with built-in and trainable classifiers.

Activity explorer

Gain a better understanding of user activities related to your sensitive data and how that data is being used.

Content explorer

Take a deeper view into documents containing sensitive data and get the context you need to create data protection policies.

Purview Data Loss Prevention.

Data exfiltration is often a primary goal during cybersecurity attacks. In 2021, over 80% of ransomware attacks threatened to exfiltrate data. Adversaries target specific organisations with the goal of accessing or stealing their confidential data while remaining undetected, either to resell it on the dark web or to post it for the world to see. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for endpoint plays a major role in helping organizations detect and prevent exfiltration through common processes used by attackers today.

Below is a summary of the actions ThinkShare can implement with Puyrview Data Loss Prevention:

• Show a pop-up policy tip to the user that warns them that they may be trying to share a sensitive item inappropriately
• Block the sharing and, via a policy tip, allow the user to override the block and capture the users’ justification
• Block the sharing without the override option
• For data at rest, sensitive items can be locked and moved to a secure quarantine location
• For Teams chat, the sensitive information will not be displayed

Need to review your Governance Policies?

Governance has never been more important or challenging. If you are not up to date or not taking your governance controls seriously, it is a huge business risk. Let us help.

We have been helping new clients and existing review their Governance policies. Whether that is advising on permissions controls, MFA or implementing Orchestry, we can review what is right for your business and help you increase business security.  Our consultants will provide support and guidance through every stage of this process.

For an honest discussion about where your governance policies are at and what you want to improve contact our team today. We look forward to empowering your business to reach its full potential.