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data security, Governance, and Compliance

Secure and govern data

Foster AI innovation and reduce risks to your data with an integrated solution that unifies data security, governance, and compliance for the era of AI.
Overview

Secure your data. Drive innovation.

  • Discover, protect, and govern your data estate to help prevent data loss and find new ways to use data for innovation.
  • Prepare, protect, and govern data across pre-built and custom-built generative AI apps.
  • Quickly investigate, mitigate, and respond to data risks to strengthen compliance with corporate and regional regulations.
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Report

Microsoft 2026 data security Index

Explore insights from the latest index report to help you strengthen security and responsibly adopt AI.
Capabilities

Integrated data security, governance and compliance

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Data security

Discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across your data estate. Help reduce risk with unified visibility and AI-powered insights.

Data governance

Discover, understand, and manage your data estate to improve data quality, enable analytics, and support trusted AI innovation.

Data compliance

Manage compliance risk, govern data and AI across the lifecycle, and respond with confidence to legal, privacy, and regulatory obligations.

Security Copilot in Microsoft Purview

Use natural language to uncover risks, investigate issues, and gain actionable insights.
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What’s new in Microsoft Purview

Learn about new capabilities that protect against sensitive data loss in the Microsoft Edge for Business browser.
Industry recognition

Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention

  • Learn why Gartner® recommends leaders should focus on user-centric, adaptive risk-based data security techniques to strengthen the security of their organization’s data.1, 2
Customer stories

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Explore data security resources and trends

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Empower your organization with an integrated data security, compliance, and governance platform built for today’s increasing data-related risks.
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    Gartner, Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention, Andrew Bales, Franz Hinner, Anson Chen, Paulo Aresta, Brent Predovich, 9 April 2025.

     
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    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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