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August 2, 2022 • 4 min read

Microsoft announces new solutions for threat intelligence and attack surface management

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August 8, 2022 • 7 min read

IT security: An opportunity to raise corporate governance scores

Corporate Governance scoring is increasingly important to boards of directors, executive leadership, and the investment community. Governance frameworks now incorporate aspects of IT security. Communicating the security message in ways that impact a company’s governance score is important to getting attention and investment from corporate leadership. This post examines a leading governance framework from Institutional Shareholder Services, Governance QualityScore, and the specifics of how IT security can increase a company’s score.

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July 25, 2022 • 5 min read

Discover 5 lessons Microsoft has learned about compliance management

Just like our customers, Microsoft has been on a compliance journey. Here’s what we’ve learned about the most effective mindset and tools to manage compliance.

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July 20, 2022 • 5 min read

How Microsoft Purview and Priva support the partner ecosystem

We are excited to announce the general availability of the new Microsoft Graph APIs for Microsoft Purview eDiscovery. With the new Microsoft Purview eDiscovery APIs, partners and customers can leverage automation to streamline common, repetitive workflows that require a lot of manual effort in the product experience.

July 19, 2022 • 8 min read

How Microsoft Security partners are helping customers do more with less

The Microsoft Security partner opportunity grew 21 percent year-over-year, particularly in Microsoft 365 security, cloud security, compliance, and identity. Microsoft Security partners are expanding their existing offerings and creating new offerings in all these areas, packaging their unique experience, expertise, and IP for effective and efficient service delivery.

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July 7, 2022 • 3 min read

KuppingerCole rates Microsoft as outstanding in functionality for secure collaboration

We are excited to share that Microsoft has been rated Outstanding in Functionality in the May 2022 KuppingerCole Market Compass for Secure Collaboration. Microsoft was also the only company to be awarded the highest possible score of Strong Positive in all five categories.

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May 18, 2022 • 6 min read

So you want to be a CISO: What you should know about data protection

Learn how insider threats, data siloes, and shifting responsibilities are all affecting data management—and how security professionals can diminish risks to the organization.

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March 31, 2022 • 4 min read

3 strategies to launch an effective data governance plan

A data governance plan can help you effectively govern sensitive data so you can reduce risks from data breaches or leaks. Read three steps to launch a data governance plan.

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August 26, 2020 • 4 min read

Rethinking IoT/OT Security to Mitigate Cyberthreats

As IoT is revolutionizing industries, CISOs need to rethink how they approach data protection in order to effectively employ risk mitigation.

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December 18, 2019 • 2 min read

Data governance and retention in your Microsoft 365 tenant—a secure and highly capable solution

Microsoft 365 has a built in secure, highly capable data governance and retention capability.

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October 16, 2019 • 5 min read

Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The big picture

Paying attention to every link in your supply chain is vital to protect your assets from supply chain attacks.

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September 11, 2019 • 5 min read

Foundations of Flow—secure and compliant automation, part 2

In part 2 of our two-part series, we go deeper into how Microsoft Flow secures your users and data, as well as enhances the IT experience.

June 25, 2019 • 3 min read

3 strategies for building an information protection program

Five years ago, we started on a journey to update and simplify information protection at Microsoft. We’ve learned a lot about data protection and tools and today we’re sharing some of our best practices.