Security and Governance for AI: Building a Resilient Future
Protecting and Governing AI with Microsoft Solutions Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries across the globe, yet its rise brings critical challenges in security and governance that organizations must address proactively. Understanding the risks, implementing robust safeguards, and embracing a Zero Trust strategy are pivotal steps in leveraging AI effectively while mitigating vulnerabilities. Generative AI: […]
An Information Asset Catalog: Why Now?
It’s 2025, and most every organization over a few hundred people likely has a Records Retention Schedule. It may have even been extended to include Non-Records, and their related retention and disposition requirements. Most organizations will also have an enterprise architecture management system – a system that stores the applications the organization utilizes. And, more […]
Automatic classification of files and emails in Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Purview or SharePoint Premium
Employees are usually too busy to care about compliance. We need to automate security and governance as best as possible, and I will in this blog post outline ways to automate data classification in Microsoft 365 to ensure data security and governance. This is for auto-applying sensitivity labels to secure sensitive files and emails and […]
SharePoint lifecycle management: 6 options to reduce costs and risks
SharePoint storage is not unlimited and purchasing more is expensive. It can be up to 10x more expensive when compared with IaaS cloud storage solutions such as Azure Blob Storage. Organizations often turn to lower-cost cloud storage solutions for archiving or long-term storage. However, these solutions lack the governance and security features implemented in Microsoft365 […]
Data lifecycle options for Microsoft 365
Keep what we need and delete the rest A study by CGOC (Compliance and Governance Oversight Council) some years ago found that in average, 25% of information has business value, 5% is subject to regulatory record keeping requirements, 2% is subject to legal hold, and 68% is redundant, obsolete, or trivial (ROT). Many companies store […]
Preparing for a Copilot Implementation
So, you’re ready to roll out Copilot. You have an Information and Records Governance program in place, including your Steering Committee, Information and Records Coordinators, policies and procedures, Records Retention Schedule (RRS), licenses, and training. As you review the rollout plan with your colleagues, you’re all doing your best to think of any challenges that […]
Investment and Benefit Strategy for Copilot
A strategic look at adding Copilot value Let me start with a quick segue into investments to provide a framework for maximizing your Copilot value. Many people invest in stocks by looking for the hottest opportunity. Investment funds by their nature are trying to bring together the top investments into a fund offering. It can be […]
M365 Implementations: Additional Insights on Change Management Challenges
A standard way of defining Change Management is “the management of change and development within a business or similar organization”, but what does that really mean for today’s Information Governance professionals? A common approach includes the following (easily found online and also used by most organizations): *Internal awareness materials, training information, defined feedback mechanism, predefined […]
So you learnt how to crawl, and now you want to run
So, You Think You are Ready to Run… But have you learned to walk yet?If you recall, in March we published a blog titled, “Fixing the Basics: The Importance of Learning to Crawl before Walking and Running,” in which we outlined some of the key foundational elements necessary to reach the goal of having an […]
Leveraging Existing Auto-classification Technologies to Prepare for Copilot
I see a lot of excitement among clients about the possibilities of what Copilot can do for their Purview data governance and information protection journeys. It is important not to forget to think about what you can do for Copilot, in anticipation. There are a number of things you can do with your existing investments […]
