The importance of a diverse communication strategy
How does a comprehensive communication strategy lead to successful implementation of changes? As the workforce increases in complexity, so does the need for a diverse communication strategy. Companies must now make meticulous plans to avoid information overload, while also navigate the labyrinth of different demographics, from blue and white-collar workers, remote and in-office workers to […]
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 […]
Mastering Purview DLP Email Policies: A Comprehensive Guide to Custom Oversharing Dialog Boxes
Understanding the challenge When implementing a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy in Microsoft Purview, it is essential to adopt a phased approach to ensure its effective deployment. The initial step should involve activating “Simulation Mode,” which facilitates the assessment of potential user impact before the policy is fully enforced. This preliminary stage enables precise adjustments […]
The EU AI Act: Revolutionizing Data Security and Governance
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries worldwide, enabling innovation and creating efficiencies at an unprecedented scale. However, with this rapid advancement comes growing concerns around privacy, transparency, accountability, and governance. To address these challenges, the European Union introduced the EU AI Act—a groundbreaking regulatory framework designed to ensure trustworthy and secure AI systems. Central to […]
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 […]
The Impact of Overstorage of Information
The Impact of Overstorage: When Copilot Picks Up Old Content In the modern workplace, Copilot are becoming indispensable for improving productivity. However, the effectiveness of the tool can be undermined by a challenge that many of the organizations that Infotection works with face: overstorage. Overstorage occurs when organizations retain excessive, outdated, or irrelevant data, leading […]
Maximise the benefits of Data Governance in UK Public Sector
Maximise the benefits of Data Governance in UK Public Sector Data governance has been a constant consideration of continuously increasing importance to the UK public sector. The growing shift towards cloud platforms is accompanied by a significant rise in cybersecurity threats. Critical considerations include compliance with the Data Protection Act and the obligation of many […]
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 […]
Maximizing Data Governance and Security with Microsoft Purview and Copilot
Table of Contents The Promise of AI in Data Governance and Information Protection Challenges of Relying Solely on AI for Content Classification Leveraging Existing Investments in E5 Licensing and Purview Strategies for Effective Data Classification Using Rules and Heuristics Enhancing Data Security and Protection with Microsoft Tools Preparing for AI Integration in Data Governance Implementing […]
